18 Thayer and Bangs Breeding Birds of North Central Sonora. 



Cooper's tanager, McLeod's sparrow, painted redstart, Calif or- 

 nian woodpecker, Nelson's oriole, Scott's oriole, and the wood 

 pewee. On the higher peaks above, the hepatic tanager, Arizona 

 jay, Arizona woodpecker, blue gray gnatcatcher, Scott's sparrow, 

 and Mearns's quail were the characteristic species. 



Mr. Brown took many nests with sets of eggs, most interesting 

 of which is perhaps that of McLeod's sparrow (Aimophila mcleodii 

 Brewster), of which he secured a number of sets. Mr. Brown 

 thinks his collection a very good representative one of the breed 

 ing birds of the region, as he saw but one species, Urubitinga 

 anthracina (Licht.), that he fully identified, but failed to get. 



The following is a nominal list of the species taken : 



Podilymbus podiceps (Linn.). 

 Opodepe. 



Buteo borealis calurus Cassin. 

 La Chumata. 



Buteo swainsoni Bp. 



Opodepe. 



Accipiter cooperi mexicanus Swains. 

 La Chumata. 



Cyrtonyx montezumas m earns! Nelson. 

 La Chumata. 



Lophortyx douglasi bensoni (Ridg. ). 

 Opodepe. 



Lophortyx gambeli fulvipectus Nelson. 

 Opodepe. 



Zenaidura carolinensis carolinensis (Linn.). 

 Opodepe; La Chumata. 



Melopelia leucoptera (Linn.). 

 Opodepe ; La Chumata. 



Scardafella inca inca (Less.). 



Opodepe. 



Columbigallina passerina pallescens Baird. 

 Opodepe. 



Phreoptila latirostris (Swains.). 



Opodepe ; La Chumata. 



Colaptes chrysoides (Malh.). 

 Opodepe. 



