18 Tlxayer and Bangs — Breeding Birds of Xorth Central Sonora. 



Cooper's tanagcr, McLeod's sparrow, painted redstart, Califor- 

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

 pewee. On the higher peaks al)Ove, the hepatic tanager, Arizona 

 ja3', Arizona woodpecker, blue gray gnateatcher, 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 nicleodii 

 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 l)ut one species, Uruhitinga 

 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 montezumge mearnsi 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. 



Phseoptila latirostris (Swains.). 

 Opodepe ; La Chumata. 



Colaptes chrysoides (Malh.). 

 Opodepe. 



