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rare. Found in flocks of
six to fifteen in the scrub
Oaks. Sialia [illegible] is
rare in the low valleys. S.
Mexicana abundant in
all timber. Ixodes dorsalis
is now occasional in the
canons containing timber
and water. In the spring
they are common and in
summer tolerably plenty
also. A nest I found in
1876 was under a tuft of
grass in heavy pine timber
about 6000 ft altitude.
I find it useless to try to
describe the songs of birds
as I have no ear for music
so I shall not attempt to do
so with any. but very rare on