174 ScOTT, Winter Notes from Southern Arizona. i April 



Jiuico cinereus caniceps, Janco cinereus^ Pipilo maculatus 



megalonyx, and four individuals of the Evening Grosbeak (/fes- 

 peropkona vespertina) . Unfortunately none of these last were 

 secured, but the identification in life of, so peculiar a species, 

 and close at hand, is not difficult. They were feeding on small 

 cones in a spruce tree, and were not at all shy, but my gun missing 

 fire disturbed them and I was unable to find them again. The 

 Oregon Snowbird {jf/inco oregoiins), though abundant at a 

 lower altitude, and observed in great numbers the day I as- 

 cended the mountain, and again on returning from the trip, was 

 not met with in the pine woods, nor were any Crossbills ob- 

 served. 



Steller's Jay (Cyanocitta stellcri. macrolopha) , and the 

 Raven ( Corvits corax carnivorus} were the only Corvidae 

 noted. Neither were common, though the former was seen 

 every day, but the latter only twice during my stay. 



The Woodpeckers were represented by five species : Harris's 

 Woodpecker (Piczts villosus harrisi), the Browmheaded 

 Woodpecker (.S/>//yr<>f>i'c//s thyroides) , the Nuchal Wood- 

 pecker (S. varins /i/ic/iafis), the California Woodpecker (JA-- 

 lanerpes formicivorus bairdi), and the Red-shafted Flicker 

 (Colaptes mexicanus). The California was perhaps most 

 common, though Harris's and the Brown-headed were nearly 

 as abundant, and the others rare. The Brown-headed Wood- 

 pecker was represented almost entirety by females, of which I 

 perhaps saw twenty or more, and not a quarter as many males. 

 It is not improbable that this is about the winter habitat of the 

 females of this species, and that most of the males winter still 

 farther to the northward. Four species will conclude the list of 

 birds absolutely noted at this point, though doubtless many were 

 overlooked, or would be found during a more protracted visit. 

 A single Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipter fuscus) was taken, and 

 two Red-tailed Hawks (B/iteo borealis) were seen. The Band- 

 tailed Pigeon ( Colitmba fasciatd) was not uncommon in small 

 flocks and singly, and, judging from the tracks in the snow, Wild 

 Turkeys were abundant, though only two females were seen, 

 and none were taken. 



