iSSs-] Scott, Early Spring Notes from Southern Arizona. 7 Z z 



No 2189, <J, April 19. General tint of the reddish coloring very dull 

 and almost restricted to the interscapular region. The amount of reddish 

 on the greater secondary coverts is much less than in average specimens. 

 Only the faintest traces of this color on the secondaries. Irides bright 

 lemon yellow. Upper mandible, black. Lower mandible blackish at 

 base and tips, and obscure yellowish between these points. 



No. 22S7, $, April 23. The red of the interscapular region is very 

 bright, but on the secondaries scarcely perceptible, and distinct only on 

 two of the greater secondary coverts on each wing. Irides and bill nor- 

 mal. 



No. 2196, $ , April 19. Very similar to the last, except that the gen- 

 eral tint of the red is very dull. Irides bright orange yellow. Bill 

 normal. 



No. 2247, 5- April 22. The red is restricted to the interscapular region, 

 there being no traces of this coloring any where on the wings. Otherwise 

 typical cinereus with bright lemon yellow irides, upper mandible black 

 and lower mandible clear yellow. 



No. 21SS, § , April 19. The red of the interscapular region dull in gen- 

 eral tone. The only traces of red on the wings is to be faintly seen on two 

 of the greater secondary coverts on each wing. Irides bright orange yel- 

 low. Bill normal. 



No. 2190, ?, April 19. General tint of red of the interscapular region 

 very bright. The faintest traces of the same color on some of the greater 

 secondary coverts. Irides lemon yellow. Bill normal. 



No. 2289, $, April 23. The red, which is brighter in tint, absolutely 

 confined to the interscapular region, there being no trace of this color 

 anywhere on the wings. Irides lemon yellow. Upper mandible black ; 

 lower mandible dull yellow throughout, obscured by a blackish tino-e. 



No. 22S5, $, April 23. Reddish of interscapular region rather dull. 

 No red on the wings anywhere. A few reddish feathers, of the same shade 

 as those of the interscapular region, mixed with the slate-colored feathers 

 of the cr-jwn. Irides bright lemon yellow. Bill normal. 



In Juiico cinereus caniceps, taken in the spring near my house, I have 

 not unfrequently seen the crown very perceptibly mixed with feathers of 

 the peculiar reddish of the interscapular region. 



Pipilo maculatus megalonyx. Common, even at the high- 

 est altitude, and becoming abundant in the mixed scrub oak and 

 scattered pines. The males were in full song and the birds ap- 

 parently mated. 



Icterus parisorum. Several times during my stay I heard 

 and saw this species in the oaks on the lower border of the pine 

 icgion, and they were abundant about one mile away in the oaks 

 where the yuccas are plenty. 



Cyanocitta stelleri macrolopha. Rather common and gen- 

 erally mated throughout the pine region. 



