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Vol. XIX 



42. Colaptes cafer collaris. Red-shafted Flicker. Fairly common throughout 

 timbered portions of the county, and also seen in scattered cottcnwood groves along the 

 low foothills. 



43. Phalaenoptilus nuttalli nuttalli. Poor-will. None seen, but one heard calling 

 late in the evening of August 11, at the mouth of Little Dry Creek Canyon. 



44. Chordeiles virginianus henryi. Western Nighthawk. Several noted on June 

 8 along open ridges of Little Dry Creek Canyon. They became fairly common by July 

 1 ; very few were seen after August 20. 



45. Selasphorus platycercus? Broad-tailed Hummingbird. On July 9 one was 

 seen several times in a willow thicket near the head of a small open canyon near Spen- 

 cer. 



Fig. 14. Nest and Eggs of Gkeen-tailed Towhee, beneath 



SAGE BUSH. 



46. Tyrannus verticalis. Western Kingbird. Four seen near a ranch house a 

 short distance from Henry Lake, August 25. 



47. Nuttallornis boreal is. Olive-sided Flycatcher. Occurs sparingly in the hea- 

 vily wooded canyons. Observed July 9 in dense Douglas fir woods near the head of Lit- 

 tle Dry Creek Canyon. 



48. Myiochanes richardsoni richardsoni. Western Wood Pewee. One seen June 

 23 near a small grove of cottonwood trees on the Burnside Ranch near Spencer. 



49. Otocoris alpestris leucolaema. Desert Horned Lark. Common throughout 

 sage covered plains and valleys. Also frequently observed around cultivated fields near 

 Small. 



