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heard singing exulxTantly llic uninislakablc song of lucjhcfa, on Mai'cli 4, 

 7, 15, and 16; and on Mardi KJ a flock of fifteen was seen flying across the 

 river channel. 



Tn Gardner Canyon, al r).2()() fc'l, on February !> and 10. 1!)2;{. Taylor 

 noted a company of twchc nicadowlarks, very likely of both species, "busily 

 working ovei- the tiround nca.r the ranch buiblings." A speciuien of iKf/hcfa 

 was secured. 



Icterus parisorum. Scott Oriole 



Seen by Stephens during the l)reeding season of 1881, near Tucson, as 

 well as in Madera Canyon in the Santa Rita Mountains. Nine adults were 

 taken by Nelson, June 9-July 24, and a juvenile June 11, 1884, at Gardner's 

 Ranch (one, "Santa Rita Mountains, June 5"). Nelson found it "common 

 among the live oaks at and above Gardner Ranch" and says "the males were 

 iji full song in June and early July, usually singing from the ends of higher 

 branches or the to})s of the low trees." A few were seen l)y Swarlii in June, 

 1903, in Madera Canyon. Our first oriole of the spring migration. j)resnm- 

 ably an immature male Scott, was seen for a moment, March 15, 1921, in a syc- 

 amore top at our camp, when he gave a loud song. On March 27, an advdt male 

 Scott appeared, and during the snowstorm of April 5, two were in the live 

 oaks; on April 7, one was seen in the camp sycamore in the early morning, 

 and on April 1'! and May 3. one was seen feeding from the blooming ocotillos. 



Icterus cucullatus nelsoni. Arizona Hooded Oriole 



An adult and a juvenile were taken by Nelson, June 5, 1884, at Vail's 

 Ranch; and a juvenile, June 17, at Gardner's Ranch. Tt was found by Swajth 

 in June, 1903, commoner and at a lower altitude than pdrisoruni, mostly in 

 the "deep ravine below the mountains." An adult was taken by Howell, Aug- 

 ust 6, 1918, in Madera Canyon, and near Continental, August 15-19, 1918, he 

 found "flocks of large young feeding in the low brush." At our camp, the 

 first was seen March 29, 1921, and when we left the mountains on May 6, 

 there were presumably three pairs nesting in the sycamores near the ranch- 

 house. Individuals were seen on the ocotillo slopes probing the flowers. 



Icterus bullockii. liullock Oriole 



Found b\' llowell. Jul\' 28 to August 15, 1918, common in tiie <';inyon b(>- 

 low 4,700 feet. At our camp on ]\Iarch 29, 1921, an Oi-iole with a yellow line 

 over the eye was caught sight of hidden in the leafy tops of both live oak and 

 sycamore, aiul a handsome male with two light-coloi'ed females or immatures 

 wei-e seei! April 4, in the mes(piites close to cami). Another nude was seen 

 on May '■'>. shoi-tly befoi-e we left the mountains. 



Carpodacus mexicanus frontalis. House Finch 

 Two juveniles wei'c taken by .Velson on June 18 ;ind again on July 8, and 



