Arizona field notes, v4429
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Flyealetus, an Ash-throated Flyealetus, two Bridled Tits, Two Baird's Wrens, a (?) Hummer and a Shore Lark. They took three sets of (?) Hummer, a set of Vermilion Flyealetus and a set of White-marked Raven. July 1. Howard and Rising went up Ramsey Canon. They visited a nest of Cal. Cuckoo, that Howard had found on June 28; when it contained two eggs; as he thought, an incomplete set. Today it contained two young birds. They shot a Redstart, a Western House Wren, a Cuckoo, and an immature Virginia's Warbler. Willard and I walked down the Canon, after skinning what birds we had. We saw a male Scott's Oriole, which I shot at and missed, and a good many Olivaceous Flyealetus. They seem to be coming in here as do the Goldfinches. July 2. In the morning Will went over the cliff to the Swift's nest from which Howard took the set. There were no eggs there, so I took the nest. There were no birds to be obtained so Will shot a Bridled and Dead-colored Tit. The others went up the right-hand Canon and brought back about twenty-five birds among them a male Riooli Hummer. They found a Band-tailed Pigeon's nest with one young bird, and a Cnis Flyealetus and a Plumbeous Vireo, each with young. Will found a Plumbeous