INTRODUCTION 
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Totanus melanoleucus: Greater Yellow-legs. — Rare. 
Totanus Jlavipes : Yellow-legs. — Tolerably common. 
Symphemia semipalmata inornata : Western Willet. — Common migrant. 
Bartramia longicauda: Bartramian Sandpiper. — Not common. 
Actitis macularia : Spotted Sandpiper. — Common ; breeds. 
Numenius longirostris: Long-billed Curlew. —Common migrant. 
Squatarola squatarola: Black-bellied Plover. — Rare. 
Charadrius dominicus: Golden Plover. — Rare. 
^Egialitis vocifera: Killdeer. — Common ; breeds. 
AEgialitis semipalmata: Semipalmated Plover. — Rare. 
AEgialitis meloda circumcincta: Belted Piping Plover. — Rare. 
sEgialitis nivosa : Snowy Plover. — Rare. 
^Egialitis montana : Mountain Plover. — Common. 
Zenaidura macroura: Mourning Dove. — Common; breeds. 
Cathartes aura: Turkey Vulture. — Rare. 
Accipiter velox: Sharp-shinned Hawk. — Tolerably common. 
Accipiter cooperii: Cooper Hawk. — Not common. 
Buteo borealis calurus : Western Red-tail. — Not common. 
Buteo swainsoni: Swainson Hawk. —Tolerably common. 
Archibuteo ferrugineus: Ferruginous Rough-leg. — Common. 
Haliceetus leucocephalus: Bald Eagle. — Rare. 
Falco mexicanus : Prairie Falcon. — Common. 
Falco peregrinus anatum : Duck Hawk. — Rare. 
Falco sparverius: Sparrow Hawk. — Common ; breeds. 
Pandion haliaetus carolinensis : Osprey. — Not common. 
Asio wilsonianus: Long-eared Owl. — Common. 
Asio accipitrinus: Short-eared Owl. — Rare. 
Nyctala acadica: Saw-whet Owl. — Not common. 
Nyctea nyctea: Snowy Owl. — Rare. 
Speotyto cunicularia hypogcea : Burrowing Owl. — Common ; breeds. 
Ceryle alcyon: Belted Kingfisher. — Tolerably common. 
Sphyrapicus thyroideus: Williamson Sapsucker. — Rare. 
Melanerpes erythrocephalus: Red-headed Woodpecker. — Tolerably com¬ 
mon. 
Melanerpes torquatus: Lewis Woodpecker. — Occasional visitor. 
Colaptes cafer collaris: Red-shafted Flicker. — The most common wood¬ 
pecker. 
Phalcenoptilus nuttallii: Poor-will. —Not common. 
Chordeiles virginianus henryi: Western Nighthawk. — Common. 
Selasphorusplatycercus: Broad-tailed Hummingbird.—Not very common. 
Selasphorus rufus: Rufous Hummingbird. — Not very common. 
Tyrannus tyrannus : Kingbird. — Common ; breeds. 
Tyrannus verticalis: Arkansas Kingbird. — Most common kingbird ; 
breeds. 
Tyrannus vociferans: Cassin Kingbird.— Not common. 
Myiarchus cinerascens : Ash-throated Flycatcher. — Rare. 
Contopus borealis: Olive-sided Flycatcher. — Not common. 
Contopus richardsonii: Western Wood Pewee. — Tolerably common. 
Empidonax traillii: Traill Flycatcher. — Rare. 
Empidonax minimus: Least Flycatcher. — Tolerably common. 
Pica pica hudsonica : Magpie. — Rare in the city. 
Cyanocitta stelleri diademata : Long-crested Jay. — Rare in the city. 
Nucifraga Columbiana : Clarke Nutcracker. — Autumnal flocks of young 
toierablv common. 
Cyanocephalus cyanocephalus: Piflon Jay. — Regular autumn visitor, some¬ 
times wintering. 
