NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. "I 



98. Myiodioctes pusillus (Wils.) Bon. 



Common. Summer resident. Arrives early in May, and remains through 

 part of September. 



99. Seidrus novjeboracensis (Gm.) Nutt. 



The known range of this bird includes the Territory of Arizona. I have 

 not myself detected the species. 



100. ICTERIA LONGICAUDA Lawr. 



Common ; summer resident. Arrives April 25, leaves latter part of Sep- 

 tember. Iris black. Bill horu blue ; most of lower mandible whitish. 

 Feet leaden blue ; the soles dirty white. 



"I procured specimeus at Fort Mojave, with tails no longer than those of 

 eastern birds ; but they were much grayer above than viridis, and tins latter 

 feature may be the most important distinction between the two." ( Cooper.) 



TANAGRID^. 



101. Pyranga estiva (L.) Vieill. 



"Fort Mojave, Apr. 26," Cooper. I think I have seen this species at 

 Whipple ; but the individuals may have been of the succeeding species. 



102. Pyranga hepatica Swains. 



P. hepatica, Swains. Phil. Mag. i. 1827, p. 43S. Baird, B. N. A., 1858, 



p. 302. 

 P. azarce, Woodhouse, Sitgreave's Expl. Zurii and Col. Rivers, 1853, 



Birds, p. 82. Not of D'Orbig. 

 11 P. dentata, Licht. Mus. Berol." (Sclater.). 

 Summer resident ; not abundant. Arrives April 25. Found in very 

 various situations. 



Several specimens collected by myself on the Rio Grande, just below 

 Albuquerque, are quite identical. 



Dr. Woodhouse's type of P. azarce, now in the Smithsonian, was from the 

 San Francisco mountains, a little north of Whipple. 



103. Pyranga ludoviciana (Wils.) Bonap. 



Summer resident ; rare. Arrives middle of April ; leaves late in Septem- 

 ber. Iris brown, mouth yellow, legs and feet light blue. This species has an 

 extensive breeding range, from at least as far north as Laramie Peak. 



In high spring plumage, the head and throat become intense scarlet, deep- 

 est on the crown. The middle of the back is uninterruptedly pure black, and 

 the rump is bright chrome, rather than gamboge yellow. The median and 

 greater coverts, however, and the outer edges of some of the inner second- 

 aries seem always tipped with dull yellow. The extent of red on the breast 

 varies much. In the female, the head is merely a little more yellowish olive 

 than the color of the back ; the greater coverts and inner secondaries are 

 tipped with white instead of yellow. 



AMPELW^E. 



104. Ampelis garrulus (L.) 



A winter visitant from the north, to the more northern portions of the 

 Territory. " Fort Mojave, Jan. 10, 1861." {Cooper.) I have never detected 

 it at Fort Whipple, though it is undoubtedly to be found there in winter. 



PTILIOGONIDjE. 



105. Phjenopepla nitens (Sw.) Sclat. 



Summer resident ; rather uncommon in the immediate vicinity of Fort 

 Whipple. A little further south, however, it is found very abundantly, and 

 is doubtless a permanent resident in the southern portions of the Territory. 

 Inhabits rather open country, in preference to densely wooded regions. It is 



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