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THE CONDOR 
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10068 ). This bird has just finisht the post-nuptial molt, and is in perfectly fresh, 
unworn winter plumage. It is of a peculiar yellowish tinge, quite different from 
specimens either of the very dark belli or the pale nevadensis in comparable plumage. 
The species was fairly common in the locality at the time. 
FROM FIELD AND STUDY 
Some Notes From Washington. — The following records were made by Mr. 1). E. Brown of 
Tacoma, Washington. lie turned over most of his notes to my brother and Mr. Dawson for their 
joint book, “The Birds of Washington,” but the following, which seem to me of especial in- 
terest, were for some reason overlookt. 
Leucosticte tephrocotis littoralis. Hepburn Leucosticte. A Leucosticte was seen building a 
nest on Mt. Baker, Washington, June 10, 1905, but it was not possible to wait for it to be finisht. 
Specimens collected at the time proved to be the Hepburn Leucosticte, altho the bird building the 
nest was not killed. 
Myadestes townsendi. Townsend Solitaire. A nest found in a railroad cut near Renton — a 
suburb of Seattle — Washington. On June 3, 1908, it contained four young birds three or four 
days old. 
Strix occidentalis caurina. Northern Spotted Owl. A nest believed to belong to this spe- 
cies found on May 23, 1908. It contained young birds somewhat larger than screech owls, and 
with no sign of any tufts on the head. Some young Horned Owls examined, of about the same 
age, had the ears very plainly developt. On visiting the same place on April 12, 1909, the nest 
— a hole in a stump — was found to contain a Saw-whet Owl (Cryptoglaux acadicus)) and four 
slightly incubated eggs. Ranchers near by told of killing two large owls with smooth, round 
heads, during the winter. 
Botaurus lentiginosus. American Bittern. A nest containing four eggs found in eastern 
Washington ou June 3, 1908. — C. W. Bowles. 
Seen on a Day’s Outing in Southern Arizona. — February 13, 1910, I spent with a hunting 
party on the San Pedro River near Fairbanks. My gun was a camera, and while looking for suit- 
able shots I was imprest with the large number of birds seen, and particularly with the great vari- 
ety. Following is a list of those observed during the day from the time we left Tombstone until 
our return. In some instances I append a few comments. 
Mallard, Pintail and Green-winged Teal, — a small flock of each. Great Blue Heron, Killdeer, 
Mourning Dove, Cooper Hawk, Harris Hawk, Western Red-tailed Hawk, Swainson Hawk, Aplo- 
mado Falcon, Desert Sparrow Hawk, Gila Woodpecker, Baird Woodpecker, Red-sliafted Flicker, 
Say Phoebe and Black Phoebe. A flock of over a hundred White-neckt Ravens alternately 
perching in some cottonwoods and circling overhead. Western Meadowlark; a flock of from two 
to three thousand Brewer Blackbirds which covered several large cottonwoods and peach trees, 
and the ground under them. The trees were literally black with them. Goldfinch (subsp. ?), 
House Finch, and numerous sparrows of which I identified the following: Intermediate Sparrow, 
Western Lark Sparrow, Lark Bunting, Black-throated Sparrow, Song Sparrow (subsp. ?), Abert 
Towhee, Canyon Towhee, Arizona Pyrrliuloxia and Arizona Cardinal; Audubon Warbler, Mock- 
ingbird, Crissal Thrasher, Cactus Wren, Rock Wren, Canyon Wren and Verdin. A Ruby- 
crowned Kinglet came close to us while we were lunching, its song and twitter first attracting 
my attention. Plumbeous Gnatcatcher, Western Robin and Mountain Bluebird, several of which 
were seen along the road and in the fields. 
The feature of the day, however, was the securing of a male Texas Kingfisher (Coyle 
americana septentrionalis ) . This bird was seen flying along an irrigating ditch close to the 
water, the white in its tail first attracting our attention. This is my first record and I believe 
the first for this Territory.* Most of the species mentioned were seen on the river but a few were 
seen in the vicinity of Tombstone only. — F. C. Willard. 
Alaska I^ongspur at Gunther’s Island, Eureka, California. — While collecting on this 
island in the fall of 1909, I took on October 2 a female of the above species. It was the only one 
seen during a stay of three weeks at the island. The skin is now in the collection of Louis B. 
Bishop, New Haven, Connecticut, who identified it as the Alaska Longspur ( Calcarius lapponicus 
alascensis) . In the Condor, Vol. II, No. 1, page 44, Frank Stephens records taking one on the 
same date at San Diego. — Henry W. Marsden. 
*IJr. Elliott Cones reported this species as seen on the Colorado River between Forts Mojave and Yuma, in Sep- 
tember. 1865 (Ibis, 1866, p. 263). It apparently has not since been observed in the Territory. — E d. 
