1SS7.] Cox on Rare Nezv Brunswick Birds. 20<% 



the foothills of the Catalinas. I have observed it here on only two occa- 

 sions. Rather common, especially in early spring, about Tucson. Mr. 

 Brown found it commonly in the Quijitoa country in the winter of 1884 

 and 1SS5. I did not observe it at either Florence or at Riverside. 



173. Habia melanocephala. Black-headed Grosbeak. — At Mineral 

 Creek, altitude 5000 feet, this species was breeding in small numbers 

 during the summer of 1882. The only other point where I have met with 

 it is in the Catalina Mountains, where it undoubtedly breeds at the high- 

 est altitudes, and where after the first of July it rapidly becomes abundant 

 as low down as 3500 feet. Here I found it in large scattered tlocks. during 

 July, August, and September, 1884, feeding on all the small wild fruits 

 and seeds that are abundant at this time of year. Its arrival at this same 

 locality was first noted May 1, and it remains till about the first week in 

 October. 



I took a remarkably fine albino of this species on August 15, 1SS4, in 

 Pepper Sauce Canon. Catalina Mountains. 



174. Guiraca caerulea. Blue Grosbeak. — The only records I have of 

 this species are kindly furnished me by Mr. Brown, who finds it rather 

 rare about Tucson late in Mav and early in June. 



175. Passerina amoena. Lazuli Bunting. — Observed at Mineral 

 Creek in August, 1SS2. Took a young male (No. 624) in Pepper Sauce 

 Canon (4500 feet), July 27, 1S84. These are the only records I have made 

 of the species. Mr. Brown has found it breeding, but not common, about 

 Tucson, where it is most frequent during the spring migration. 



176. Spiza americana. Dickcissel. — The only record of this species 

 is furnished by Mr. Herbert Brown, who took a female near Tucson on 

 September 11, 1SS4, and later kindly showed me the bird in his collection. 



177. Calamospiza melanocorys. Lark Bunting. This species, if it 

 does not breed within the area under consideration, is present almost the 

 entire year and sometimes is to be met with in enormous flocks. I find 

 in my notes large flocks noted near Florence, Dec. 10-20, 1SS3. On the 

 mesa, above Pepper Sauce Canon, Catalinas (altitude 4000 feet), I saw 

 Aug. 17, 1SS5, two large flocks, composed of adult and young in about 

 equal numbers, the adult males still in full plumage. A small flock was 

 seen in Old Hat Canon, Catalinas (4000 feet), on March 10, 1SS5 — first 

 of the spring migration. A number of large flocks were noted on the 

 plains about Tucson, Feb. 19, 1SS6. 



( To be continued.) 



RARE BIRDS OF NORTHEASTERN NEW BRUNS- 

 WICK. 



BY PHILIP COX, JR. 



Before entering upon the subject of this paper, it is well to 

 say something concerning the character and climate of this cor- 



