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of some bushes where we all were trying to get out of the prevailing sandstorm. 
He caught flies on the wing, and alighted on our shoulders several times, almost 
permitting us to handle him. A few Louisiana tanagers were seen. on the Provi- 
dence Mountains. The last days of July several came into a vineyard on Bill Wil- 
liams River and other migrants were seen later along the Colorado River. 
Piranga hepatica. Hepatic Tanager. A male shot July 8, at 6300 altitude on 
the Hualapai Mountains was the only one seen. As is usual with this species, it 
was in pines. 
Piranga rubra cooperi. Cooper Tanager. The two white men living at 
Twenty-nine Palms described a bird closely which must have been of this species; 
they said it was the only one they had ever seen, and that it appeared a fortnight 
previously and remained in the shrubbery around their cabins a week. It had 
probably wandered from its usual haunts in the willow groves of the Colorado 
River bottoms. August 14 I shot a male Cooper tanager twenty-five miles below 
Ehrenberg on the California side of the river. This was the only individual I saw 
on the trip. 
Petrochelidon lunifrons. Clift' Swallow. Seen occasionally at Big Sandy 
Creek, Bill Williams River and about the Colorado near Ehrenberg. A few old 
nests were plastered along the nearly perpendicular cliffs of the Bill Williams 
River canyon. 
Hirundo erythrogastra. Barn Swallow. Noted only at Twenty-nine Palms, 
where several individuals appeared to be summer residents. 
Tachycineta lepida. Northern Violet-green Swallow. Rather common about 
the summits of Providence Mountains, probably residents. I saw two flocks along 
Big Sandy Creek, July 17, migrating, and another flock at Parker on the Colorado 
River a fortnight later. 
Phainopepla nitens. Phainopepla. Seen at base of Providence Mountains, 
Needles, Beale Spring, Big Sandy Creek and Ehrenberg, usually in small numbers. 
Lanius ludovicianus excubitorides. White-rumped Shrike. Seen in most of 
the localities visited, but not at all common. 
Vireo gilvus swainsoni. Western Warbling Vireo. Heard in the Providence 
Mountains. Not noted elsewhere. 
Vireo solitarius cassini. Cassin Vireo. Providence Mountains. 5000 to 6000 
feet altitude; not common. 
Vireo solitarius plumbeus. Plumbeus Vireo. Rather common in the pinyon 
belt at base of the Hualapai Mountains. Not heard above 6000 feet altitude. 
Vireo pusillus. Least Vireo. Seen and heard at various places along the Col- 
orado River and at Big Sandy Creek. I thought I heard Vireo vichiior on Provi- 
dence Mountains, but as I could not see it I may have been mistaken, its song be- 
ing very similar to that of casshii, which was present a little higher up the moun- 
tains. 
Helminthophila luciae. Lucy Warbler. First seen at Little Meadows, where I 
shot the male parent and one of the brood of young June 21. This was about fif- 
teen miles east of Fort Mohave, where Dr. Cooper obtained the types. I failed to 
find the species along the Colorado River. Two more males were shot in July at 
Big Sandy Creek where the species was rare. Not observed elsewhere. 
Helminthophila virginiae. Virginia Warbler. Shot one on the Hualapai 
Mountains. Two or three more were seen there. Not observed elsewhere. 
Helminthophila celata lutescens. Lutescent Warbler. Seen migrating at 
Twenty-nine Palms May 17. 
