July, 1911 
WINTER BIRDS OF THE SALTON SEA REGION 
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14. Pisobia minutilla. Least Sandpiper. Common in small flocks at Salton. 
15. Ereunetes mauri. Western Sandpiper. Not so common as the last and 
usually only three or four together. Both species still in winter plumage. 
16. Oxyechus vodferus. Killdeer. Abundant near water. Several seen on 
the dry desert above Mecca. 
17. Aegialitis nivosa. Snowy Plover. Two pairs met with March 26 on the 
alkali flats near the sea. A male and female taken showed no signs of breeding. 
18. Lophortyx gambeli. Gambel Quail. Common. Nearly all were paired 
off by this time and as single males were often flushed they may have been 
breeding. 
19. Zeaaidura macroura carolinensis. Mourning Dove. About a dozen in- 
dividuals seen. 
20. Cathartes aura septeutrionalis. Turkey Vulture. Seen nearly every day 
singly or in pairs. Dead carp on the seashore seemed to be a favorite diet. 
21. Acdpiter velox. Sharp-shinned Hawk. Two seen March 21. 
22. Buteo borealis calurus. Western Red-tail. An adult stayed about camp 
during our entire stay. 
23. Aluco pratincola. Barn Owl. But a single bird noted. On March 30 
one flushed from a mistletoe covered mesquite. 
24. Speotyto cunicularia hypogaea. Burrowing Owl. Not common. A few 
noted on the desert above Mecca. 
25. Geococcyx californianus. Roadrunner. One observed at Salton March 
24 was only one seen, though their tracks could often be seen in sandy places. 
26. Dryobates scalaris bairdi. Texas Woodpecker. Two pairs taken in the 
burned brush near Mecca. This charred mesquite was alive with borers, which 
judging from the crops and stomachs of the specimens taken, formed the exclusive 
diet of these wood-peckers. 
27. Colaptes cafer collaris. Red-shafted Flicker. Fairly common in the 
mesquite brush near Mecca. 
28. Chordeiles acutipennis texensis. Texas Nighthawk. Appeared March 
20, a single bird. By the evening of the 24th they were common. Dozens could 
be seen over a damp meadow near our camp, and over nearby reservoirs. 
29. Aeronautes melanoleucus. White-throated Swift. Several about a damp 
meadow March 21. 
30. Tyrannus verticalis. Arkansas Kingbird. March 21 a flock of eight 
arrived and two pairs soon had nesting sites picked out near the station. 
31. Myiarchus cinerascens. Ash-throated Flycatcher. One specimen taken 
March 30 in the mesquites was the only one noted. 
32. Sayornis nigricans. Black Phoebe. A pair could usually be seen on any 
reservoir or damp ground. 
33. Empidonax griseus. Gray Flycatcher. Mr. Howard Wright who was 
with me took one March 20. Another seen on the 23rd. 
34. Pyrocephalus rubineus mexicanus. Vermilion Flycatcher. One col- 
lected by Mr. Wright on March 21. Within a week three pairs were in the im- 
mediate vicinity of our camp. 
35. Corvus corax sinuatus. Raven. Several seen along the railroad on the 
telephone poles. 
36. Molothrus ater obscurus. Dwarf Cowbird. Common in pairs. Usually 
associated with the Brewer Blackbird. 
37. Agelaius phoeniceus sonoriensis. Sonoran Redwing. About a dozen pairs 
stayed about the cottonwoods near the station. In this grove were also a pair of 
