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132 THE CONDOR Vol. XIII 44. Speotyto cunicularia hypogaea. Burrowing Owl. Abundant everywhere in suitable locations. 45. Geococcyx californianus. Roadrunner. Fairly common, but from what I could gather it has been decreasing rapidly the last three years. 46. I)ryobates scalaris bairdi. Texas Woodpecker. One specimen tal?en and three others seen at Mecca. 47. Colaptes cafer collaris. Red-shafted Flicker. Abundant in suitable cover, usually in small flocks of four or five. 48. Aeronautes melanoleucus. White-throated Swift. Common at Mecca, es17ecially on the lake shore. 49. Calypte anna. Anna Hummingbird. One at Brawley De?-ember 18 and one at Mecca January 4 were the only ones noted. 50. Tyrannus vocfferans. Cassin Kingbird. One taken at Brawley and one seen at Mecca. 51. Myiarchus cinerascens. Ash-throated Flycatcher. A male taken De- cember 18 near Alamofla. 53. Sayornis sayus. Say Ph?)ebe. Cornmob everywhere. 53. Sayornis nigricans. Black Phoebe. Fairly common especiilly near Sal- ton. Not so abundant as the last. 54' Empidonax griseus. Gray Flycatcher. Two takeu at Mecca in the mesquites January 5. 55. Pyrocephalus rubineus mexicanus. ?ermilion Flycatcher. One near Alamoria December 9 and another seen at Mecca January 3. 56. 0tocoris alpestris pallida. Sonora Horned Lark. Common by roadsides and in cultivated fields about Brawley and Alamofla. That these ?ere l?allida 'is supposition only, but Mr. P. I. Osburn tooksome winter specimetis of this form but a few miles away at Calexico and in the same valley in 1908. 57. Corvus corax sinuatus. Raven. Seen about every day usually in pairs. 58. Corvus brachyrhynchos hesperis. Western Crow. Conimon around the outskirts of Bramley, but not see? elsewhere. 59. Molothrus ater obscurus. Dwarf Cowbird. Quite common at Mecca in company with the Brewer Blackbirds. 60. Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus. Yellow-headed Blackbird. Common at Brawley. 61. Agelaius phoeniceus sonoriensis. Souoran Redwing. Enormous mixed flocks of this and the last species raised havoc with the sprouting grain near Braw- ley. 62. Sturnella neglecta. Western Meadowlark. Fairly common in small flocks in cultivated fields. 63. Ruphagus cyanocephalus. Brewer Blackbird. Common about the ranch houses and corrals. 64. Carpodacus mexicanus frontalis. House Finch. Seen only at Brawley in the small park near the station, and only about half a dozen individuals. Possibly more abundant before the advent of the English Sparrow. 65. Astragalinus psaltria hesperophilus. Green-backed Gold Finch. Small flocks noted on three occasions by the roadside near Alamofla. 66. Astragalinus lawrencei. Lawrence Goldfish. Abundant especially along the Alamo in the mesquites. 67 Pooecetes gramineus confinis. Western Vesper Sparrow. Abundant along irrigation ditches and fields. 68. Passerculus rostratus. Large-billed Sparrow. Three adults and four