^CJ_ Scott, Early Spring Notes from Southern Arizona. [October 



Pyranga ludoviciana. An adult male fNo. 2313) was taken 

 at a high altitude on April 24, and another male and a female, seen 

 the same day in a similar locality, completes my record. I think 

 these were the first spring- arrivals of the species. 



Tachycineta thalassina. Not uncommon in small flocks 

 at the very highest altitude and in the heaviest pine timber. They 

 frequently alighted on the upper limbs of dead trees, and doubt- 

 less breed here in the deserted Woodpecker holes. 



Vireo gilvus swainsoni. A single male in full song was 

 taken just within the pine limit on April 21, and another was 

 heard in the same locality on April 25. 



Vireo huttoni stephensi. Took one in the scrub oaks just 

 within the lower pine limit on April 21 (No. 2212, J 1 ), and 

 a second on April 22 (No. 2233, £), in an oak at almost the 

 upper limit of the evergreen oaks where the principal part of the 

 forest is pine and about a thousand feet higher in altitude than 

 the former representative. These were the only ones observed. 



Melopiza lincolni. One taken at the lower pine limit (No. 

 2227, cT 1 April 21), was the only one observed. 



Peucaea ruficeps boucardi. Abundant just below the pine 

 region, and not uncommon well within the pines, as far up at 

 least as the limit of the evergreen oaks. 



Junco cinereus [palliatus]. Common, particularly at the 

 higher altitudes in the depths of the pine forests. Generally mated. 

 A number of the females taken had laid part of the eggs of the first 

 clutch, and all the females dissected would have laid in a short 

 time. The male has an exceedingly pleasant song, not unlike 

 that of Pipilo maculatus megalonyx, which bird he also emu- 

 lates, perching on some prominent dead twig or limb, often at a 

 very considerable height, whence his notes are heard perhaps most 

 frequently just after sunrise. This was the only species of Junco 

 observed. There are, among the series of thirty-five birds of this 

 species secured during my stay, eight that show so marked a 

 variation in regard to the extent of the reddish coloring and its 

 intensity, both of the interscapular region and of the wings that I 

 shall briefly notice them. The others* not specially mentioned 

 are very typical individuals. 



* [These have been examined by Mr. Ridgway and found to represent his new sub- 

 species palliatus, described (since the receipt of this paper from Mr. Scott) on a later 

 page of this number of ' The Auk.' Those here described in detail by Mr. Scott 

 are var. dorsalis, variously intergrading with palliatus. — J. A. A.] 



