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but when approached slipped around and hid among the dead limbs. When first seen they were usually noisy but became silent at once only to burst out with loud notes as they fly away. They seemed in part to be still in family group.  (Specimens)

39. [[underlined]] Cyanocephalus cyanocephalus [[/underlined]] (Wied)

Pinyon Jay. 

A few were observed among the pigeons near Crystal on July 3 and 4. 


40. [[underlined]] Agelaius phoeniceus [[/underlined]]

Redwing. 

A single male was singing from a pile of stones on a small island on Red Lake on the evening of June 26 and occupied the same post as we broke camp the following morning. 


41.[[underlined]] Sturnella neglecta neglecta [[/underlined]] (Audubon)

Western Meadowlark. 

Onw was singing in a field near the trading store at Crystal on July 4. 


42. [[underlined]] Euphagus cyanocephalus [[/underlined]] (Wagler)

Brewer's Blackbird.

Several seen near Crystal on June 28.


43. [[underlined]] Passer domesticus [[/underlined]] (Limaeus)

House Sparrow. 

The House Sparrow was fairly common around the buildings at the trading store of Crystal.  It was strange to find them here as this post is 25 miles from Fort Defiance, Arizona and 60 miles from Gallup, N. M., while the intervening country is only sparsely inhabited by Indians living in small hogans.