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Vol. XIII 
44. Speotyto cunicularia hypogaea. Burrowing Owl. Abundant everywhere 
in suitable locations. 
45. Geococcyx calif ornianus. Roadrunner. Fairly common, but from what I 
could gather it has been decreasing rapidly the last three years. 
46. Dryobates scalaris bairdi. Texas Woodpecker. One specimen taken and 
three others seen at Mecca. 
47. Colaptes cafer collaris. Red-shafted Flicker. Abundant in suitable cover, 
usually in small flocks of four or five. 
48. Aeronautes melanoleucus. White-throated Swift. Common at Mecca, 
especially on the lake shore. 
49. Calypte anna. Anna Hummingbird. One at Brawley December 18 and 
one at Mecca January 4 were the only ones noted. 
50. Tyrannus vociferans. Cassin Kingbird. One taken at Brawley and one 
seen at Mecca. 
31. Myiarchus cinerascens. Ash-throated Flycatcher. A male taken De- 
cember 18 near Alamoria. 
52. Sayornis sayus. Say Phoebe. Common everywhere. 
53. Sayornis nigricans. Black Phoebe. Fairly common especially near Sal- 
ton. Not so abundant as the last. 
54‘ Empidonax griseus. Gray Flycatcher. Two taken at Mecca in the 
mesquites January 5. 
55. Pyrocephalus rubineus mexicanus. Vermilion Flycatcher. One near 
Alamoria December 9 and another seen at Mecca January 3. 
56. Otocoris alpestris pallida. Sonora Horned Lark. Common by roadsides 
and in cultivated fields about Brawley and Alamoria. That these were pallida is 
supposition only, but Mr. P. I. Osburn took some winter specimens of this form 
but a few miles away at Calexico and in the same valley in 1908. 
57. Corvus corax sinuatus. Raven. Seen about every day usilally in pairs. 
58. Corvus brachyrhynchos hesperis. Western Crow. Common around the 
outskirts of Bramley, but not seen elsewhere. 
59. Molothrus ater obscurus. Dwarf Cowbird. Quite commort at Mecca in 
company with the Brewer Blackbirds. 
60. Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus. Yellow-headed Blackbird. Common 
at Brawley. 
61. Agelaius phoeniceus sonoriensls. Sonoran Redwdng. Enormous mixed 
flocks of this and the last species raised havoc with the sprouting grain near Braw- 
ley. 
62. Sturnella neglecta. Western Meadowlark. Fairly comrtion in small 
flocks in cultivated fields. 
63. Euphagus cyanocephalus. Brewer Blackbird. Common about the ranch 
houses and corrals. 
64. Carpodacus mexicanus frontalis. House P'inch. Seen only at Brawley 
in the small park near the station, and only about half a dozen individuals. Possibly 
more abundant before the advent of the English Sparrow. 
65. Astragalinus psaltria hesperophiius. Green-backed Gold Finch. Small 
flocks noted on three occasions by the roadside near Alamoria. 
66. Astragalinus la wrencei. Lawrence Goldfish. Abundant especially along 
the Alamo in the mesquites. 
67 Pooecetes gramineus confinis. Western Vesper Sparrow. Abundant along 
irrigation ditches and fields. 
68. Passerculus rostratus. Large-billed Sparrow. Three adults and four 
