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Vol. XIV 
never be quite sure he is on the right one. Into this tangled wildwood we drove 
some four miles from the village. Then leaving our vehicle, we began to work 
across the forest, being careful to work hack in the direction we had come from 
so as to have our auto tracks to follow when we were ready to return. 
Least \dreo (l^irco belli pnsillus), Arizona Pyrrhuloxia { Pyrrhulo.via siim- 
ata). Western Mockingbird {Minins polyglottos Icncoptcrus) , Ilullock Oriole 
(Icterus bullocki), Lucy Warbler (Vennivora litciae), \'ermilion Flycatcher 
{ Pyrocephalus r. iiiexicaiiits) . Gamhel Partridge { Lophortyx gambeli), \Trdin 
(Ann pants fhn’iceps) , Ahert Towhee (Pipilo aberti), Long-tailed Chat (Icteria 
rirciis lotigicauda) and Phainopepla { Phainnpcpla niteiis) were present in 
swarms. White-winged Doves outnumbered any two of those mentioned. 
Alourning Dove, IMexican (iround Dove, Ash-throated h'lycatcher, and Arizona 
1 1 coded Oriole were very numerous. 
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Cooper Taiiager {Piranga rubra cooperi) and P)aird Wren (Thryomaucs 
bezAckii leucogaster) were also common and their cheery songs were very much 
in evidence. Most of these species had 3 ioung. Phainopeplas and Cooper Tanagers 
were building. 
The bird we were looking for was conspicuous by its absence. That was the 
Afexican Goshawk (Asturina plagiafa). AVe walked miles hack and forth hut did 
not find a single set, and saw hut one bird. A few Cooper Hawks (Accipitcr 
cooperi) were seen, hut none of their ne.sts were found, either. 
No sets worth taking were found. Once, as 1 stooped under a hush, a little 
A lexical! Ground Dove dropped at my feet and fluttered off. I looked hack and 
there was one young one in a nest against which T had nearly hutted my head. 
Numerous nests of young of the three doves mentioned were examined with the 
purpose of confirming an observation T had made as to the position of the young 
