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remaining one being from the Santa Rita Mountains. Mr. Steph- 

 ens does not appear to have found it elsewhere, and in his notes 

 characterizes it as rather uncommon. It was oftenest seen 

 among the oaks of the foot-hills, where it associated with Woll- 

 weber's Titmouse, the Ruby-crowned Kinglejt, and several other 

 small birds. 



22. Auriparus flaviceps {S/indev.) Baird. Yellow- 

 headed Tit. — Mr. Henshaw while in Arizona met with but few 

 specimens of this curious little species. He attributed their ap- 

 parent rarity to the lateness of the season at which his observa- 

 tions were made, and doubtless this explanation is the true one ; 

 for during the past spring Mr. Stephens found them in abundance 

 both at Cienega Station and Tucson. Neveitheless it is probable 

 that some individuals pass the winter in Arizona, for one of my 

 specimens is dated November 29, and another was killed early 

 in March. A nest taken at Tucson contained three fresh eggs on 

 April 20. 



23. Sittacarolinensis aculeata (Ca^^.) yl//^/^. Slender- 

 billed Nuthatch. — This Nuthatch was common in the pine 

 forests of the Chiricahua Mountains, but the notes do not men- 

 tion [ts occurrence elsewhere. 



24. Sitta pygmsea Vig. Pygmy Nuthatch. — Equally 

 common with the preceding species in the same locality. 



25. Certhia familiaris mexicana {Gloger) Ridgw. 

 Mexican Creeper. — Various writers have attributed the Mex- 

 ican Creeper to our fauna, either on purely inferential grounds, 

 or from a misconception, which at one time prevailed, regarding 

 the relationship of the form found in California ; for up to the 

 present time no undoubted specimens of mexicana have been 

 taken within our boundaries. It accordingly gives me much 

 pleasure to announce the actual occurrence in Arizona of this well- 

 characterized race, of wliich the specimen mentioned below is 

 perfectly typical. It is the onlv Creeper which Mr. Ste- 

 phens met with during the past season, but in the previous 

 year two others, which I have not examined, but which he con- 

 siders identical with this, were taken in the same locality. All 

 the Arizona specimens obtained by Mr. Henshaw were referred 

 to our eastern form. 



66, $ ad., Morse's Mill, Chiricahua Mountains, March 18. Length, 

 4.80; extent. 7.10; wing. -J.45 ; tail, 2.25; culmen. .50. "'Iris dark brown." 



