CONTENTS. 



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The national monuments 2 



Introduction 5 



Bird life of the Papago Saguaro National Monument contrasted with 



that of the adjoining cultivated regions 11 



Birds of the giant cactus 13 



Birds of Roosevelt Lake and the Tonto National Monument 15 



Birds of the Sierra Ancha 21 



General accounts of some birds of the region 27 



Palmer thrasher 27 



Cactus wren 29 



Verdin 31 



Western kingbird 32 



Dwarf cowbird 33 



Desert sparrow 34 



Phainopepla 35 



Zone-tailed hawk 36 



Texas nighthawk 38 



Arizona crested flycatcher 39 



Desert quail 40 



White-winged dove 41 



Inca dove 43 



Mearns gilded flicker 45 



Gila woodpecker 48 



Farallon cormorant 52 



Pallid great blue heron 53 



Black-crowned night heron 54 



Birds seen on Papago Saguaro National Monument, Ariz., May 30 to 



June 4, 1917 54 



Birds seen at and near Ternpe, May 30 to June 4, 1917 55 



Birds seen in vicinity of Roosevelt Lake, June 5 to 11 and July 2 to 5, 



1917 , 56 



Birds seen in the Sierra Ancha, June 11 to July 2, 1917 57 



Birds seen at Globe, July 5 to 7, 1917 _*_ 58 



Index 61 



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