INTRODUCTION. 



A few miles east of Phoenix, Arizona, between that city and the 

 village of Tempe, lies the Papago Saguaro National Monument, a 

 tract of land set aside primarily to conserve certain types of desert 

 vegetation in a region that is rapidly changing in* appearance 

 through increased cultivation of the soil. Some 80 miles from 

 Phoenix, to the northeast, is the Tonto National Monument, contain- 

 ing two groups of cliff dwellings; and adjoining the latter is the 



FIG. 1. Map showing location of the Papago Saguaro National Monument. 



Roosevelt Bird Reservation, encircling the shores of Roosevelt Lake. 

 These several points are linked together by the scenic highway known 

 as " the Apache Trail," a road extending between Phoenix and Globe. 

 The purpose of the present publication is to direct attention to 

 some of the interesting features of the bird life of this region a 

 section which, although attracting increasing numbers of visitors 

 each year, has not generally been regarded as including many bird 

 species among its attractions. This report is not presented as a 



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