Rito de los Frijoles, N. Mex. Monday, Aug 8, 1910.
Bright, hot morning. Started up canyon at 8:15, returning about 9:30. Shot one mountain chickadee, one chipmunk and what appears to be the female of some species of towhee. The bird I shot Saturday, which I took for a western wood pewee, spoiled before I could skin it, so I am trying to skeletonize it. It is common here. Following is a description: Length 150 m. m. Tail and wings black, head blackish, back blackish gray, Secondaries with very narrow white anterior margins, tertials with wider white margins forming conspicuous wing bars, Below gray, with delicate wash of yellow on sides or in front of anus, under tail coverts white. The big hawk which I took for redtail is brown-spotted beneath, perhaps Swainson's. Two birds near our sleeping caves I feel sure are Say's phoebes.
The depth of the valley here runs from 400 to 500 ft. The Rio Grande at the mouth of the Rito is perhaps 500 ft. lower than camp. The N. rim presents a roundly serrated appearance, owing to lateral gulches which dissect it, while
