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1878. Coues, E. Birds of the Colorado Valley. A repository of Scientific and 

 Popular Information concerning North American Ornithology. = Miscel- 

 laneous Publications No. 11. U. S. Geol. Surv. of the Terr. Washington, 1878. 

 8vo., pp. i-xvi, 1-807, 66 figs, in text. 



1878. Stephens, F. Notes on a few Birds observed in New Mexico and Arizona 

 in 1876. < Bull. Nuttall Orn. Club, III, 1878, pp. 92-94. 



Observations on twenty species, generally without exact localities given. Mr. Stephens 

 has informed me that the region covered was in the vicinity of Fort Bayard, New 

 Mexico, and in southeastern Arizona (Fort Bowie, San Pedro River, and Tucson). 



1879a. Brewer, T. M. The Cow-Blackbird of Texas and Arizona (Molothrus 

 obscurus). < Bull. Nuttall Orn. Club, IV, 1879, P- I2 3- 

 Regarding the size of the eggs. 



1879b. Brewer, T. M. Notes on the Nests and Eggs of the Eight North Am- 

 erican Species of Empidonaces. < Proc. U. S. Nation. Mus., II, 1879, PP- 

 1 -10. 



E. obscurus from Arizona, but the identification is questionable. 



1881a. Brewster, W. Notes on Some Birds from Arizona and New Mexico, 

 with a Description of a Supposed New Whip-poor-will. < Bull. Nuttall 

 Orn. Club, VI, 1881, pp. 65-73. 

 Seventeen species mentioned. 



1 88 ib. Brewster, W T . On the Affinities of Certain Polioptilae, with a Descrip- 

 tion of a New Species. < Bull. Nuttall Orn. Club, VI, 1881, pp. 101-107. 



Polioptila phtmbca and P. melanura shown to be the same species, while the Cali- 

 fornia bird is described under the name of Polioptila calif ornica. 



j88ic. Brewster, W. Additions to the Avi-fauna of the United States. < Bull. 

 Nuttall Orn. Club, VI, 1881, p. 252. 



Parus meridionalis ( — Penthestes sclateri) from the Chiricahua Mountains; 

 Myiarchus cooperi ( = Myiarchus magister magister) from Fort Lowell ; and Myi- 

 archus lawrencei ( = M. I. olivascens) from the Santa Rita Mountains. 



1 881. Bryant, W. E. Nest and Eggs of the Painted Flycatcher (Setophaga 

 picta). < Bull. Nuttall Orn. Club, VI, 1881, pp. 176-177. 



Descriptions of nests and eggs taken by Mr. Herbert Brown in the Santa Rita 

 Mountains in June, 1880. 



1881a. Coues, E. A Curious Colaptes. < Bull. Nuttall Orn. Club, VI, 1881, 



P- 183. 

 r88ib. Coues, E. Probable Occurrence of Sarcorhamphus papa in Arizona. 



< Bull. Nuttall Orn. Club, VI, 1881, p. 248. 



A pair of birds supposed to be of this species, killed on the Verde River, but not 

 preserved. 



1881a. Holterhoff, E.. Jr. A Collector's Notes on the Breeding of a Few West- 

 ern Birds. < American Naturalist, XV, 1881, pp. 208-219. 



Accounts of several species from Tucson, and westward to Los Angeles. 



1881b. Holterhoff, G. Verdin or Yellow Headed Titmouse. (Paroides flavi- 

 ceps (Baird)). < Ornithologist and Oologist, VI, 1881, p. 2j. 



Breeding habits, as observed on the Colorado River, and at Tucson, Arizona. 



