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87. Scardafella inca ( Lesson ) . 



Inca Dove. 



Status— Exceedingly local, and recorded from very few points — Tucson. Phoe- 

 nix, Florence, Tubac (in the Santa Cruz Valley), and the Huachuca Mountains. 

 It particularly favors the towns and settlements, a trait shared to some extent by 

 the Mexican Ground Dove, and is probably more abundant in the vicinity of 

 Phoenix than anywhere else in the state. Reported as a permanent resident at 

 Sacaton, Pinal County (Gilman, 1911b, p. 55). 



88. Cathartes aura septentrionalis Wied. 



Turkey Vulture. 



Synonyms — Cathartes aura; Rhiuogryphus aura. 



Status — A common summer visitant throughout the state ; reported from 

 many scattered localities, generally below 6000 feet : Fort Whipple, summer ; 

 Santa Catalina Mountains, resident ; San Francisco and Mogollon mountains, 

 summer; Keam Canon, summer; Huachuca Mountains, summer; Santa Rita 

 Mountains, summer. Breeding on the east slope of the Santa Catalina Moun- 

 tains, in the Dragoon Mountains, and in the Huachua Mountains (F. C. Willard, 

 MS). It remains during the winter in parts of southern Arizona. 



89. Circus hudsonius (Linnaeus). 



Marsh Hawk. 



Synonyms — Circus cyaneas; Circus cyancus var. hudsonius. 



Status — An abundant migrant, and, in southern Arizona at least, a common 

 winter visitant (Scott, 1886, p. 422; San Pedro River, January). Found breed- 

 ing near Tucson by Bendire (1892, p. 185). 



90. Accipiter velex (Wilson). 



Sharp-shinned Hawk. 



Synonyms — Accipiter fuscus; Nisus fuscus; Accipiter velox rufilatus; Ac- 

 cipiter velox paciheus. 



Status — Probably breeds in small numbers in the higher mountains through- 

 out the state, but though observed during the summer months there are no de- 

 finite published statements of its breeding anywhere in Arizona. Found nesting 

 in the Huachuca Mountains, a set of eggs being taken in Miller Canon, at an 

 altitude of 6800 feet, May 30, 1907 ( F. C. Willard, MS). It is a very common 

 migrant throughout the state, and has been seen in southern Arizona during the 

 winter, at the San Pedro River in January (Scott, 1886, p. 422), and at Sulphur 

 Spring, Cochise County, in November (Osgood, 1903, p. 129). 



91. Accipiter cooperi (Bonaparte). 



Cooper Hawk. 



Synonyms — Accipiter inexicanus ; Nisus cooperi. 



Status — A verv common resident, breeding in suitable localities throughout 



