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alfalfa fields of the ranch. No other Indigo Buntings were seen, but the speci- 

 men collected was to all appearances a breeding bird (testes 10 mm. long), and 

 the duller colored female, if present, might easily have been overlooked through 

 its similarity to the female Lazuli Bunting. 



In the present paper two species are added to the list of Arizona birds, the 

 Bendire Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra bendirei) and the Indigo Bunting {Passer- 

 ina cyanea). In this connection it may be of interest to review the present stand- 

 ing of the Arizona bird list, In my "Distributional List of the Birds of Ari- 

 zona" (May 25, 1914) , 362 species are included. Two additional species had been 

 recorded in publications issued so shortly before my own paper that they were 

 unavoidably omitted. Eidgway (Birds of North and Middle America, 6, April 

 8, 1914, p. 57) added the Red-bellied Woodpecker {Centurus carolinus). In 

 the same volume (p. 695) the Aiken Screech Owl {Otus asio aikcni) is tenta- 

 tively given as from an Arizona locality, but the true status of the specimen cited 

 seems open to doubt. Oberholser, in his "Monograph of the Genus Chordeiles" 

 (U. S. Nat. Mus., Bull. 86, April 6, 1914, p. 50) records the Pacific Nighthawk 

 {Chordeiles virginianus hesperis)^ 



Shortly after the appearance of my list, Cooke {Auk, 31, July, 1914, p. 403) 

 added seven species: Pacific Loon {Gavia pacifica) , Ross Snow Goose {Chen 

 rossi), Black Vulture {Catharista urubu), Harris Sparrow {Zonolrichia que- 

 rula), Sprague Pipit {Anthus spraguei), Western Golden-crowned Kinglet {Reg- 

 ulus satrapa olivaceus) , and Sierra Hermit Thrush {Hylocichla guttata sequoi- 

 ensis). Then Gilman, in The Condor (vol. 16, Nov., 1914, p. 260) added the 

 Ring-necked Duck {Marila collaris) and Sierra Sapsucker {Sphyrapicus varius 

 daggetti). 



To summarize, we find species added to the Arizona list as follows : Ridgway 

 1, Oberholser 1, Cooke 7, Gilman 2, Swarth 2, in all, 13 additions. These added 

 to the former list of 362 give a total of 375 birds for Arizona. 



Berkeley, California, December 12, 1917. 



A RETURN TO THE DAKOTA LAKE REGION 



By FLORENCE MERRIAM BAILEY 

 I. BACK TO THE SWEETWATERS 



THE LURE of the water fowl ! How can one who has caught only tantaliz- 

 ing glimpses of the beautiful birds on their northern breeding grounds es- 

 cape from it, "when the Red Gods make their medicine again"? To me 

 the call of North Dakota was so strong that after four years, the last of which 

 gave a field season in the mountains of Oregon, I answered the call by return- 

 ing to the lake region of the prairies, prepared to devote the summer to the 

 study of water birds. Realizing full Avell the limitations of a woman bent on 

 the study of water birds, I went intending to be satisfied with what came my 

 way, hoping that such casual experiences might in some part supplement the 

 more thorough work of less handicapped field students. 



On the way out, after leaving behind the beautiful spruce and tamarack 

 swamps of northern Minnesota, the sign Manitoba Junction stirred my blood. 

 How good it would have been to follow the straight northward pointing rails 



