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on a steep slope and shot two, one from the forest floor and another 
from a branch 10 feet from the ground to which it had flown. The 
first rolled and tumbled until it fell far below where I could not find 
it. The second proved to be a young bird less than half grown. I 
encountered a few others here subsequently in heavy forest but in 
the dense undergrowth did not get a shot at them. 
Family CHARADRIIDAE 
OXYECHUS VOCIFERUS VOCIFERUS (Linnaeus): Killdeer 
Charadrius vociferus LinNAEUS, Systema naturae, ed. 10, vol. 1, 1758, p. 150 
(South Carolina). 
At the Hacienda Santa Maria I saw a killdeer in the corral near the 
house on November 6 and recorded one or two subsequently on 
November 7, 8, 10, and 11. 
Family SCOLOPACIDAE 
CAPELLA DELICATA (Ord): Wilson’s Snipe 
Scolopax delicata Orv, in reprint of Wilson’s ‘‘American Ornithology,” vol. 9, 
1825, p. CCXVIII (Pennsylvania). 
On November 11 at the Hacienda Santa Maria, following a heavy 
rain, I flushed a Wilson’s snipe in a narrow trail leading through the 
high grass of a pasture. 
ACTITIS MACULARIA (Linnaeus): Spotted Sandpiper 
Tringa macularia LINNAEUS, Systema naturae, ed. 12, vol. 1, 1766, p. 249 (Penn- 
sylvania). 
Near Liberia from October 19 to November 17 I recorded this spe- 
cies regularly on the Rio Liberia and the Rio Colorado. 
TOTANUS FLAVIPES (Gmelin): Lesser Yellowlegs 
Scolopax flavipes GMELIN, Systema naturae, vol. 1, pt. 2, 1789, p. 659 (New York). 
One lesser yellowlegs was seen at a roadside pool near Liberia on 
October 20. 
Family COLUMBIDAE 
ZENAIDURA MACROURA MARGINELLA (Woodhouse): Western Mourning Dove 
Ectopistes marginellus WoopHovuss, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 6, 
May—June (Aug. 20), 1852, p. 104 (Cross Timbers, north fork of Canadian 
River, Okla.). 
Near Liberia two mourning doves were seen October 27 in pasture- 
lands south of town, and another was recorded October 30. On 
November 1 I found 100 or more in small flocks scattered over open 
meadows near the Rio Colorado and shot one. Others were seen on 
November 2 and 3. 
