Page:Condor5(5).djvu/22

 Sm''., t9o 3 [ THE CONDOR sets of slightly incubated eggs were taken in the Dragoons April 4. The nests were large coarse affairs placed from ten feet to .twenty feet from the ground in white oaks. Corvus cryptoleucus. White-necked Raven. Abundant all over the valley. First fresh eggs taken May 22. lolothrus ater obscurus. Dwarf Cowbird. Common about the corrals and cattle-yards. No specimens taken. Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus. Yellow-headed Blackbird. Seen about the corrals in company with the preceding species. Agelaius phceniceus subsp.? Red-winged Blackbird. Often seen at Sulphur Spring. No specimens taken. Sturnella magna neglecta. Western Meadowlark. Several pairs were gener- ally seen about Sulphur Spring. Icterus parisorum. Scott Oriole. First seen in the Dragoon mountains April 4. Not seen in the valley. Several specimens taken. Icterus cucullatus nelsoni. Arizona Hooded Oriole. First arrival was taken in the cottonwoods near Allaire's house April 8. Afterwards it became common. Scolecophagus cyanocephalus. Brewer Blackbird. Very common; large flocks seen about the corrals. Icterus bullocki. Bullock Oriole. Very common throughout the mesquite brush in May. Carpodacus cassini. Cassin Purple 'Finch. A young male was taken in the Dragoon mountains in winter. Carpodacus m. frontalis. House Finch. Abundant. Large flocks frequently stopped for a brief visit in the cottonwoods about the house at Allaire's. Calcarius ornatus. Chestnut-collared Longspur. In February and March the chestnut-collared longspur was exceedingly abundant. They were seen flying over at all times and at nightfall clouds of them would sweep over the house and on down to the grass at the edge of the alkali lake, whence they straggled out at daybreak. Rhynchophanes mccowni. McCown Longspur. Found in company with the preceding species but not in quite such large numbers. They were most common at Sulphur Spring where they fairly swarmed. They were last seen April 6 at which time the great majority had already left. Pocecetes g. confinis. Western Vesper Sparrow. First seen March 6 when one specimen was taken at Sulphur Spring. A few weeks later they were quite common all over the valley. Ammodramus s. alaudinus. Western Savanna Sparrow. Very common after the middle of January; most nmnerous about Sulphur Spring. Chondestes g. strigatus. Western Lark Sparrow. A few were noticed in the cottonwoods at Allaire's April 5. They soon became very common and large flocks were frequently seen in the opens. Zonotrichia leucophrys. White-crowned Sparrow. A small flock containing several adults and a larger number of homotines remained about the mesquite in the immediate vicinity of the ranch house during most of my stay. They were never seen more than oo yards from the house and the country for several miles around was pretty thoroughly worked. When I left on June rst a few still remained about the house. Spizella s. arizonze. Western Chipping Sparrow. Abundant at all points visited. Large flocks were seen in the oaks of the Dragoon mountains. (To be concluded)