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 May, 19o 5 I MIDWINTER BIRDS ON THE MOJAVE DESERT 77 are several not typical as compared with Colorado examples. These show in varying degree an approach toward merrilli, and doubtless came from the north- western part of the Great Basin region, where the breeding ranges of montana and merrilli merge. The cooperi individuals doubtless invaded northward along the Mojave River from the San Diegan district. If any song sparrow at all breeds along the Mojave River it is surely cooperi. Me10spiza lin01ni striata. Forbush Sparrow. A large specimen (, No. 6267 Coll. J. & J. W. M.) shot by Pinger, Jan. , was the only one found. It presents the characters of of typical striata, the breeding grounds of which is in the Sitkan district of southeastern Alaska. Ampelis garrulus. Bohemian Waxwing. A single male specimen of this tireurn-boreal species was shot by Pinger in the afternoon of Dec. 3 x, and is now No. 6258, Co11. J. & J. W.M. The bird was alone, feeding on mistletoe berries in a cottonwood near the railroad station. A storm had prevailed during the previ- ous night and forenoon, and the distant mountains were whitened with snow. The only other known instance of the occurrence of the Bohemian waxwing in the southwest was just forty-four years ago, when Dr. Cooper obtained a specimen near Fort Mojave on the Arizona side of the Colorado River. "It appeared on January xoth [x87m ], after a stormy period which had whitened the tops of the mountains with snow, and was alone feeding on the berries of the mistletoe, when I shot it." (Orn. Cal. I, 87 o, 28.) Note the coincidence of circumstances! As a bird of California the Bohemian waxwing has been previously recorded only from Plumas and Lassen counties in the northeastern corner of the State. It may also be worthy of remark that the present record is apparently the southernmost (34 ) for North America, and even for the world ! Ampelis cedr0rum. Cedar waxwing. Several small flocks were encountered among the cottonwoods, where the birds were feeding on mistletoe berries. Phain0pepla nitens. Phainopepla. Fairly common among the cottonwoods, feeding on mistletoe berries. Lanius lud0vicianus gambeli. California Shrike. Shrikes were not at all common. Individuals were noted far out on the desert, and an occasional one on the telegraph wires along the railroad. The two specimens secured have smallish bills, faintly brownish and dnsky-vermiculated breasts, and dark tints generally. They thus seem most nearly referable to gainbell, being probably visitants to this locality from a northwesterly direction. ( 7 be concluded.) Summer Birds of the Papago Indian Reservation and of the Santa Rita Mountains, Arizona BX. ' ItARR S, SWARTH (Concluded from pa. ffe 50) mRDS sv.v.  xnv. SAN'rx RIXA MOUXIS Callipepla squamata. Scaled Partridge. A few individuals, not over half a dozen adults, were seen at different times on the mesa just below the mountains. A pair with a brood of young about the size of sparrows were seen on June 26.