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July, 1911 WINTER BIRDS O1. THE SALTON SEA REGION 135 14. Pisobia minutilla. Least Sandpiper. Common in small flocks at Salton. 15. ]?reunetes mauri. Western Sandpiper. Not so common as the last and usually only three or four together. Both species still in winter plumage. 16. 0xyechus vociferus. Killdeer. Abundant near water. Several seen on the dry desert above Mecca. ' 17. Aegialitis nivosa. Snowy Plover. Two pairs met with March 26 on the alkali fiats near the sea.. A male and female taken showed no signs of breeding. 18. Lophortyx gambeli. Gambel Quail. Common. Nearly all were paired off by this time and as single males were often flushed they may have been breeding. 19. Zenaidura macroura carolinensis. Mourning Dove. About a dozen in- dividuals seen. 20. Cathartes aura septentrionalis. Turkey Vulture. Seen nearly every day singly or in pairs. Dead carp on the seashore seemed to be a favorite diet. 21. Accipiter velox. Sharp-shinned Hawk. Two seen March 21. 22. Buteo borealis calurus. Western Red-tail. An adult stayed about camp during our entire stay. 23. Aluco pratincola. Barn Owl. But a single bird noted. On March 30 one flushed from a mistletoe covered mesquite. 24. Speotyto cunicularla hypogaea. Burrowing Owl. Not common. A few noted on the desert above Mecca. 25. Geococcyx californianus. Roadrunner. One observed at Salton March 24 was only one seen, though their tracks could often be seen in sandy places. 26. Dryobates scalaris bairdi. Texas Woodpecker. Two pairs taken in the burned brush near Mecca. This charred mesquite was alive with borers, which judging from the crops and stomachs of the specimens taken, formed the exclusive diet of these wood-peckers. 27. Colaptes cafer collaris. Red-shafted Flicker. Fairly common in the mesquite brush near Mecca. 28. Chorderies acutipennis texensis. Texas Nighthawk. Appeared March 20, a single bird. By the evening of the 24th they were common. Dozens could be seen over a damp meadow near our camp, and over nearby reservoirs. 29. Aeronautes melanoleucus. White-throated Swift. Several about a damp meadow March 21. 30. Tyrannus verticalis. Arkansas Kingbird. March 21 a flock of eight arrived and two pairs soon had nesting sites picked out near the station. 31. Myiarchus cinerascens. Ash-throated Flycatcher. One specimen taken March 30 in the mesquites was the only one noted. 32. Sayornis nigricans. Black Phoebe. A pair could usually be seen on any reservoir or damp ground. 33. l?.mpidonax griseu$. Gray Flycatcher. Mr. Howard Wright who was with me took one March 20. Another seen on the 23rd. 34. Pyrocephalus rubineus mexicanus. Vermilion Flycatcher. One col- lected by Mr. Wright on March 21. Within a week three pairs were in the im- mediate vicinity of our camp. 35. Corvus corax sinuatus. Raven. Several seen along the railroad on the telephone poles. 36. Molothrus ater obscurus. Dwarf Cowbird. Common in pairs. Usually. associated with the Brewer Blackbird. 37. Agelaiu$ phoeniceu$ $onorien$i$. SonGran Redwing. About a dozen pairs stayed about the cottonwoods near the station. In this grove were also a pair of