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Cañon and Green-tailed Towhees.
Apr. 9. Remained near Tucson until evening, when we drove several miles beyond and camped
near the university. We visited Mr. Herbert Brown and had dinner with him, and he
gave us a good deal of information about the country we were going through.
Apr. 10. Drove out to a ranch near Ft. Lowell and camped there so as to put the horses in
pasture and give them a rest. Ten sets of Palmer's and one of Bendire's Thrasher
were taken. Will shot a female Pyrrhuloxia. We saw many jack-rabbits,
some of the common species, but most of them were the large Antelope Jacks, with
white hindquarters. Will shot one.
Apr. 11. During the day we took two sets of Bendires and three of Palmer's Thrasher,
two of Vermilion Flycatcher, one of Plumbeous Gnatcatcher, and one of Phainopepla.
We shot two Elf Owls, two Macgillivray's Warblers, a pair of Vermilion Fly-
catchers and a Verdin. Rising and a young fellow living at the ranch went up
in the mountains and did not get back until 9:30 P.M. They were all tired out
as the mountains are extremely rough. They said they saw Cañon Wrens,
Scott's Orioles and Townsend's Solitaires.
Apr. 12. O.W. Howard and Will collected four sets of Vermilion Flycatchers, two of Bendire's
Thrasher, two of Mexican Screech Owl, one of Red-tailed Hawk and one of Cañon
Towhee. They killed a Mexican Screech Owl, a Cañon Towhee, a Vermilion
Flycatcher and an Elf Owl.
Apr. 13. O.W. Howard, Will, myself, and an acquaintance we made here, named
Will Harrison, started up into the mountains to a place known as the 'Basin'.
The way we went there was no trail; we traveled right up the cañon and
had a very rough time of it. Near the mouth of the cañon we saw a pair of