i886.] ^COTT on the Birds of Arizona. A.21 



ON THE AVI-FAUNA OF FINAL COUNTY, WITH 



REMARKS ON SOME BIRDS OF PIMA AND 



GILA COUNTIES, ARIZONA. 



BY W. E. D. SCOTT 



W/f/i afinotations by J. A. Allen. 



( Continued from page ^g. 

 III. 



51. Columba fasciata. Band-tailed Pigeon. — Common in the 

 Catalina Mountains for almost the entire year. Breeds in July. I have 

 met with it commonly in May and June as low down as 3500 feet, in 

 flocks feeding on wild mulberries. It was not uncommon about the 

 middle of April in the pine region, and I saw several flocks late in 

 November, 1SS4 and 1S85, in the same locality. In the fall, from the 

 middle of September until early in December, I have met with it al- 

 most daily in flocks ranging from half a dozen to several hundred in- 

 dividuals. This later observation is from the oak region of the Santa 

 Catalinas. I did not find the species in the Pinal Mountains, nor am I 

 aware of its occurrence either about Tucson, Florence, or at Riverside. 



52. Zenaidura macroura. Mourning Dove. — Resident throughout 

 the entire region under consideration, except in the pine forests, where it 

 probably occurs in summer. Near my house it is rare in winter, but 

 abundant during the warmer portions of the year. 



53. Melopelia leucoptera. White-winged Dove. — Though very gen- 

 erally distributed up to an altitude of 3500 feet, throughout the 

 entire region, it is much more abundant in certain localities than at 

 others. At a point about fifteen miles from Florence, on the road from 

 that place to Ri\-erside, is a spring known as the Little Cottonwood, 

 where I found the birds by hundreds, in April and May, 1SS2. I have 

 taken the eggs fresh, about the middle of May in the same canon that my 

 house is in, at an altitude of 3500 feet, but the bird is here rather uncom- 

 mon. In the same locality I have also taken young just leaving the nest, 

 June 4, 1 885. 



54. Columbigallina passerina. Ground Dove. — Not uncommon 

 about Tucson and Florence, and also at Riverside. I have not met with it 

 on the San Pedro, nor in the neighborhood of my house in the Santa 

 Catalina range. 



55. Scardafella inca. Inca Dove. — The only points where I have seen 

 this species are Tucson and Florence, where it is, especially in the latter 

 place, of common occurrence during the warmer portion of the year. The 

 birds are very tame and seem to aifect particularly the streets and corrals 

 and gardens in the heart of the town. 



