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Status — A summer visitant in portion-, of southern am! western Arizona. 

 reported from the vicinity of Tucson and the Santa Cruz Valley (many records), 

 the Gila Valley about Florence and Riverside (Scott, 1887, p. 17), and. the north- 

 ernmost record, on the Big Sandy Creek, where Stephens (1903. p. 102) found 

 it breeding in July, [902. In southeastern Arizona, at least, its range coincides 

 exactly with that of the giant cactus, in which it nests. 



171. Myiarchus cinerascens cinerascens (Lawrence). 



Ash -throated Flycatcher. 

 Synonyms — Myiarchns mexicanus; Myiarchus crinitus var. cinerascens; 

 Myiarchus nuttingi. 



Status — Abundant summer visitant, mostly in the Lower Sonoran zone, in 

 southern and western Arizona, ranging" north to Forts Apache and Whipple, and 

 up the Colorado River the entire length of the state. It is also reported from 

 Keam Canon, in extreme northeastern Arizona, in July. Occurs as an occasional 

 winter visitant, having been noted at Phoenix in December (specimen in Field 

 Museum of Natural History), on the Gila River in December (Baird. 1858, p. 

 179). and at Fort Mohave in Tanuarv (Cooper, 1870, p. 316). 



172. Myiarchus lawrencei olivascens Ridgway. 



Olivaceous Flycatcher. 



Synonyms — Myiarchus lawrencei; Myiarchus lawrencei olivaceus. 



Status — Common summer visitant to 'a few mountain ranges of extreme 

 southeastern Arizona. Most abundant in the Huachucas and Santa Ritas, but 

 also reported from the Chiricahuas, the Whetstones, the Santa Catalinas (Scott, 

 1887. p. 18, one specimen), and, doubtfully, from Fort Grant (Bendire, 1895, p. 

 270). Restricted almost entirely to brushy canons of the L T pper Sonoran zone. 



173. Sayornis sayus (Bonaparte). 



Say Phoebe. 



Synonym — Tyrannula saya. 



Status — Exceedingly common summer visitant of the plains and valleys 

 throughout the state. Remains through the winter in southern Arizona : San Pedro 

 River; Santa Catalina foothills (Scott, 1887, p. 18) : and in the valley of the Colo- 

 rado River: Yuma (Price, 1899, p. 92). 



174. Sayornis nigricans (Swainson). 



Black Phoebe. 



Synonym — Sayornis nigricans scmiatra. 



Status — Resident in southern Arizona, irregularly distributed, and nowhere 

 very common. Though resident in the region, it is locally migratory, moving up 

 into the hills in summer (to about 6000 feet), and down to the lower valleys dur- 

 ing the winter months. It has been traced north to Fort Apache (Henshaw, 

 1875b. p. 347), Fort Yerde (Coale, 1894, p. 215), to a point a few miles south of 

 Fort Whipple (Cones, 1866a, p. 60), and, along the Colorado River, where it 

 is a winter visitant only, to Fort Mohave. Breeding records appear to be all 

 from points in Upper Sonoran. up to the lower edge of Transition. 



