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"May 19th. I found another nest of Clarke's crow about ten or 

 twelve days ago, with the young not quite ready to fly. It was on 

 the t p of a pine stump." 



38. Cyanura Stelleri Sw. " On the 25th of February I ob- 

 tained a female, the first I have seen here. They are said to be 

 more plenty farther into the mountains." 



39. Sayornis Say us Baird. Referred to as present on, and a 

 little prior to, April 3d. 



40. Tyrannus verticalis Say. " Strange to say, the habits of 

 this flycatcher are entirely different from what I found them to be 

 about Fort Lapwai, Idaho, and also in Arizona. There I always 

 found them about the streams, building their nests on cottonwood 

 trees. Here, although they hive the same opportunities, they are 

 only found among the junipers and lone pines. I found one of the 

 latter, in which at least five pairs of this species was building. The 

 same tree also contained a nest of Swainson's buzzard, with eggs in 

 it. These birds have only arrived within the past week. I have not 

 noticed a single individual within the post, while in Idaho several 

 pairs had nests within the officers' quarters, and I find them here 

 three or four miles from water." 



41. Myiarchus mexicanus Baird. '' May 2Gth. Both yes- 

 terday and the day before I noticed a specimen of either M. crinitus, 

 or of this species. There is no possible doubt about it at all. I 

 know both birds very well, and recognized the birds at once by the 

 crest and the chestnut underneath. I saw them each time among 

 the junipers." 



42. Hylotomus pileatus Baird. Mentioned as resident in 

 the pine woods about Camp Harney. 



43. Colaptes mexicanus Swain. Observed in the neighbor- 

 hood of Camp Harney about April 3d. " May 27th. I have taken 

 several sets within the past two days. The number of eggs in 

 their nest was from six to nine." 



44. Melaiierpes torquatus. "May 27th. Several sets of eggs 

 of this species, taken since the 20th, number from six to nine each." 



45. Picus albolarvatus. "May 27th. I noticed one of this 

 species excavating a hole in a dead pine tree some twelve days since, 

 and concluded to try the tree yesterday. The hole was dug about 

 half way up the tree, twenty-five feet from the ground. At the en- 

 trance it was about two inches wide, and entered the tree about three 

 inches before turning down. It was about eighteen inches deep, the 



