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that it occurs in northern Arizona, though it is found much furtlier north 

 (Kansas, Nebraska, etc.), along other meridians of longitude. But it is never- 

 theless common in the Gila Valley, and thence extends to the Pacific, though 

 it does not reach the ocean in the latitudes of Upper California, Oregon and 

 Washington. There is something peculiar in its distribution, not satisfactorily 

 explained upon any hypothesis touching the climate or physical geography of 

 the regions inhabited by it. 



*CardinaUsigneus, Baird, Pr. A. N. S. Philad. 1859. 



Not before recorded from Arizona. This is a Cape St. Lucas species, which, 

 as I remarked (Prodrome, p. 54), was to be expected to occur in southern 

 Arizona, though I had at that time no authority for including it in my list. 

 Its present acquisition is a matter of much interest. 



Pyrrhuloxia sinuata, Bonap. 



Confined to the southern districts. 



GUIRACA MELAKOCEPHALA, SwaiuS. 



" Builds a flatfish nest in crotches of young willows, a few feet from the 

 ground." 



PiPILO CHLOKURA, TownS. 



Pipilo mcsoleucus, Baird. 



Chiefly southern and western Arizona, but extends very near Fort Whipple. 

 Dr. Palmer says that it nests in much the same situations as those selected by 

 the Icteria longicauda. 



Pipilo Ahertii, Baird. 



This, and the preceding species, are nearly identical in their range, and are 

 the characteristic species of the genus in the Gila and Colorado Valleys. Will 

 not P. albigula (Baird, Pr. A. N. S. Phila. 1859 ; from Cape St. Lucas) be 

 hereafter detected in south-western Arizona ? 



molothrds pecoris, gm. 



Agel^us — ? 



Xanthocephalus icterocephalcs, Bonap. 



*Icterus eucullatus, Swains. 



An acquisition. Not previously detected in the United States, except in 

 the valley of the Lower Rio Grande. /. Bullockii has been hitherto the only 

 Oriole accredited to the Territory. 



Stcrxella keglecta, Aud. 



CoRvus carnivorus, Bartram. 



LoPHOKTYx Gambeli, Nutt. 



" In early spring the Quail feed much upon mezquite seed, and the tender 

 shoots of a certain aromatic plant. The nest, built among underbrush along 

 the river bottoms, is merely a small shallow depression, tliinly lined with soft 

 grass, leaves and feathers. The eggs are almost exactly like those of the 

 California Quail." (Pale buff, or yellowish-white, blotched and spotted all 

 over with different shades of brown ; of the usual shape in this family.) 



Meleagris mexicana, Gould. 



Generally distributed throughout Arizona and New Mexico ; but rare in 

 certain localities, and extremely abundant in others. 



-iEgiahtis vociferus, Linn. 



FULICA AMERICANA, Gmel. 



Bernicla Hutchinsi, Richardson. 



Ql'ERQUEDULA CYANOPTERA, VieiU. 



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