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 July, 1908 BIRDS ON THE NAVAJO RESERVATION IN NEW MEXICO 147 mention of mountains means the Chusca range, while river, of course, is the San Juan, a muddy, turbulent, treacherous stream. Acknowledgments are due Mr. Joseph Grinnell for identification of doubtful species and subspecies. Lophortyx gainbell. Gambel Partridge. A friend living at Aztec several miles from Shiprock, up the river, told me one of these birds spent part of one winter around his haystack. Meleagris gallopavo merrlami. Merriam Turkey. Turkeys, probably this var- iety, are said to be rather common in the oak, pinyon and juniper zone at the west end of the Chusca Mountains. Indians frequently bring them for sale to the post traders' stores near the mountains, but they usually remove wing and tail feathers at least, before delivering. Zenaidura macroura. Mourning dove. A few stay all winter along the river.. In summer they become very numerous, frequenting the sunflower and bee-plant thickets, probably eating the seeds. They nest freely in cottonwood groves along the river and also in the shrub patches. Cathartes tura..Turkey Vulture. Common in early spring and in late summer and autumn. Accipiter c00perfl. Cooper Hawk. Seen occasionally in groves along the river where they seem to prey upon the doves. Buteo b0realis calurus. Western Red-tail. Seen along the river bluffs where they nest, and also back in the mountains. Fairly common. Bute0 swains0ni. Swainson Hawk. Noticed among the groves but not numerous. Archibute0 ferrugineus. Ferruginous Rongh-leg. Three seen: one along the river and two at "One-Eye-Water" spring, about fifteen miles south of the river. Aquila chrysaet0s. Golden Eagle. Seen occasionally. A pair nested on a bluff a few miles up the river from Shiprock. Falc0 mexicanus. Prairie Falcon. A few noted but they seem rare. Falc0 c01umbarius. Pigeon Hawk. Two seen among the cottomvoods, one of which was secured. Falc0 sparverius. Sparrow Hawk. Common along the river bluffs and the rocky buttes on the desert plains. Asi0 wils0nianus. Long-cared Owl. Two seen several times in a thicket of willows and "squaw-bush," ]?hus aromalica. Bub0 virginianus palle.qcens. Western Horned Owl. Heard several times in the mountains but not seen. Spe0tyt0 unicularia hyp0gaa.., Ground Owl. Seen on the mesas back from the river. Noticed an entire family, eight or nine, in the shade of a bush several feet from the hole one hot day. Dry0bates vil10.qu.q m0ntic0la. Rocky Mountain Hairy Woodpecker. Resident in groves along the river and also in the mountains. A pair nested in a cottonwood not far from the school and the male in particular displayed much anxiety when- ever the nest tree was approached.. Several times he followed me from tree to tree for a number of rods, calling down maledictions on my head. Dry0bates pubestens h0m0rus. Batchelder Woodpecker. Nesting in groves near the river. Not numerous. Sphyrapicus thyr0ideus. Williamson Sapsucker. Two young males seen in the pinyon belt on the Chusca Mountains.. C0laptes cafer c011aris. Red-shafted Flicker. Found in winter and early spring.