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Ceryle alcyon : Belted King-fisher. Resident. 



Dry abates villosus hyloscopus : Cabanis Woodpecker. Resident in pine 

 forest ; winter visitor to lower altitudes. 



Dryobates pubescens homorus : Batchelder Woodpecker. One seen on Gila 

 River. 



Dryobales scalar is bairdi : Texan Woodpecker. Common below 4000 feet. 



Dryobates arizona : Arizona Woodpecker. Not uncommon in Santa Ritas 

 and Catalinas. 



Sphyrapicus variitx nnchalis : Red-naped Sapsucker. Migrant. 



Sphyrapicm thyroideus : Williamson Sapsucker. Found in pines of Cata- 

 lina Mountains. 



Melanerpes formicivorus : Ant-eating- Woodpecker. Common resident of 

 mountains down to 4000 feet. 



Melanerpes torquatus : Lewis Woodpecker. Abundant though irregular 

 migrant in Catalina Mountains at low altitudes. 



Melanerpes uropygialis : Gila Woodpecker. Common resident, especially 

 in giant cactus region, and occurs in numbers up to 4500 feet. 



Colaptes cafer collaris : Red-shafted Flicker. Common throughout the 

 region, but breeding above (5000 feet 



Colaptes chry sold es : Gilded Flicker. Rather common resident in giant 

 cactus belt. 



Antrostomus vociferus macromystaz : Stephens Whip-poor-will. A whip- 

 poor-will, undoubtedly of this species, heard in the Catalinas. 



Pkalcenoptilus nuttallii : Poor-will. An abundant migrant; breeds in 

 mountain regions. 



Chordeiles virginianus henryi : Western Nighthawk. Seen in Catalinas in 

 early spring- above 4000 feet. 



Chordeiles acutipennis texensis : Texan Nighthawk. Abundant migrant 

 below 4500 feet. 



Chfctura vauxii : Vaux Swift. Seen between 3000 and 4000 feet in the 

 Catalinas in October. 



Aeronautes melanoleucus : White-throated Swift. An abundant migrant; 

 a few probably winter. 



Trochilus alexandri : Black-chinned Hummingbird. Common summer 

 resident in Catalina Mountains. 



Calypte cost& : Costa Hummingbird. Common in Catalinas. 



Calypte anna : Anna Hummingbird. One seen in Catalina Mountains at 

 5000 feet in October. 



Selasphorus plat ycercus : Broad-tailed Hummingbird. Common migrant, 

 doubtless breeding in Catalinas. 



Selasphorus rufus : Rufous Hummingbird. Probably breeds at higher 

 altitudes in Catalinas ; abundant in August and September from 4000 

 to 6000 feet. 



Selasphorus alleni : Allen Hummingbird. One taken in Catalina Moun- 

 tains. 



Stellula calliope: Calliope Hummingbird. Two taken in Catalinas at 

 500!) feet. 



lache latirostris : Broad-billed Hummingbird. Summer resident in Cat- 

 alina Mountains. 



Tyrannus verticalis : Arkansas Kingbird. One of the commonest sum- 

 mer resident birds of the plains, and common in April up to 9000 feet. 



Tyrannus vociferans: Casein Kingbird. Found in foothills about River- 

 side and in Catalina Mountains. 



Myiurchits mexicanus magister: Arizona Crested Flycatcher. Common in 

 spring and summer about Tucson, Florence, Riverside, and the Catalinas 

 up to 4500 feet. 



