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Status — A fairly common resident, reported from all parts of the state. 

 Found in Lower Sonoran (Tucson, Gila River, etc.), Transition (Huachuca 

 Mountains, llualpai Mountains) and Boreal (spruce belt of San Francisco 

 Mountain: Merriam, i8<jo, p. 9] ). 



122. Speotyto cunicularia hypogaea ( lionaparte). 



Burrowing Owl. 



Synonyms — Athene hypugaea; Athene cunicularia. 



Status — Irregularly and locally distributed throughout the valleys of the 

 state. In general it may be said to be common where the Prairie Dog ( Cynomys ) 

 is found, in the lower Sonoran valleys of northeastern and southeastern Arizona, 

 and decidedly rare elsewhere. Sparingly distributed across the plains of. south- 

 western Arizona. 



123. Glaucidium glioma pinicola Nelson 



Rocky Mountain Pigmy Owl. 



Synonyms — Glaucidium passerinum var. californicwm, part; Glaucidium 

 gnoma. 



Status — A resident in the Transition zone of the higher mountains through- 

 out the state. Reported from man)- scattered localities : Prescott, San Francisco 

 Mountain, Huachuca Mountains, Chiricahua Mountains, Mogollon Mountains, 

 White Mountains. 



124. Glaucidium phaloenoides ( Daudin ) . 



Fkrrucixous Pigmy Owl. 



Synonyms — Glaucidium ferrugineum; Glaucidium passcrimim var. calif br- 

 n icu m, part. 



Status — Apparently restricted to the valley of the upper Gila River, and its 

 tributaries (Salt River, Santa Cruz River, etc.), where it is not uncommon. Has 

 not been taken west of Gila Rend. A bird of the Lower Sonoran zone almost ex- 

 clusively. Probably resident, though I know of no definite winter records. 



125. Micropallas whitneyi (Cooper). 



Elf Owl. 



Synonyms — Athene whitneyi; Micrathene whitneyi. 



Status — A common species in the Lower Sonoran zone in southern Arizona, 

 from the valley of the Santa Cruz, and the Catalina Mountains, west to the Col- 

 orado River; north along the latter to the Rig Sandy River (Stephens, 1903, p. 

 101 ) and Fort Mohave (Cooper, 1861, p. it8). During the breeding season it 

 is almost entirely restricted to the region occupied by the giant cactus. There is, 

 however, a breeding record from the Huachuca Mountains (Fisher, 1904, p. 80). 

 It is probably migratory to some extent, as the records from scattering points out- 

 side the proper breeding range would indicate : Fort Mohave, April ; Dragoon 

 Mountains, April; Fort Bowie, October; etc. 



