20A Scott on the Birds of Arizona. r July 



far as I am aware they are not so familiar about houses as the Song 

 Sparrow of the East. 



16^ a. Melospiza fasciata montana. Mountain Song Sparrow. — 

 This form of Song Sparrow I noticed not uncommonly on the San Pedro 

 River in January (26-29), I 8S6- I have also seen it in the vicinity of Tuc- 

 son on two occasions, both in the winter. Mr. Brown has found it to be 

 a rather irregular visitor and generally uncommon about Tucson during 

 the winter. 



166. Melospiza lincolni. Lincoln's Sparrow. — A regular, though 

 not very common, spring and fall migrant in the Catalina Mountains, and 

 a few probably winter in this locality. 



167. Pipilo maculatus megalonyx. Spurred Towhee. — A common 

 resilient in the Catalinas, where it breeds at altitudes above 5000 feet, and 

 ranges, except in the severest portion of the year, to the highest points. 

 Breeds in the vicinity of my house in May and June. Young, fully 

 fledged in the streaked plumage, were taken about the middle of July. (For 

 further reference to this form, see Auk, Vol. II, No. 4, p. 355.) 



16S. Pipilo chlorurus. Green-tailed Towhee. — A common spring 

 and fall migrant, and a few winter in the Catalina region. Most abundant 

 in September and April. I met with it at Riverside and at Mineral Creek, 

 and have also seen it about Tucson. I do not think it breeds within the 

 region in question. 



169. Pipilo fuscus mesoleucus. Canon Towhee. — A common resident 

 throughout the entire region, and ranges up to the pine forests in the 

 warmer months. The first nests were found in the Catalina region (alti- 

 tude 3500 feet) about the middle of March, from which time the breeding 

 period extends well into July. 



[A young bird in first plumage lacks the chestnut crown-patch ; the 

 rump and upper tail-coverts are decidedly rufous, contrasting with the 

 back; the wing-coverts are tipped with yellowish white, forming two 

 narrow wing-bars; the throat, whole breast, and flanks are distinctly 

 streaked with dusky. —J. A. A.] 



170. Pipilo aberti. Abert's Towhee. — Occurs as a resident about 

 Tucson and at Florence, which are the only points where I have person- 

 ally observed it. It is by no means as common as the last, and does not, 

 so far as I am aware, enter the foothills or range up into the moun- 

 tains. The height of the breeding season about Tucson is in the latter 

 part of May and early June. 



171. Cardinalis cardinalis superbus. Arizona Cardinal. — This 

 form seems to have a very general distribution throughout the area treated 

 of, ranging up to about 5000 feet in the mountains. It is perhaps most 

 common in the foothills at an altitude of 3500, and is particularly con- 

 spicuous, both by its very brilliant plumage and clear, melodious song. 

 This does not seem very different from that of the typical bird save that it 

 has possibly greater volume. In the Catalinas I find them most common 

 in canons where there is considerable growth of juniper, and the same 

 holds true at the point where I observed them on Mineral Creek. 



172. Pyrrhuloxia sinuata- Texan Cardinal. —Rare or casual in 



