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Status A fairly common resident, reported from all parts of the state. 

 Found in Lower Sonoran (Tucson, Gila River, etc.), Transition (Huachuca 

 Mountains, Hualpai Mountains) and Boreal (spruce belt of San Francisco 

 Mountain: Merriam, 1890, p. 91). 



122. Speotyto cunicularia hypogaea (Bonaparte). 



BURROWING OWL. 



Synonyms Athene hypugaca; Athene cunicularia. 



Status Irregularly and locally distributed throughout the valleys of the 

 state. In general it may be said to be common where the Prairie Dog (Cynomys) 

 is found, in the lower Sonoran valleys of northeastern and southeastern Arizona, 

 and decidedly rare elsewhere. Sparingly distributed across the plains oi : south- 

 western Arizona. 



123. Glaucidium gnoma pinicola Nelson. 

 , ROCKY MOUNTAIN\PIGMY OWL. 



Synonyms Glaucidium passeri'ium var. calif ornicum, part; Glaucidium 



gnoma. 



Status A resident in the Transition zone of the higher mountains through- 

 out the state. Reported from many scattered localities : Prescott, San Francisco 

 Mountain, Huachuca Mountains, Chiricahua Mountains, Mogollon Mountains, 

 White Mountains. 



124. Glaucidium phaloenoides (Daudin). 



FERRUGINOUS PIGMY OWL. 



Synonyms Glaucidium ferntgincum; Glaucidium passe rinum var. calif or- 

 11 leu in, part. 



Status Apparently restricted to the valley of the upper Gila Rivtr, and its 

 tributaries (Salt River, Santa Cruz River, etc.), where it is not uncommon. Has 

 not been taken west of Gila Bend. A bird of the Lower Sonoran zone almost ex- 

 clusively. Probably resident, though I know of no definite winter records. 



125. Micropallas whitneyi (Cooper). 



ELF OWL. 



Synonyms Athene whitneyi; Micrathenc whitneyi. 



Status A common species in the Lower Sonoran zone in southern Arizona, 

 from the valley of the Santa Cruz, and the Catalina Mountains, west to the Col- 

 orado River ; north along the latter to the Big Sandy River ( Stephens, 1903, p. 

 101) and Fort Mohave (Cooper, 1861, p. 118). During the breeding season it 

 is almost entirely restricted to the region occupied by the giant cactus. There is, 

 however, a breeding record from the Huachuca Mountains (Fisher, 1904, p. 80). 

 It is probably migratory to some extent, as the records from scattering points out- 

 side the proper breeding range would indicate : Fort Mohave, April ; Dragoon 

 Mountains, April; Fort Bowie, October; etc. 



