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 158 THE CONDOR VOL. XI 8. Accipter cooperi. Cooper Hawk. These hawks were fairly common the wild, and were seen nearly every day. One specimen in immature plumage was taken September 19, 1907. It was flying around the trees above camp just at daylight, calling "kek-kek-kek-kek" and was shot by Mr. Bunker after some trouble in locating it. 9. 0tus asio asio. Screech Owl. Common all around camp but only one or two seen. In the evening they were quite noisy, and it was a-pleasure to hear their tremulous notes, while we were sitting around in the dusk, smoking, reading' or telling yarns after a hard day's work. We could never tell whether the notes came from the trees above us, or from farther away, and we tried several times to locate the birds without success. One night about nine o'clock while I was sitting on a stone wall watching for whip-poor-wills, an owl swoopt down at my head several times. It was very dark and I could only see a shadow as it went by, but by a chance shot, I secured it with the auxiliary barrel. 10. Coccyzus americanus americanus. Yellow-billed Cuckoo. This species was common in the timber everywhere, and its loud notes were often heard. They were rather shy, however, and while we were moving around we only saw a few, most of our birds flying in on us, when we were motionless. They were excessively fat, and the greater part of them were molting, so that they made poor specimens. Occasionally we hea/'d their notes at night. 11. Ceryle alcyon. Belted Kingfisher. One or two seen occasionally along Washington creek, but the streams in the neighborhood were too small to attract many of the birds. The only one taken was excessively fat, showing that there was an abundance ot food, as vould naturally be expected; but the Kingfisher appears to prefer larger streams as a whole, and does not wander far back along the smaller creeks. 12. Dryobates villosus villosus. Hairy Woodpecker. Common everywhere thru the timber, and a number were taken. All were in fine plumage, and most of those secured were shot in the trees above camp. 13. Dryobates pubescons medianus. Downy Woodpecker. These little birds were common everywhere in the timber, and numbers were seen. They appear to have about the same habits the. year around and are always trusting and confiding. They are one of the most abundant birds in this vicinity, taking the year as a whole, and are more numerous than in any other locality where I have ever collected. Forty-one specimens were taken. 14. Melanerpes erythrocephalus. Red-headed Woodpecker. These birds were met with as stragglers in the edges of the timber on both years, and one or two. were taken around camp. Straggling flocks occurred along Hasty Creek, where the birds kept to the tops of the smallest trees. They Were in company with the flickers, and like them, made long flights across the fields. Of twelve speci- mens, only three are adult, and, of the immature birds, the females appear to be slightly paler in color than the males. One immature bird shows a few red feath- ers on the crown and throat. 15. Centurus carelinus. Red-bellied Woodpecker. These woodpeckers occasionally came into the trees about camp, but most of them were found in the timber. One or two of the adults taken are in very highly colored plumage. 16. Colaptos auratus luteus. Northern Flicker. These birds were fairly common along the edges of the timber, and in the creek bottoms, but were wild and hard to secure. They did a great deal of flying back and forth between the hills, and the high trees above camp proved a tempting resting place for them. Co/ates. o//ris appears to occur here only during the fall and winter.