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209. Icterus cucullatus nelsoni Ridgway. 



Arizona Hooded Oriole. 



Synonym — Icterus cucullatus. 



Status — Common summer visitant of the Lower Sonoran zone in southern 

 Arizona, ranging- north to Fort Grant in the east (Coues, 1868, p. 84), and to 

 the Big Sandy and Bill Williams River, in the western parts of the state 

 (Stephens, 1903, p. 103). Found breeding near Pilot Knob, on the California side 

 of the Colorado River (Mus. Vert. Zool.). 



210. Icterus bullocki (Swainson). 



Bullock Oriole. 

 Status — Summer visitant, found in suitable localities throughout the state. 

 In southern Arizona its range overlaps that of /. c. nelsoni, but it is much less 

 abundant than that species. Points of record are all in the Upper and Lower 

 Sonoran zones ; it has not been found in the high central plateau region. Breeds 

 commonly along the Colorado River, at least as far up as The Needles (Mus. 

 Vert. Zool.). 



211. Euphagus cyanocephalus (Wagler). 



Brewer Blackbird. 



Synonyms — Scolccophagus ferrugineus; S\colccophagus cyanocephalus. 



Status — An abundant migrant and winter visitant throughout southern 

 Arizona. There are but few definite breeding records for any part of the state. 

 It is known to breed commonly in the Mogollon and San Francisco mountains 

 (Mearns, 1890a, p. 257), and Coues (1866a, p. 90) speaks of it as a summer 

 resident at Fort Whipple. Otherwise it has been observed in all parts of Ari- 

 zona as a transient or as a winter visitant. 



212. Hesperiphona vespertina montana Ridgway. 



Western Evening Grosbeak. 



Synonyms — Hesperiphona vespertina; Coccothraustcs vespertina ; Cocco- 

 thraustes vespertina montana. 



Status — Breeds in the high mountains of central Arizona : San Francisco 

 Mountain (Merriam, 1890, p. 95), White Mountains (Swinburne, 1888a, p. 113), 

 Mogollon Mountains (Mearns, 1890a, p. 246); occasionally in some of the 

 ranges farther south; Santa Catalina and Huachuca mountains (Willard, 1910a, 

 p. 60). During the migrations and in winter it is reported from various scat- 

 tered localities : Pluachuca Mountains, Santa Catalina Mountains, Fort Verde, 

 and Fort Apache. 



213. Carpodacus purpureus californicus Baird. 



California Purple Finch. 

 Status — The only Arizona record is that of Scott (1887, p. 196), who found 

 the species abundant in the Santa Catalina Mountains from November, 1885, to 

 February, 1886. 



