Page:Condor6(3).djvu/24

 May, i9o4l THE CONDOR 77 Phalenoptilus nuttalli. Poor-will. One seen on the mountains near Gol- conda at an elevation of about 6000 feet. Choralelies v. henryi. Western Nighthawk. Common. Tyrannustyrannus. Kingbird. A few observed in June. Tyrannus verticalis. Arkansas Kingbird. Common. One pair built a nest on top of a box car. Sayornis saya. Say Phoebe. Common. 0tocoris a. leucolama. Pallid Horned I,ark. Very common is the fields in May and June. Pica hudsonia. Black-billed Magpie. Not uncommon. Corvus americanus. American Crow. A few observed early in May. lIolothrus ater. Cowbird. Common. Eggs were taken from nests of war- biers, blackbirds and orioles. Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus. Yellow-headed Blackbird. A colony was found breeding in a tule marsh about seven miles east of Golconda. Agelaius phceniceus. Red-winged Blackbird. Common. Sturnella neglecta. Western Meadowlark. Very common. Icterusbullocki. Bullock Oriole. Not uncommon. Scolecophagus cyanocephalus. Brewer Blackbird. Very common. Carpodacus m. frontalis. House Finch. A few observed in the yard of the Golconda Hot Springs Hotel among the cottonwood trees June 30. Chondestes g. strigatus. Western Lark Sparrow. Common. Zonotrichia 1. gambeli. Gambel Sparrow. One collected at Stone House early i n May. Spizella breweri. Brewer Sparrow. A few seen in the brush at Stone House. Amphispiza b. nevadensis. Sage Sparrow. Found in the brush near Iron Point. 0reospiza chlorura. Green-tailed Towhee. Common in the canyons near Golconda at an elevation above 5000 feet. Zamelodia melanocephala. Black-headed Grosbeak. Common. Piranga ludoviciana. Western Tanager. Rare. Three individuals seen on the following dates: May 27, May 28, June 17. Petrochelidon lunifrons. Cliff Swallow. Common. Hirundo erythrogastra. Barn Swallow. Common. Clivicola riparia. Bank Swallow. Common. Ampelis cedrorum. Cedar Waxwing. One pair seen near Iron Point June 13. Lanius 1. excubitorides. White-rumped Shrike. Common. One nest ob- served contained seven eggs. Dendroica astiva. Yellow Warbler. Common in the rose and willow thicket where they nested. Cinclus mexicanus. Dipper. One observed in a canyon near Golconda at an elevation of abont 6000 feet. 0roscoptes montanus. Sage Thrasher. Observed in brush near Stone House. Salpinctes obsoletus. Rock Wren. Several observed. On June io, a nest containing young was located among the rocks of a rocky railroad cut. lIerula m. propinqua. Western Robin. Common.