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been mined a great deal, which probably accounts for the larks not 

 beino - as abundant there. While in the foot-hills farther down, in 

 November, I was walking through a field covered with short grass, 

 just before sunrise one morning, when a flock of these larks arose 

 that must have contained thousands. They did not move until I was 

 in the midst of them, when they sprang up on every side with a noise 

 like thunder. After day-light I found them on the oaks near where 

 they were put up ; while on the trees they were very shy, and it was 

 almost impossible to get a shot at one, but when on the ground they 

 would stand and look at any one and allow him walk up within easy 

 range. 



37. Icterus Bullockii Bonap. Bullock's Oriole. Rare. 

 One female was obtained in October. 



38. Scolecophagus cyanocephalus Cab. Brewer's Black- 

 bird. Rare. One small flock seen and one specimen obtained the 

 first of November. 



CORVID^. 



39. Corvus amerieanus var. caurinus Coues. Western 

 Fish Crow. Probably accidental. Saw one small flock the last of 

 November. They were circling about in a dense fog apparently lost. 



40. Cyanurus Stelleri Sw. Steller's Jay. Very abundant. 

 They were moulting the first of September, and were very shy, keep- 

 ing concealed in the tops of the large pines on the hills. With 

 their feathers they regained their impudence and would commence 

 screaming as soon as a person entered the heavy pine woods which 

 they frequented. Early in the fall they were shy in approaching the 

 vicinity of the houses, but the last of October and in November they 

 united with the California Jay in carrying acorns from an oak grow- 

 ing in Mr. J. H. Wentworth's yard. I was stopping at this gentle- 

 man's house during my stay at Nevada and had a fine opportunity 

 to observe the birds, as there were two very large oaks growing 

 within gun shot of the house. 



41. Aphelocoma floridana var. californica Coues. Cal- 

 ifornia Jay. Very abundant, and lives nearer the houses than the 

 last. Unites with C. Stelleri in carrying acorns from the oaks to trees 

 having any crevice or knot-hole into which it can put them. I have 

 seen at least twenty of these two species of jays carrying acorns 

 from one large oak at the same time. The birds would light on the 



