d shafted Flicker. _Colaptes cafer._
Dusky Poor-will. _Phalaenoptilus nuttalli californicus._
Black-chinned Hummingbird. _Trochilus alexandri._
Rufous Hummingbird. _Selasphorus rufus._
Arkansas Kingbird. _Tyrannus verticalis._
Cassin's Kingbird. _Tyrannus vociferans._
Black Ph[oe]be. _Sayornis nigrescens._
Western Wood Pewee. _Contopus richardsonii._
Flycatcher. _Empidonax ----._
Horned Lark. _Otocoris alpestris chrysolaema._
California Jay. _Aphelocoma californica._
American Crow. _Corvus americanus._
Yellow-headed Blackbird. _Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus._
Red-winged Blackbird. _Agelaius ph[oe]nicius ----._
Arizona Hooded Oriole. _Icterus cucullatus nelsoni._
Bullock's Oriole. _Icterus bullocki._
Brewer's Blackbird. _Scholocophagus cyanocephalus._
Western House Finch. _Carpodacus mexicanus frontalis._
Goldfinch. _Spinus ----._
White-crowned Sparrow. _Zonotrichia leucophrys gambeli (?)._
Golden-crowned Sparrow. _Zonotrichia coronata._
Heerman's Song Sparrow. _Melospiza fasciata heermanni (?)._
Spurred Towhee or Chewink. _Pipilo maculatus megalonyx._
Green-tailed Towhee. _Pipilo chlorurus._
California Towhee. _Pipilo fuscus crissalis._
Black-headed Grosbeak. _Habia melanocephala._
Western Blue Grosbeak. _Guiraca caerulea eurhyncha._
Lazuli Bunting. _Passerina am[oe]na._
Louisiana Tanager. _Piranga ludoviciana._
Cliff Swallow. _Petrochelidon lunifrons._
Phainopepla. _Phainopepla nitens._
White-rumped Shrike. _Lanius ludovicianus excubitorides._
Warbling Vireo. _Vireo gilvus (?)._
Hutton's Vireo. _Vireo huttoni (?)._
Least Vireo. _Vireo bellii pusillus (?)._
Long-tailed Chat. _Icteria virens longicauda._
American Pipit. _Anthus pensilvanicus._
California Thrasher. _Harporhynchus redivivus._
Vigors's Wren. _Thryothorus bewickii spilurus._
Western House Wren. _Troglodytes aedon aztecus._
Plain Titmouse. _Parus inornatus._
Wren-tit. _Chamaea fasciata._
California Bush-tit. _Psaltriparus minimus californicus._
Western Gnatcatcher. _Polioptila caerulea obscura._
Varied Thrush or Oregon Robin. _Hesperocichla naevia._
Western Bluebird. _Sialia mexicana occidentalis._

FOOTNOTE:

[1] In classification and nomenclature this list conforms to the
American Ornithologists' Union 'Check-List of North American Birds,'
Second Edition, 1895. L. S. Foster, New York.

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