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soon becoming common. Nest and five eggs found May 6. Mr. Warren says they 

 appeared about April 15 in Montezuma County. 



Chondestes grammacus strigatus. Western I^ark Sparrow. A few seen during 

 the nesting season. Not common. 



Zonotrichia leucophrys. White-crowned Sparrow. A number seen during 

 early spring, and a pair seen all thru nesting season tho no nest located. Two pairs 

 seen in a mountain meadow just below timber line. 



Zonotrichia leucophrys gambeli. Gambel Sparrow. Seen during migration. 

 Mr. Warren reports it from the McElmo district, April 13. 



Spizella monticola ochracea. Western Tree Sparrow. Several seen during 

 the winters of 1906 and 1907. 



Spizella socialis arizonae. Western Chipping Sparrow. Abundant. Found 

 nesting at Fort I^ewis, Cortez and Navajo Springs. 



Junco hyemalis. Slate-colored Junco. One seen several times during March, 

 1906, and another seen in January, 1907. 



Junco hyemalis connectens. Intermediate Junco. Numerous all winter. 



Junco mearnsi. Pink-sided Junco. Abundant during the winter months, 

 leaving about the second week in April. A partial albino secured. 



Junco caniceps. Gray-headed Junco. Numerous at Fort I^ewis during win- 

 ter and early spring. Seen at timber line in July. 



Amphispiza bilineata deserticola. Desert Sparrow. Seen in the La Plata 

 River valley near the New Mexico line and at Navajo Springs. Mr. Warren saw 

 the bird in the McElmo district in April. 



Amphispiza belli nevadensis. Sage Sparrow. Seen near Navajo Springs. Mr. 

 Warren reports it as taken at Coventry. 



Melospiza melodia montana. Mountain Song Sparrow. Three seen in the 

 spring of 1906 at Fort Eewis. 



Melospiza lincolni. Lincoln Sparrow. One secured at Fort Lewis. 



Passerella iliaca schistacea. Slate-colored Sparrow. Three seen in the spring 

 of 1906. 



Pipilo maculatus arcticus. Arctic Towhee. Several noted in January and 

 February, 1906. 



Pipilo maculatus megalonyx. Spurred Towhee. Nesting abundantly all over 

 the mesas, and among scrub oak, wild roses and wild cherries. 



Pipilo aberti. Abert Towhee. Between Cortez and Navajo Springs I saw 

 what I believed to be this bird but had no gun with which to secure it. 



Oreospiza chlorura. Green-tailed Towhee. Arrived April 28 at Ft. Lewis. 

 Nested on the mesas in bushes usually near a small stream. 



Zamelodia melanocephala. Black-headed Grosbeak. Arrived May 15. A 

 few nested in the locality. 



Cyanospiza amoena. Lazuli Bunting. Rather common, nesting in the small 

 wild cherry shrubs and in the wild roses. 



Calamospiza melancorys. Lark Bunting. Seen from near Cortez to Navajo 

 Springs in May. A nest found at Navajo Springs, June 1, contained four fresh 

 eggs and a broken one just outside the nest. This was beneath a clump of grass 

 and quite similar in appearance and location to that of a Lark Sparrow. The birds 

 were quite numerous and not at all wild. The flight song is very pleasing, the 

 bird flying upward at an angle approaching 50° and then fluttering slowly to the 

 ground uttering his song nearly the whole time he is in the air. Six or eight of 

 the oddly colored males in the air at once going thru their maneuvers is something 

 worth seeing, and possesses a fascination for one. 



