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Icterus cucullatus nelsoni. Arizona Hooded Oriole. Rather common at Big 
Sandy Creek and Bill Williams River; not noted elsewhere. 
Icterus bullocki. Bullock Oriole. Not common. Young seen out of the nest 
at Needles the middle of June. Seen at Big Sandy Creek, Bill Williams River and 
along the Colorado near Ehrenberg. 
Carpodacus mexicanus frontalis. House Finch. More or less common every- 
where. Very destructive to fruit in the orchard at Beale Spring. 
Astragalinus psaltria. Arkansas Goldfinch. Found only at Big Sandy Creek, 
where they were not common. 
Chondestes grammacus strigatus. Western Lark Sparrow. Saw one at Cibolo, 
Arizona. 
Zonotrichia leucophrys. White-crowned Sparrow. Saw migrants in Morongo 
Pass and at Twenty-nine Palms. 
Spizella atrogularis. Black-chinned Sparrow. Saw a female carrying a larva 
of some kind in her bill, on Providence Mountains, about June first. She came 
quite close to me and acted as if her family were near. A month later I saw sev- 
eral at about the same altitude (6000 feet) on the Hualapai Mountains. The.se ap- 
peared to be parents and young of the year. 
Junco oreganus thurberi. Thurber Junco. Providence Mountains, rare. No 
juncos were seen elsewhere. I looked carefully in the Hualapai Mountains, but 
found none and am at a loss to understand why none of the genus occurred there, 
as I had expected to find caniceps or dorsalis. 
Amphispiza bilineata deserticola. Desert Sparrow. Rather common at base of 
Providence Mountains. Seen at Little Meadows, Beale Spring and Big Sandy 
Creek. 
Melospiza cinerea fallax. Desert Song Sparrow. A few were seen near 
Needles, also along Big Sandy Creek, and about lagoons near Ehrenberg. 
Pipilo maculatus megalonyx. Spurred Towhee. Common on the Hualapai 
Mountains. 
Pipilo fuscus mesoleucus. Canyon Towhee. A few were seen in rocky gul- 
ches and rough hills at Little Meadows and Beale Spring. 
Pipilo fuscus senicula. Anthony Towhee. Seen in Morongo Pass on the way 
out. 
Pipilo aberti. Abert Towhee. Rather common in the bottom lands of the 
Colorado River and its tributaries, to which this species is strictly limited. 
Oreospiza chlorura. Green-tailed Towhee. The only one noted I saw at about 
6000 feet altitude in Providence Mountains 
Zamelodia melanocephala. Black-headed Grosbeak. I saw a number of fe- 
males, apparently migrants, in the Providence Mountains at 5000 to 6000 feet alti- 
tude, but I saw no males in that range. At Beale Spring both sexes were com- 
mon and destroying quantities of fruit, to the great annoyance of the owner of the 
orchard, who employed an Indian to shoot the birds. Unfortunately the Indian 
did not discriminate between the noxious and harmless species. I saw a few of 
these grosbeaks on the Hualapai Mountains and one male at Big Sandy Creek. 
Guiraca caerulea lazula. Western Blue Grosbeak. Seen at various places 
along the Colorado River and at Big Sandy Creek. 
Cyanospiza amoena. Lazuli Bunting. Seen only near Needles and Ehrenberg. 
Piranga ludoviciana. Western Tanager. Soon after our arrival at Twenty- 
nine Palms, May 17, a male of this species came to the little pond at camp and 
drank. It appeared exhausted. Next day it was very tame, keeping in the lee 
