iSSS.] Scott o?i the Birch of Arizona. ? "? 



that I have alread\- recorded from the pine retjion of the Santa Catalina>; 

 (see Auk, Vol. II, No. 4, p. 354, Oct., 1SS5), and an additional specimen 

 procured on Mount Rice in the same range on April 30, 18S5. Mr. Brown 

 told me of a single specimen taken bj him in the Qiiijotoa Range, in late 

 February, I think. This bird is now in the collection of Mr. II. W. Men- 

 shaw. 



195. Vireo belli pusillus. Le.\st Vireo. — Common migrant and 

 summer resident, breeding throughout the region up to an altitude o'( 

 4000 feet. In the Catalinas they arrive about the 25th of March and b\- 

 April are common. They are apparently mated on arrival, and at once 

 proceed to build nests and lay eggs. Two broods are generally raised and 

 three eggs are commonly found to form the-brood. They leave the Cata- 

 linas early, by September 5, but are to be found on the plains about Tuc- 

 son much later. 



196. Vireo vicinior. Gr.w Vireo. — For the records of this species 

 and its breeding habits I refer the reader to a paper already presented in 

 this journal, entitled 'On the Breeding Habits of Some Arizona Birds' 

 (Auk, Vol. II. No. 4, pp. 321-326, October, 1885). 



197. Helminthophila luciae. Lucy's Warbler. — A common migrant 

 and summer resident in suitable localities, up to an elevation not exceed- 

 ing 4000 feet, throughout the territory under consideration. 



In the Catalina Mountains and in the valleys of the Gila, Santa Cruz, 

 and San Pedro Rivers these birds bred in numbers, being among the com- 

 moner species present from late March and early April until the latter 

 part of August. The first arrivals in 1885 in the Santa Catalinas, altitude 

 3500 feet, were March 29, a male taken and another seen ; March 30, one 

 taken and three others seen, all apparently males. On April i the arrival 

 was general, when two were taken and many others seen. 



The birds on arrival were about ready to breed, and in a very few days 

 nesting was begun. Late in May I took young birds which were shifting 

 for themselves, and some of the adult birds were just laying, so that prob- 

 ably two broods are generally reared. 



19S. Helminthophila virginise. Virginia's Warbler.— The only point 

 where this species was observed was in the Catalinas, and generally at an 

 altitude exceeding 4000 feet. That they breed at this altitude, or a very 

 little higher up on the sides of the mountains, 1 feel sure, as I took old 

 and young birds during the third week in July, 1S84, not uncommonly. 

 The old birds were then moulting. In 18S5, in the same general locality, 

 altitude 3500 feet, the first arrival was noted April 16 — only one seen, a 

 male (No. 2169). — For reference to the occurrence of this species in the 

 pine forests of the Catalinas, see Auk, Vol. II, No. 4, p. 352, Oct., 1S85. 



199. Helminthophila ruficapilla gutturalis. Calaveras Warbler. — 

 Migrant in the Catalinas at 4000 feet, which is the only point where I 

 have obtained records of its occurrence. Even here I did not observe it 

 during any of the spring migrations, though it was quite common from 

 September 7, 1884, when the first arrivals were noted, until the 20th of 

 that month, after which time it was not observed. 



