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but not many. On the way down the canon we killed a peculiar
looking rattlesnake. It was only about eighteen inches long, and
was of a dirty gray color with small, oblong black spots along the
back. When we got back to camp we found that Will had
put up a Band-tailed Pigeon, an Arizona Woodpecker, and a Shov-
lar.
May 21. Will and Rising went out collecting, and Howard and myself
stayed in camp. I skinned the birds that we killed yesterday, and
packed a number of other skins for shipment. Then I helped
Howard with an Arbor that he was building over the table.
The others killed a Poor Will and a Buff-breasted Flycatcher,
and took a set of Painted Redstart with the parent birds.
May 22. In the morning Will and Rising went up the canon, while Howard
and I remained in camp. They returned with a set of Painted Redstart
with the male bird, a pair of Arizona Junos, and a male Coste's
Hummingbird. They jumped three deer and killed one apiece, letting
the third go, although they could easily have shot it.
In the morning after skinning some birds, I walked up to the
spring with the shotgun. There was a flock of Pigeons there
and I managed to get one of them. I also saw a pair of
Stephens Whippoorwill but did not get a shot at them.
In the afternoon Howard and myself went over to Brown's
Canon, to collect a set of Bridled Tits, that he found on