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Rare summer resident. One nest seen June 9, 1912 on Marselus 

 Bros, ranch. 



*Ceryle alcyoii : Belted Kingfisher. Common summer resi- 

 dent. One nest with seven eggs seen July 1st, 1912 on Marselus 

 Bros, ranch. The nest was at the end of a two foot tunnel in 

 sand. 



*Dryohatcr puhcsccns, (Sub. Sp?) : Downy Woodpecker. Year 

 around resident, more numerous in summer. One nest in a hole in 

 an apple tree seen June 7, 1913 on Marselus Bros, ranch. Four eggs 

 were in the nest on bare wood. 



*Dryobafcs salaris syinplectus \ Texas Woodpecker. Year 

 around resident. More numerous in summer than in winter. Nest 

 with three eggs and one young bird seen June 29, 1913 on C. F. 

 Rowan Ranch. 



■^MeJanerpes crythrocephahts : Red-headed Woodpecker. Com-- 

 m.on summer resident, a few spending the winter. On December 

 31st, 191], one of these birds was observed digging live grasshop- 

 pers out of a hole in a cottonwood tree on Marselus Bros, ranch. 

 The woodpecker had cached them months before. 



'^Asyndesmus lewisi: Lewis's Woodpecker. Lewis Woodpeck- 

 ers are not numerous but are seen the year around. One nest seen 

 near Kenton, June 19, 1920. 



*Colaptcs auraius lutciis: Northern Flicker. Rare year around 

 resident. One nest and seven eggs seen in a hole in a fence 

 post on C. F. Rowan ranch. June 6, 1913. 



*CoIaptcs cafer collaris : Red-shafted Flicker. Numerous sum- 

 mer resident; twelve pairs had nests under a plank on top of an 

 adobe wall on Marselus Bros, ranch July 1, 1910. 



*PhaIacnoptilus niiftalli nuitalli: Poor-will. Rare summer 

 resident ; one taken on Marselus Bros, ranch, July 5, 1913. They 

 are seen flying at dusk, and remain on the ground in daytime. 



*Chordeiles virgmianus heiiryi : Western Nighthawk. Com- 

 mon summer resident. Two eggs found on a rock on Marselus 

 Bros, ranch May 31st, 1913. 



*Chaetura pelagica : Chimney Swift. Rar© ottniuicr resident. 

 One nest with three eggs foimd on side of chimney on an old 

 house on C. F. Rowan ranch June 6, 1914, is my only record. 



*Seiaspkorus platycercus : Broad-tailed Hummingbird. Rare 

 summer resident. One nest and two eggs seen June 20, 1912 on 

 Marselur; Bros, ranch. One bird seen in Kenton, September 2S, 

 1922. 



*Mnscivora forficata : Scissor-tailed Flycatcher. Summer 

 resident, not numerous. Nest of grass and rags with three eggs: 



