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zards there was also some kind of hard vegetable matter that I 

 could not determine, and some coarse sand ; but there were no 

 remains of insects. 



The laying up of such abundant stores of food for winter use, 

 in so many places easy of access, and the precautions taken to 

 conceal them, all show a high degree of intelligence in these 

 birds. 



The above observations were made in the village of Irvington, 

 near Indianapolis, Ind. 



ON THE AVI-FAUNA OF PINAL COUNT V, WITH 



REMARKS ON SOME BIRDS OF PIMA AND 



GILA COUNTIES, ARIZONA. 



BY W. E. D. SCOTT. 



With annotations by jf. A. Allen. 

 ( ' ontinued from p. 2j.) 



137. Coccothraustes vespertina. Evening Grosbeak. — The only lo- 

 cality at which I met with this species was in the pine wood region of the 

 Santa Catalina Mountains, November 26-29, 1SS4, as already noted. (See 

 Auk, Vol. II, No. 2, p. 174, April, 1SS5.) 



13S. Carpodacus purpureus californicus. California Purple Finch. 

 — During several years of collecting in the region under consideration, 

 this species was not met with; and, therefore, I must assume that it is 

 not of regular occurrence. But during the fall of 1SS5, beginning early in 

 November, I found large flocks in the cafion near my house in the Cat- 

 aliuas. The first Mock, noticed on November 11, was, as far as could be 

 ascertained, composed of birds in immature plumage and mostly females. 

 On November 30, I took a male in full plumage, the first I had noticed. 

 All through December and January they were common in both phases of 

 plumage, but a perceptible diminution of adult males was noticed early in 

 February. About the middle of February the species began to disappear. 

 This is the only point where I have noticed their occurrence. They fed 

 almost exclusively on the ripe seed-balls of the sycamore, this season very 

 abundant. 



[Among the birds received from Mr. Scott are 12 adult males, 5 young 

 males in the plumage of the female, and iS females. These appear to 

 differ in no appreciable way from California examples. Mr. Scott's 





