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along the rim; one bird noted on the Hermit’s Rest Trail about a thousand feet below 
the rim. There was a large flock (we estimated its size at two hundred at least) feed- 
ing about some stables not far from the hotel, and these birds were so tame as to permit 
observation at very close range, 
Passer domesticus. English Sparrow. Fairly abundant about the hotels and other 
buildings at the railroad terminus. Not seen elsewhere. 
Spinus pinus. Pine Siskin. Seen at several points along the rim; not more than 
eight or ten all told. 
Junco hyenalis hyemalis. Slate-colored Junco. One male bird seen December 20 
in a flock of black-headed juncos. It was observed at close range with field glasses. 
Junco oreganus shufeldti. Shufeldt Junco. Black-headed juncos of the oreganus 
type were fairly numerous in the woods along the rim of the Canyon. Presumably they 
were mostly of this subspecies, which is a common winter visitant throughout the state. 
Bombycilla garrula. Bohemian Waxwing. As we stepped from El Tovar Hotel 
the morning of our arrival, December 18, almost the first thing encountered was a flock 
of these birds. Our attention was first attracted by the hissing call-note, and a moment 
later a flock of fifteen Bohemian Waxwings swept past. They disappeared for a few 
minutes, but came in sight again a little later and settled in a juniper nearby. There 
they set to work gorging themselves upon mistletoe berries, quite unmindful of our 
presence. We approached cautiously until we were almost directly under the tree. Then 
some of the birds, moving about, came still nearer, until there were several within six 
or eight feet. We were close enough to all in the flock to be able to distinguish the wax- 
en tips to the secondaries, as well as the distinctive chestnut-colored under tail coverts 
and the white or yellow wing markings. We watched them for ten minutes or more, 
when something startled them and they left. 
There has been no record of the observation of the Bohemian Waxwing in Arizona 
since Cooper secured the one and only specimen taken in the state up te the present 
time. That was at Fort Mohave, January 10, 1861 (Cooper, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., 11, 1861, 
p. 122). Considering the small amount of field work that has been done in northern 
Arizona, especially in winter, it may well be that this species is of relatively frequent 
occurrence there during the winter months. 
Salpinctes obsoletus obsoletus. Rock Wren. Ten or twelve seen all told. Ob- 
served at Hermit’s Rest Camp, along the Tonto Trail, and on the rim. 
Catherpes mexicanus conspersus. Canyon Wren. One seen at Hermit’s Rest Camp 
and two or three more along the Tonto Trail. The call note was heard constantly when 
the birds were encountered, but the loud song was not given at any time. 
Sitta carolinensis nelsoni. Rocky Mountain Nuthatch. Several seen in the timber 
along the rim. 
Sitta pygmaea pygmaea. Pigmy Nuthatch. Seen in the timber on the rim. No 
large flocks were encountered, not more than three or four individuals together. 
Baeolophus inornatus griseus. Gray Titmouse. Four pairs seen in the woods 
within a mile of El Tovar Hotel. Titmouse call-notes were heard at several points along 
the Tonto Trail, down in the Canyon, but the birds were not seen. 
Penthestes gambeli gambeli. Mountain Chickadee. More common than the last 
mentioned species. A number were seen near the hotel, and others at various points 
along the rim. 
Planesticus migratorius propinquus. Western Robin. A single Robin was seen 
at the Indian Gardens, near the junction of the Tonto and Bright Angel trails.—H. S. 
SwarTH and WINIFERN W. Swartu, Berkeley, California, February 7, 1920. 
An Albino Brown Towhee.—An albino Brown Towhee (Pipilo crissalis carolae) 
was observed January 27, 1920, on Rocky Hill, just two miles east of Porterville, Califor- 
nia. It was with others of the same species, one of the most numerous birds to be found 
there. 
On the same day and near the same place an adult White-tailed Kite (Hlanus 
leucurus) was seen. The thickly wooded bottom lands of the Tule River are nearby, no 
doubt accounting for the presence of this bird in this particular place. They are occa- 
sionally seen there and are called by the cattle men “devil hawks’.—L. W. Hunson, Por- 
terville, California, January 30, 1920. 
