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FRINGILLID.E. 



7. Spizella pallida var. Breweri Coues. Common. 



8. Zonotrichia leucophrys var. intermedia Ridg. I 

 White-crowned Finch. Not common. 



9. Goniaphea melanocephala Gray. Common. 



10. Pipilo chlorurus Baird. Not common. 



CORVID^E. 



11. Corvus carnivorus Bartram. Raven. Common. Often I 

 seen walking along the top of the canon. 



12. Pica melanoleuca var. hudsonica All. Abundant. 



CAPRIMULGID^. 



13. Antrostonms Nuttalli Cassin. Nuttall's Whip-poor- 

 will. Common. In the evening they came into the road, and when 

 driven up would fly about a person's head and alight a short distance 

 behind. Their cry was much lower than that of the eastern species, 

 and repeated oftener. Several times I heard them keep up a contin- 

 uous repetition of the same notes for two or three minutes. 



FALCONID^E. 



14. Circus cyaneus var. hudsonius All. Common. Three 

 specimens were obtained one morning and several others seen. 



15. Falco sparverius Vieill. Common about the cliffs along 

 the canon. One specimen obtained. 



There were several large hawk's nests on the cliffs, some of which 

 had been used that year, but we did not see any of the birds. 



coLUMBnm 



16. Zensedura carolinensis Bonap. Abundant. They 

 were breeding in large numbers under the sage bushes on the sides 

 of the canon. The birds would not fly from the eggs until almost 

 trodden on. Although just at dark when I found the breeding place, 

 I saw several sets of eggs, all deposited on the bare ground; and as 

 1 went down the side of the caiion the birds kept flying out in front 

 of me, but it was too dark for me to see the eggs. 



