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middle of July young birds from one-third to nearly full grown were met with. 
There w^ere usually from five to seven young in a flock. Their hunting at this 
time of 3 "ear could offer little sport, as they were almost as tame as domestic fowls. 
The specimens taken had their crops filled with leaves and young shoots of sage 
brush and other rank desert plants, but nevertheless they proved excellent table 
birds. 
13. Zenaidura m. carolinensis. Mourning Dove. Very abundant, frequenting 
the sage brush and rock\^ cliffs by thousands, as well as the willow timber and 
thickets. It was alw'ays most plentiful in the neighborhood of water. Numerous 
nests were found. In the sage brush they were almost invariably on the ground; 
in the timber and thickets they were in bushes or even well up in the trees. 
14. Cathartes a. septentrionalis. Turkey Vulture. Turkey Vultures were 
very common and seen daily. Good sized flocks were occasionally noted hovering 
about the “rim-rock” above the valley. They were doubtless nesting here, as a 
specimen was one day seen to alight and disappear among the rocks. 
15. Circus hudsonius. Marsh Hawk. A Marsh Hawk was seen on the wing, 
June 24. A female was killed at Brogan while in the act of carrying away a young 
chicken. 
16. Buteo b. calurus. Western Red-tail. A specimen was seen hovering 
about the cliffs of Willow Creek Canyon, July 7. A few days later a specimen was 
taken in the willow timber. On July 19 a nest was found near the same place. 
It was in a willow tree, thirty feet from the ground. There were two young birds, 
one looking over the edge of the nest, and the other perched beside it. 
17. Falco mexicanus. Prairie Falcon. Four or five specimens were noted in 
Willow Creek Canyon, July 10, and another a few days later along Pole Creek. 
18. Falco s. sparverius. Sparrow Hawk. Sparrow Hawks were very plenti- 
ful, especially along watercourses, where specimens were seen daily. Probably the 
nests were usually in Flickers’ holes in perpendicular banks. 
19. Asio wilsonianus. Dong-eared Owl. On two or three occasions adult 
specimens were observed in the willow timber. July 23, four grown young were 
flushed in the same localitj'. They were all sitting close together, but scattered 
when alarmed. '' 
20. Otus a. macfarlanei. MacFarlane Screech Owl. A bird of the year was 
taken in a wallow thicket in Pole Creek Canyon, July 15. Much careful search 
failed to bring another specimen to light. 
21. Bubo V. pacificus. Pacific Horned Owl. A young bird, with much down 
still upon it, w^as taken among some low trees in Pole Creek Canyon, July 19. 
When this specimen was shot another, evidently also young, flew from a near-by 
tree. They must have been reared near the spot, and probably on the flattened top 
of an old Magpie’s nest, several of which were noted in the immediate neighbor- 
hood. 
22. Speotyto c. hypogaea. Burrowing Owl. I w^as informed that Burrowing 
Owls had been very plentiful about Brogan earlier in the season, but only a single 
specimen was seen, June 22. 
23. Coccyzus a. occidentalis. California Cuckoo. One specimen was seen in 
the w'illow timber, July 6. 
24. Dryobates p. homorus. Batchelder Woodpecker. A single specimen, 
probably represenling this subspecies, was met with in the willow timber, July 14. 
25. Asyndesmus lewisi. Lewis Woodpecker. A pair of Lewis Woodpeckers 
were seen near a ranch house, July 9. There were tall Lombardy poplar trees 
