BULLETIN 



NUTTALL ORNITHOLOGICAL CLUB. 



VOL. VI. APRIL, 1 88 1. No. 2. 



NOTES OX SOME BIRDS FROM ARIZONA AND NEW 

 MEXICO. WITH A DESCRIPTION OF A SUPPOSED 

 NEW WHIP-POOR-WILL. 



BY WILLIAM BREWSTER. 



At different times during the past year Mr. F. Stephens has sent 

 me small collections of birds made at various points in southern Ari- 

 zona and just within the western boundaries of New Mexico. As 

 many of the species are as yet but little known, I take an early 

 opportunity of announcing the capture of these additional speci- 

 mens, and of presenting some brief but interesting field-notes 

 which have been kindly furnished by Mr. Stephens. A critical 

 study of one or two of the rarer species has suggested some 

 original comments which are also offered in this connection ; 

 but certain developments affecting the genus Polloptila. which 

 have been unavoidedly crowded out, will be found elsewhere 

 in the present number of the Bulletin. 



r. Harporhynchus bendirei. Coues. Arizona Thrash- 

 er. — Mr. Stephens sends me two specimens of this interesting 

 Thrasher, both males, and both from the neighborhood of Tuc- 

 son, where the bird seems to be common but verv locallv distrib- 

 uted. These specimens are in freshly-assum'ed, perfect spring 

 plumage, a condition which does not appear to have been previ- 

 ously examined, the original types in the Smithsonian collection 

 being in "worn summer dress," and the three individuals taken 



