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Mi in us polyglottos leucoptervs : "\Vestern Mocking-bird. Common resident 



throughout the region up to 5000 feet. 

 T<>.rsti>nui l -iK/ini: Bendire Thrasher. -- Resident on the plains from 



I HOI Hi southward, and quite common about Florence in the warmer 



months. Breeds in Catalinas below 4000 feet. 

 T".n>st"inn curvirostre palmeri: Palmer Thrasher. --Common resident in 



c-holla cactus region. 

 Tuj-nstoiint irissnlis : Crissal Thrasher. Apparently resident throughout 



th- region. 

 Hdeodytes brunneicapillus : Cactus Wren. Common resident throughout 



the region below 4000 feet. 

 *<ilj'iiti-tt* nl'stj/t.tus : Rock Wren. More or less abundant in the counties 



considered. 

 Cat k< r/>< s mexicanus conspersus : Canyon Wren. Resident in mountain 



canyons up to 5000 feet. 

 Tfiri/HiiutHcs bc/rirkii Irttcogaster : Baird Wren. -- Resident in the Catalinas 



and I'iual Mountains up to about 6000 feet. 



Tri't//</i/tt's nt'i/un uzttcus : Western House Wren. Breeds in pine re- 

 gions. 

 Cist <>t lints jHilttstris jili sins : Western Marsh Wren. One taken by Mr. 



I!ro\vn near Tucson. 

 Certhia familiaris albescens: Mexican Creeper. One taken in pine forests 



of ( 'atalinas in April. 

 tiitta carolinensis aculeata : Slender-billed Nuthatch. Common resident in 



pine woods and higher altitudes. 

 Sittu i-iuinili lists : Red-breasted Nuthatch. One taken at 4500 feet in the 



Catalinas. 

 Sitta pygmcea : Fyumy Nuthatch. Found in pine forests of Final and 



( 'atalina Mountains. 

 I 'urns irull inliiri : Bridled Titmouse. Rather common resident of the 



oak region in the Final and Catalina Mountains. 



Psaltriparus plumbeus: Lead-colored Bush-Tit. Resident in the Cata- 

 linas up to about 7500 feet. 

 Aiiri/Htrn* fltrrii-ijis : Verdin. Resident throughout the entire region up 



to l"o i feet. 

 /,'"/"/"> <-<i!' ml nlii : 1 uiby-crowned Kinglet. Common migrant and 



u inter resident in the oak belt. 

 Polioptila ccerulea n!>*i-iini : \\'estern Gnatcatcher. -- Breeds commonly in 



ill. Catalinas. but winters on the plains and mesas. 

 r<i/it,jiti/(i plumbea: Plumbeous (inatcatcher. Common resident about 



'I iH-^oii ;md in valley of San Fedro. 



Myadestes townsendii : Townsend Solitaire. -- Found in the mountains. 



Uylocichla ///>-,. *<, //> snHricnlu . \Villow 'I'hrnsh. One taken bv Mr. Brown 



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at I ucsoii. 



Ili/ini //,/,/ i/nt/dtn : Alaska Hermit Thrush. -- Winter \isitant. 

 //.'/' i/iilliitii ,ui,l,il,ni,i : Audubon Hermit r riirush. Three speci- 



men-, l;ik. n. 

 M'l-'iln ii,'niruinri<i /tr<>i,in</ii,i .- \\, tem K'oliiu. --Common winter resident, 



:;5ini to <'< feet. 



ia mexicana <><<;</, ,,/u/i*: Western Illnebird. -- Winter resident of the 

 foothills; .il-.. lireeds iii small numbers in the Catalinas. 



i arctica: Moimlain lllneliird. -- Irn-gular fall and winter visitant of 

 ihe toothills. 



