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 66 THE CONDOR Vol. XIII middle of July young birds from one-third to nearly full grown were met with. There were usually from five to seven young in a flock. Their hunting at this time of year could offer little sport, as they were almost as tame as domestic fowls. The specimens taken had their crops filled with leaves and young shoots of sage brush and other rank desert plants, but nevertheless they proved excellent table birds. 13. Zenaidura m. carolinensis. Mourning Dove. Very abundant, frequenting the sage brush and rocky cliffs by thousands, as well as the willow timber and thickets. It was always most plentiful in the neighborhood of water. Numerous nests were found. In the sage brush they were almost invariably on the ground; in the timber and thickets they were in bushes or even well up in the trees. 14. Cathartes a. septentrionalis. Turkey Vulture. Turkey Vultures were very common and seen daily. Good sized flocks were occasionally noted hovering about the "rim-rock" above the valley. They were doubtless nesting here, as a specimen was one day seen to alight and disappear among the rocks. 15. Circus hudsonius. Marsh Hawk. A Marsh Hawk was seen on the wing, June 24. A female was killed at Brogan while in the act of carrying away a young chicken. 16. Buteo b. calurus. Western Red-tail. A specimen was' seen hovering about the cliffs of Willow Creek Canyon, July 7. A few days later a specimen was taken in the willow timber. On July 19 a nest was found near the same place. It was in a willow tree, thirty feet from the ground.' There were two young birds, one looking over the edge of the nest, and, the other perche d beside it. 17. Falco mexicanus. Prairie Falcon. Four or five specimens were noted in Willow Creek Canyon, July 10, and another a few days later along Pole Creek. 18. Falco s. sparverius. Sparrow Hawk. Sparrow Hawks were very plenti- ful, especially along watercourses, where specimens were seen daily. Probably the nests were usually in Flickers' holes in perpendicular banks. 19. Asio wilsonJanus. Long-cared Owl. On two or three occasions adult specimens were observed in the willow timber. July 23, four grown young were flushed in the same locality. They were all sitting close together, but scattered when alarmed. 20. 0tus a. macfarlanei. MacFarlane Screech Owl. A bird of the year was taken in a willow thicket in Pole Creek Canyon, July 15. Much careful searc,h failed t(/bring another specimen to light. 21. Bubo v. pacificus. Pacific Horned Owl. A young bird, with much down still upon it, was taken among some low trees in Pole Creek Canyon, July 19. When this specimen was shot another, evidently also young, flew from a near-by tree. -They must have been reared near the spot, and probably on the flattened top of an old Magpie's nest, several of which were noted in the immediate neighbor- hood. 23. Speotyto c. hypogaea. Burrowing Owl. I was informed that Burrowing Owls had been very plentiful about Brogan earlier in the season, but only a single specimen was seen, June 22. 23. Coccyzus a. occidentalis. California Cuckoo. One specimen was seen in the willow timber, July 6. 24. Dryobates p. homorus. Batchelder Woodpecker. A_ single specimen, probably representing this subspecies, 'was met with in the willow timber, July 14. 25. Asyndesmus lewisi. Leivis Woodpecker. A pair of Lewis Woodpeckers were seen'near a ranch house, July 9. There were tall Lombardy poplar trees