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was in nowise strengthened by the numerous graves visible along every road 
and trail we travelled, all telling the same tale: ‘‘Killed by Apaches’’. Many 
of the headboards testified to the fact that the victims were women and chil- 
dren from distant states in search of homes, and little imagination was required 
to picture the sad fate meted out to them by unrestrained savage ferocity. 
Apparently these particular Apaches had never seen a breech-loading shot- 
gun; and when, near Camp Apache, a couple of them, employed as guides, 
pointed out to me a bit of cover where a Massena Partridge had taken refuge 
a bird I had long looked for in vain—great was their astonishment when I put 
it up and killed it on the wing as it flew away. A few days afterwards old 
Pedro, the chief of the band, with a dozen followers, came to our camp with 
an interpreter and asked to see the man who could kill flying birds with a gun. 
They examined the gun with great interest, and presently requested to see 
a specimen of my skill. When I killed a raven as it was flying over the camp I 
became in their eyes a man of mark, and Pedro, taking me aside, pulled from 
under his blanket a goodly sized bag of coin which he offered for the big medi- 
cine gun, and appeared much chagrined at my refusal to sell it to him. 
FIELD SEASON OF 1874 
My trip in 1874 from Santa Fe southward across the Gila via Fort Win- 
gate, Zuni, and Camp Apache, to Camp Grant and Bowie not only yielded large 
collections in the several branches of natural history, but more rarities than 
any other made by me. Not only was much of the country traversed compara- 
tively unknown, but the attention of the small party of three, consisting of Dr. 
J. T. Rothrock, Botanist, James M. Rutter, Assistant, and myself, could be giv- 
en entirely to natural history work. At Camp Grant I obtained the first spe- 
cimen of the Refulgent Hummingbird, a Mexican species not hitherto detected 
within our limits. The Santa Rita Mountains yielded another hummingbird 
new to our fauna, the Broad-billed (Jache latirostris), while in the neighbor- 
hood of Camp Bowie was found still a third species, the Slender-tailed Hummer 
(Calothorax lucifer). The beautiful little Red-faced Warbler, also new to our 
fauna, was found to be not uncommon near Camp Apache and on Mount Gra- 
ham, while at old Camp Crittenden two other additions to our fauna were made 
—the Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Myiodynastes luteiwventris), and the Arizona 
Woodpecker (Dryobates arizonae). 
Even on this, my most productive trip, however, comparatively little time 
could be spent in any one locality, and a day or two of hurried work was 
often all that could be spared to a locality which would have well repaid weeks 
or even months of labor, as was proven by the results obtained by other collec- 
tors years after my brief visits. Moreover, the changed conception of species 
and subspecies, and the accumulation of series of specimens from various parts 
of the country, especially in private collections, resulted in the description as 
new of many birds first collected by the Wheeler Expedition. Some of these, 
indeed, were thought to be new when collected, but were passed by until their 
Status could be more satisfactorily determined by additional specimens or larg- 
er series. As examples I may cite the following: 
Baeolophus inornatus griseus, Iron City, Utah, 1872; Hylocichla fuscescens 
salicicola, Fort Garland, Colorado, 1873; Certhia familiaris montana, Camp 
Apache, Arizona, 1873; Otocoris alpestris arenicola, Denver, Colorado, 1873; 
Meleagris gallopavo merriami, Camp Apache, 1873; Junco cinereus palliatus, 
