At noon Will shot a Green-tailed Towhee, and we saw several. C.M. Howard took a set of Palmer's and one of Bendires Thrashers. Will shot the Palmer's Thrasher but we were unable to get the Bendires, which was unfortunate, as the nest, eggs, and birds look very peculiar. Rising took a set of four eggs of the Verdin. Saw flocks of Dark Buntings, Sage Thrashers, Red-winged and Yellow-headed Blackbirds, and many Arkansas Kingbirds, Maegillivray's Warblers and Bay-winged Buntings. April 4. He did not attempt to follow any road but just travelled in the direction we wished to go in. After a while we came to a cattle ranch, where we got water and enquired about the road. At the ranch there was a large reservoir and the Mourning Doves were gathered around it by the hundred. The banks were covered with them and the air was black with those arriving and leaving, and they could be seen coming in a steady stream in every direction. There must have been several thousand in sight at once. Later in the day a Golden Eagle flew past the wagon, closely pursued by a Swainson's Hawk. The Hawk struck at the Eagle several times, but the Eagle easily avoided his onset, and as his assailant darted past, thrust out his talons to capture him, but the Hawk kept out of reach. Several times the Eagle turned completely over in his efforts