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lt. ii, 18.W, Birds, 11. KENNEKLY, P. E. E. Eep., Whipple's Route, x, 1850, 

 1>5. BD., Proc. A cad. Nat, Sei. Pliila., 1850, 303 (Cape Saint Lucas). 

 HENRY, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pliila,, 1859, 100 (New Mexico). 



Pha'nopepla ii-Hciix, COUES, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pliila., 1806, 71 (Fort Whipple, 

 Ariz.). Id, Proc. Acad. Nat, Sci. Pliila,, 1808, 83. Id., Key N. A. Birds, 

 1872, 110. YAKKOW, Eep. Orn. Specs., 1871, Wheeler's Exped., 1874, 34. 

 HENSHAW, Eej). Orii. Specs., 1873, Wheeler's Esped., 1874, 100. BD., 

 BEEW., & EIDG., N. A. Birds, i, 1874, 405, pi. xviii, f. 3, app. 507 (nesting). 



Large numbers of this species were found, on several occasions, in the 

 canon back of Camp Apache, Ariz. As they were noticed nowhere else in 

 this vicinity, I judged that the abundance of mistletoe berries here served 

 as an attraction. These they were greedily feeding- upon. In a canon at 

 the base of Mount Turnbull, I also saw large numbers. Here the berries, 

 which appear to be a favorite diet, were wanting ;' and they were engaged 

 much of the time in catching flies, which they did by ascending perpendicu- 

 larly from the bushes, snapping up an insect, and returning, much in the 

 manner of the Bluebirds. At this season they are very restless and shy. 



In 1874, they were met with in so many localities as to warrant the 

 belief that they spread over a large area in the southern portions, and are 

 residents. At Camp Bowie, Ariz., large numbers were found gathered 

 together in the canon, attracted thither by the abundance of the berries of the 

 Primus demissa and Vitis incisa. Of these, the birds seemed very fond, and 

 they appeared to constitute their sole food ; though the period during which 

 their feast lasts must be necessarily short, as each bush was fairly beset by 

 scores of these birds, who seemed to have entered into a rivalry with the 

 Mockingbirds to see which could bear away most of the ripe juicy fruit. 



