July, 1903 | 
THE CONDOR 
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Mountains I heard some small owl, probably a Glaucidium, several nights but 
was unable to locate it in the pines. 
Micropallas whitneyi. Elf Owl. Above the Needles, on the Arizona side I 
heard a small owl that may have been this species, but was unable to get a shot at 
it. This was about twenty miles below Dr. Cooper’s type localit}". He stated that 
he obtained but one specimen. It is probable that elf owls straggle to the Colo- 
rado River in the spring migrations. I looked carefully along the Colorado at all 
places visited but found no other evidence of its occurrence there. On Big Sandy 
Creek, above Signal, we secured three elf owls, finding them by their notes and 
calls, and shooting them with light charges when seen dimly in trees or bushes in 
the starlight. Others were heard. The favorite breeding places are old wood- 
pecker holes in giant cactuses. I opened a number of these holes in July, but the 
only positive evidence that I found of their using the cavities was the finding of two 
dried carcasses of nearly grown young owls. 
Geococcyx californianus. Roadrunner. We saw but few roadrnnners and 
these were mostly near the Colorado River. 
Coccyzus americanus occidentalis. Californian Cuckoo. Saw one near The 
Needles and heard others there about the middle of June, and a month later saw 
and heard others at Big Sandy Creek. 
Dryobates villosus hyloscopus. Cabanis W’'oodpecker. Hnalapai Mountains. 
Not common. 
Dryobates scalaris bairdi. Baird Woodpecker. Rather common over most of 
the route traveled in Arizona, except in the Hnalapai Mountains. 
Melanerpes formicivorus. Ant-eating Woodpecker. I saw several of these 
woodpeckers, apparently a family, on the Hnalapai Mountains, between 6000 and 
7000 feet altitude. 
Melanerpes uropygialis. Gila Woodpecker. .More or less common in the tim- 
ber along the Colorado and Big Sandy Creek. 
Colaptes cafer collaris. Red-shafted Flicker. Seen on the Hnalapai Mts. and 
near Ehrenberg in the Colorado River bottoms. Not common at either locality. 
Colaptes chrysoides. Gilded Flicker. Seen only near Big Sandy Creek, where 
they were rather common. Some were seen feeding on the fruits of the giant cac- 
tuses on the mesa, but they principally frequented the willow thickets near the 
stream. No woodpeckers were seen on the Providence Mountains, though this range 
is fairly well timbered, and seemingly well adapted for their homes. 
Phalaenoptilus nuttalli. Nuttall Poorvvill. Heard in nearly every locality 
where collections were made. Two shot at Big Sandy Creek and one at Bill Wil- 
liams River. 
Chordeiles virginianus henryi. Western Nighthawk. Seen only on the Hual- 
apai Mountains where they were rather common. 
Chordeiles acutipennis texensis. Texan Nighthawk. More or less common 
along most of the route traveled, except on the higher mountains and barren deserts. 
Aeronautes melanoleucus. White-throated Swift. Rather common on the 
Providence Mountains and Hnalapai Mountains. I saw a few near Ehrenberg. 
Trochilus alexandri. Black-chinned Hummingbird. Two young of the year 
were on the wing at Twenty-nine Palms, May 18. 
Calypte costae. Costa Hummingbird. Noted at Providence Mountains, Little 
Meadows and Beale Spring, but they were not common. 
Selasphorus platycercus. Broad-tailed Hummingbird. I saw several females 
