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Oreospiza cJilorura — Green-tailed Towhee. Rare. A few mi- 

 grants to the higher slopes came through on the 14th and 15th. 



Cardinalis c. superlms — Arizona Cardinal. Fairly common along 

 the water-courses. Their song is quite different from that of true 

 cardinalis of the east. 



Zamelodia melanocephala — Black-headed Grosbeak. Common. Ap- 

 parently nests in the mesquite and thorn-bush. 



■Passerina amoena — Lazuli Bunting. Rare. Only record, a male 

 taken on the Santa Rita May 27th. 



Piranga ludoviciana — ^Western Tanager. Plentiful. I have never 

 found this variety as abundant as it was here, nor the males as 

 brilliantly colored. They were exceptionally fat, however, and 

 several specimens were lost through the exudation of oil from 

 the shot-holes. 



Piranga r. cooperi — Cooper's Tanager. Rare. Not seen at camp, 

 but one was secured at the river and another seen. A fine male 

 was also observed on the University campus at Tucson. 



Tachycineta t. lepida — Northern Violet-green Swallow. Fairly 

 common around camp at times, although it apparently nests farther 

 up in the hills. 



Bomtycilla cedrorum — Cedar Waxwing. A flock of five of these 

 birds flew into the trees at camp on the 26th. Two were killed, but 

 one could not be recovered from the dense thorn-bush into which 

 it fell. 



Phainopepla nitens — Phainopepla. Plentiful at camp and on the 

 river bottoms. The young were out of the nests and their cat-like 

 calling was at times incessant around the water-holes. 



Laniiis I. excubitorides — White-rumped Shrike. Not common. 

 Found principally in the lower mesquite desert. 



Vireosylva g. swainsoni — Western Warbling Vireo. Rare. The 

 only record is a specimen killed at camp on the 17th. 



Vireo b. arizonae — Arizona Vireo. Plentiful. Frequents the dens- 

 est thickets, and their plumage was badly worn from continual 

 passage through the brush. 



Yermivora hiciae — Lucy's Warbler. Seemingly not uncommon, but 

 difficult to raise from the heavier growths of mesquite, etc. Three 

 specimens were secured. 



Dendrioca a. sonorana — Sonoran Yellow Warbler. Rare. A single 

 female secured on the 24th, with two or three seen subsequently, 

 my only records. 



Dendroica townsendi — Townsend's Warbler. Rare. A male was 

 secured on the 25th on the open desert. 



Icteria v. longicauda — Long-tailed Chat. Not common. A few 

 seen near camp and on the Santa Rita. 



