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75. Oreospiza chlorura. Green-tailed Towhee. Common on brushy hillsides, and 

 often seen on open ridges. Two nests were found near Spencer, June 23, composed of 

 sage twigs and bark, lined with fine dry grass, and placed low in sage bushes. One, 

 just completed, was in a small open draw, the other, containing three eggs, on a high 

 ridge. The parent birds were very shy. 



76. Zamelodia melanocephala. Black-headed Grosbeak. Occurs sparingly in 

 thickets along streams. Several pairs, probably breeding, seen in Little Dry Creek Can- 

 yon, June 18. 



77. Passerina amoena. Lazuli Bunting. One pair seen in a willow thicket along 

 the creek in Little Dry Creek Canyon, June 18. Probably nesting. 



78. Piranga ludoviciana. Western Tanager. Occurs sparingly in groves of 

 quaking aspen, and in Douglas fir thickets in the canyons. 



79. Petrochelidon lunifrons lunifrons. Cliff Swallow. Common throughout the 

 county, nesting under eaves and on faces of rock cliffs. They leave during the last 

 week in August. 



80. Hirundo erythrogaster. Barn Swallow. A nest was found, built on a rafter 

 in a barn on the Burnside ranch, near Spencer. On August 1 it contained three young 

 able to fly, and one infertile egg. 



81. Tachycineta thalassina lepida. Northern Violet-green Swallow. Observed in 

 small numbers in open portion of Little Dry Creek Canyon during June and July. 



82. Riparia riparia. Bank Swallow. A small colony was nesting in a high sand 

 bank near the outlet of Henry Lake, August 17. 



83. Bombycilla cedrorum. Cedar Waxwing. Several seen in thickets along Little 

 Dry Creek the latter part of June. 



84. Lanius ludovicianus excubitorides. White-rumped Shrike. A single bird 

 seen August 16, perched on a fence post along the road, between Kilgore and Rea. 



85. Vireosylva gilva swainsoni. Western Warbling Vireo. Fairly common in 

 willow thickets and quaking aspen groves, along streams in the canyons. 



86. Lanivireo solitarius cassini. Cassin Vireo. Common in willow thickets and 

 quaking aspen groves. A nest with four fresh eggs was found July 6, in a small willow 

 along Little Dry Creek. 



87. Dendroica aestiva aestiva. Yellow Warbler. Common in thickets along 

 streams. Two nests, each containing five eggs, found in rose bushes along Little Dry 

 Creek, June 16. 



88. Dendroica auduboni auduboni. Audubon Warbler. Common in Douglas fir 

 thickets in the canyons. 



89. Oporornis tolmiei. Tolmie Warbler. Occurs sparingly in willow thickets 

 along streams. Parent birds with young were seen in willows along the West Fork of 

 Camas Creek, July 16. 



90. Icteria virens longicauda. Long-tailed Chat. Several seen in willows along 

 Little Dry Creek on the Burnside ranch, near Spencer, July 15. 



91. Cinclus mexicanus unicolor. Dipper. Female with three young able to fly, 

 seen on logs crossing the West Fork of Camas Creek, July 16. 



92. Oreoscoptes montanus. Sage Thrasher. Common throughout the sage cov- 

 ered plains, and also seen on low ridges. A nest with four eggs, placed in a sage bush on 

 a low ridge, was found near Spencer, June 19. 



93. Dumetella carolinensis. Catbird. Several pairs noted nesting in willow 

 thickets along Little Dry Creek during the last week in June. 



94. Salpinctes obsoletus obsoletus. Rock Wren. Several seen, on July 31, among 

 large boulders along the ridges in Little Dry Creek Canyon. 



95. Troglodytes aedon parkmani. Western House Wren. A pair was found 

 nesting in an old building on the Burnside ranch, June 15. A nest containing young was 

 found in a hole in a fence post, near the old buildings at Woods Reservoir, in the West 

 Fork of Camas Creek, July 16. 



96. Penthestes atricapillus septentrionalis. Long-tailed Chickadee. Fairly com- 

 mon in willow thickets and quaking aspen groves, where numerous nesting cavities were 

 found in dead stubs. 



97. Penthestes gambeli gambeli. Mountain Chickadee. Common in Douglas fir 

 timber on high ridges and canyon sides. 



