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the young birds. In June I saw several of the birds above timber line in the L,a 

 Plata Mountains. 



Cyanocephalus cyanocephalus. Pinyon Jay. vSeveral small flocks seen during 

 early spring. Seemed always on the go. Mr. Peterson told me he saw young 

 birds in the Carriso Mountains, near Four Corners, during the month of June. Mr. 

 Warren says the birds are common residents at Coventry. 



Molothrus ater. Cowbird. A few noticed with Brewer Blackbirds in the 

 spring. I found an egg in a nest with two eggs of the Tolmie Warbler. In sum- 

 mer an immature bird was sometimes seen with the blackbirds. 



Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus. Yellow-headed Blackbird. Two seen at 

 Fort lycwis and a small colony were apparently nesting in a pond of tules 

 near Cortez. 



Agelaius phoeniceus. Red-winged Blackbird. Not uncommon, nesting in 

 small willows. 



Sturnella neglecta. Western Meadowlark. Several noticed during nesting 

 season and a few found in January near Cortez. 



Icterus bullocki. Bullock Oriole. Two pairs nested at Fort I^ewns in the 

 season of 1906. 



Scolecophagus cyanocephalus. Brewer Blackbird. Numerous during the 

 breeding season and for a few weeks afterward. First one arrived April 11. They 

 nested in willows, pines and scrub oaks, and, most surprising to me, on the ground. 

 Three nests were discovered so situated: one in a deep horse track at base of 

 a clump of grass; another at base of a small wild rose bush, and the third under a 

 bushy wild cherry. After nesting was over the birds, old and young, congregated 

 in flocks and made war on the multitude of grasshoppers infesting the alfalfa fields. 



Carpodacus cassini. Cassin Purple Finch. Tw^o seen April 22 and three a 

 week later. 



Carpodacus mexicanus frontalis. House Finch. Two seen on the I^a Plata 

 River about ten miles below Fort lycwis in October, and a pair seen near Cortez in 

 May. Mr. Warren saw them at Ashbaugh's ranch in the McHlmo Canyon country. 



Loxia curvirostra stricklandi. Mexican Crossbill. A female seen May 13, on 

 Fort Ivcwis mesa, and a pair seen just below timber line on the La Plata Mountains, 

 July 22. 



Leucosticte australis. Brown-capped Leucosticte. Two seen January, 1906. 

 A pair seen on summit of the L,a Platas June 24, and July 22 a pair seen and young 

 heard faintly calling, near the same spot. In January, 1907, about a dozen re- 

 mained around Fort Lewis several days. 



Astragalinus tristis pallidus. Pale Goldfinch. Several seen from April 29 on 

 during the season. Apparently nesting tho none found. 



Astragalinus psaltria. Arkansas Goldfinch. Seen two or three times; not 

 common and apparently not breeding. 



Spinus pinus. Pine Finch. Seen first on March 30, becoming numerous 

 soon after. About June 1, they nearly all left. On June 24 I found them quite 

 common at 10,000 feet in the mountains. 



Passer domesticus. English Sparrow. A flock of 25 or 30 stayed all winter 

 about the barn and corral at Fort Lewis in 1906, four or five pairs remaining to 

 breed. In the winter of 1907 the number was about doubled. Mr. Warren re- 

 ports them at Cortez, and at Durango they fairly swarm. 



Calcarius ornatus. Chestnut-collared Longspur. Mr. Warren secured one at 

 Cortez, April 5, 1906. 



Pocecetes gramineus confinis. Western Vesper Sparrow. First seen April 3, 



