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 3o THE CONDOR Vo,. V Geococcyx californianus. Road-runner. Quite common. Nests were often seen in the chollas and mesquites but no eggs were found. Ceryle alcyon. Belted Kingfisher. One seen May 4, miles from water. It was amusing to watch it hopping about on the ground catching insects. Dryobates scalaris bairdi. Baird Woodpecker. Common in the Dragoon mountains. Also frequently taken in the mesquite brush in the valley. Dryobates arizon/e. Arizona Woodpecker. Not uncommon in the Dragoon mountains, but very shy and hard to cure. Female shot April 4 contained large eggs. Found also in the Chiricahuas. Seen rarely in the valley. Melanerpesformcivorus. Ant-eating Woodpecker. Quite common in the Dragoon mountains. Colaptes cafer coilaris. Red-shafted Flickei'. Common about old houses in the valley. Chordeiles acutipennis texensis. Texan Nighthawk. They arrived about May 5 and were becoming very common June r when I left. Trochilus alexandri. Black-chinned Hummer. Common. Selasphorus platycercus. Broad-tailed Hummer. Several taken. Tyrannus verticalis. Arkansas Kingbird. A few were taken. Not so com- mon as the following. Tyrannusvociferans. Cassin Kingbird. Firsf seen April 4, after which it became common. A nest with fresh eggs was found in a cottonwood tree about thirty feet from the ground May 6. Myiarchus cinerascens. Ash-throated Flycatcher. First taken April 4, after which it became very common both in the valley and in the Dragoon mountains. No specimens positively referable tothe subspecies mttingi were taken. Sayornis saya (subsp. ?). Say Phcebe. Very.common. Every suitable place was tenanted by a pair. Nests were found in sheds, tanks, windmills and old wells. First fresh eggs taken April x. Sayornis nigricans. Black Phcebe. One was seen at Sulphur Spring March x6. Contopus borealis. Olive-sided Flycatcher. The only one seen in the valley was taken near the house at Allaire's ranch May . Contopus richardsoni. Western Wood Pewee. Quite common. Its first appearance was May t7. Empidonax wrighti. Wright Flycatcher. Fairly common after May 3 when it was first seen. Pyrocephalus rubineus mexicanus. Vermilion Flycatcher. One remained about the house at Allaire's ranch for several days in the latter part of April. One was taken in the Dragoon mountains May 3. Also seen in the Chiricahua moun- tai ns. 0tocoris alpestris subsp. ? Horned Lark. Very abundant; probably exceed- ing in number all other species. Young birds able to fly were seen May 6. At least three forms of horned larks were taken which when first collected were iden.- tified as pallida, arenicola, and adusta, but as the specimens are not accessible at present, I prefer not to pnblish these names as positive identifications. Cyanocitta stelleri diademam. Long-crested Jay. Common in the Dragoon and in the Chiricahua mountains. Seen in the valley on one occasion only. Aphelocoma woodhousei. Woodhouse Jay. Common in the mountains. In the latter part of April several troops of forty or fifty of these birds were seen in the valley. Aphelocoma s. arizone. Arizona Jay. In the Dragoon and the Chiricahua mountains this species was more common than either of the preceding. Several