saw a pair of Massena Quail, a few Broad-billed Hummers, a hummer that he was unable to identify, several Grace's and one Olive Warbler. He found four nests of the Chestnut-backed Bluebird, but there was nothing in any of them. May 18. Rising went to the fort after the mail, while Howard and I went to the cañon just south of here. The wind was blowing very hard, making collecting difficult. In a small side cañon, little more than a gully, we saw a pair of Red-faced Warblers. After watching them for quite a while one of them flew to the ground and disappeared, while the other flew off. Howard went to where the bird vanished in the ground, and, after hunting around for a while, flushed her off of her nest, which contained a full set. We also got a set of Song-crested Jays, one of Painted Redstart, and found an unfinished nest of the House Wren; several of the Song-crested Jay. We also found an unfinished nest of the Rivoli Hummingbird, overhanging the trail, and about twenty feet from the ground. We shot the female bird of each set taken; and a male Virginia Warbler, which was sitting, singing loudly, on a branch of a Pine tree, almost out of range. I had never heard one sing before, and did not know what I had shot until I picked it up. On the way home we a flock of about forty Band-tailed Pigeons, and I shot at one with the cow-gun, but did not get it. On its account of the wind, we only got four butterflies. In the mouth of the