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Several were seen by Taylor, February 27, 1923, from 4,000-4.500 feet 

 along the bottom and low on the sidehills of Stone Cabin Canyon. 



Thryomanes bewickii bairdi, Baird Wren'° 



Taken by llenshaw, August 24, 1874, at Camp Crittenden. Six adults 

 were taken l)y Nelson. June 19-28, and five juveniles, June 22 and 23, 1884, at 

 Gardner's Ranch. They were seen by Swarth in June, 1903, "along the 

 canyons but not in any numbers," and found by Howell, July 28-Auo:ust 15. 

 1918, "common in Upper Sonoran in all situations." Adults were taken Aug- 

 ust 2-12, and immatures, August 3, 4, 5, 6, and 11, 1918, in Madera Canyon. 

 They were found by us, November, 1920, to May, 1921, fairly common residents 

 anu)ng the mesquites and al)out the live oaks. On April 8, two were seen 

 exploring a crack in the underside of a live oak branch. The song, as I have 

 noted from another form in southern Oregon, is singularly suggestive of that 



of the black Towhee, a refined thin parallel •) 1 1 1 1. On April 1, the song 



was heard for a long time as one crept over the great trunks. At another 

 time one of the birds, apparently excited by the presence of a companion, 

 spread its tail so that the white circlet showed. 



Near Rosemont, at 4,750 feet, one was seen, January 15, 1923, by Taylor, 

 near the house of the ranger, and it was apparently a permanent resident ; 

 on June 16, one was seen under a clump of oaks in Barrel Canyon. Near 

 Gardner's Ranch at 5,200 feet, in Stetson Dam Canyon, several wrens, pre- 

 sinnably of this species, M'ere heard February 9-10, 1923. From McCleary's 

 Ranch (Nicholson's) at 4,000 feet to perhaps 6.800 feet on brushy hillsides 

 throughout the oak country, on February 27, 1923. Taylor found the wrens 

 fairly common and usually in pairs. One was noted in a yucca; another 

 among the rocks on the ground. 



Troglodytes aedon parkmani. Western House Wren 



Taken by Nelson, July 5, 1884, at Gardner's Ranch. Found by Swarth in 

 the latter half of June, 1903, only in the higher parts of the range, usually 

 about fallen trees or in brush piles. An immature was taken by Howell, July 

 30, 1918, when the birds were "abundant only in certain places in low Transi- 

 tion where the canyons Aviden a little, the ground is covered with bracken, and 

 thei-e is more or less l)rush, or fallen trees, creepers, and grape vines." At our 

 camp the first were seen on April 7 and 8, 1921. among the trees of the ranch. 



Certhia familiaris albescens. Mexican Creeper 



Two specimens were taken by Stephens. July 5, 1884, on the east side of 

 the range; one by Bailey, Octol)er 28, 1913, in Stone Cabin Canyon, on the west 

 side ; and one by Howell, August 1, 1918, in Madera Canyon, in a pine at 7,200 



-"The Arizona form has been referred to under the name Thrvomanes heioicki 

 eremophiliis, Desert Wren, 



