tamable at the railway sidings, we ground it through, four days of burning, birdless 

 agonv. When at last we heaved in sight of San Diego, and knew that the hot 

 wave was broken, the old chariot, the "Jolly Ellen," which had borne us so faith- 

 fullv, was creaking in every joint. Rivers of ice-water and the dust of travel had 

 blended on our various anatomies until we looked like veritable dust-devils. 

 And yet — and yet, we'd go through it all again at the drop of a hat. Oh, the 

 desert is stern and the desert is vast and the desert is cruel, but the children of 

 the desert, even the adopted children, love hardship — and freedom. 



List of Birds observed in and immediately adjacent to the great Mesquite 

 Forest near Tucson, Arizona, May 7-26, 1917. Species whose presence was 

 again recorded in June are given in bold-faced type. Those whose eggs were 

 actually taken are marked with an asterisk. 



May 7 , evening 



Lark Bunting (Ca/amospiza melanocorys) 

 *Arizona Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis superbus) 

 *Texas Nighthawk [Chordeiles acutipennis texensis) 

 *Baird's Wren {Thryomanes bewicki bairdi) 

 *Vermilion Flycatcher {Pyrocephalus rubinus) 

 *Western Mourning Dove (Zenaidura macroura marginella) 

 *White-winged Dove {MelopeUa asiatica trudeaui) 

 *Lucy Warbler {Vermivora Luciae) 

 * Arizona Hooded Oriole {Icterus cue ulatus nelson I) 



American Raven {Corvus corax slnuatus) 

 May 8 'Western Mockingbird {Mimus polyglottos Leucopterus) 

 ^Western Chat {Icterus virens longicauda) 

 *Dwarf Cowbird {Molothrus ater obscurus) 

 *CactuS Woodpecker {Dryobqtes bairdi cactophilus) 

 *Gilded Flicker {Colaptes chrysoides mearnsi) 

 'Western Kingbird {Tyrannus verticalis) 

 '^Desert Quail {lophortyx gambeli) 

 *Bullock Oriole {Icterus bullocki) 

 'Gila Woodpecker {Centurus uropygiaUs) 

 *Arizona Least Vireo {Vireo belli arizonae) 



Pine Siskin {Spinus pinus) 



Sierra Hermit Thrush ( Hylocichla guttata seauoiensis) 

 *Abert Towhee {Pipilo aberti) 

 *Roadrunner {Geococcyx calijornianus) 



Turkey Vulture (Cat liar tes aura septentrionalis) 

 *Verdin {Aurlparus flaviceps flaviceps) 

 *Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis) 

 *House Finch {Carpodacus mexicanus frontalis) 



Pileolated Warbler {Wilsonia pusilla pileolata) 

 *Crissal Thrasher {Toxosloma crissale) 



Grinnell's Water-Thrush {{Seiurus noveboracensis nolabilis) 

 *Western Redtail (Buteo borealis calurus) 

 *Canyon Towhee {Pipilo fuse us mesoleuc us) 



Lesser Yellowlegs {Totanus flavi pes) 



Northern Violet-green Swallow {Tacliycinela thalasstna lepida) 



Audubon Caracara {Polyborus cheriway) 



Killdeer {Oxyechus vocijerus) 



Traill Flycatcher {Empidonax Irailli) 

 *Mexican Cooper Hawk {Accipiter cooper i mexicanus) 



Western Wood Pewee {Contopus rlchardsoni) 

 'Mexican Goshawk (Asturina plagiata) 

 :,: Mexican Ground Dove {ChaemepeUa passer i na pallescens) 



Western Martin {Progne subis hesperia) 

 May 9 Say's Phoebe (Sayomis saya) 



Black-headed Grosbeak (Zamelodia melanocephala) 



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