o2 Brewster on a Collection of Arizona Birds. 



26. Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus {Lafr.) Gray. 

 Cactus Wren. — I notice little of special interest among the 

 notes accompanying the eight skins which Mr. Stephens col- 

 lected. He found the bird abundant in all suitable localities, and 

 took several nests and sets of eggs. The unsophisticated young 

 were easily shot, but the adults, even when breeding, were shy 

 and hard to secure. 



27. Salpinctes obsoletus ^Say) Caban. Rock Wren. — 

 Mr. StejDhens makes no mention of finding this species in Ari- 

 zona during the past season, but he sends me a single specimen 

 taken December 35, iSSo, on the San Pedro River. 



28. Thryomanes be'w^icki leucogaster Baird. White- 

 bellied Wren. — The collection includes five specimens of this 

 form, which was apparently met with only in the Chiricahua 

 Mountains and about Tucson. In the former locality it was 

 common along the banks of streams where, however, it kept so 

 closely hidden among the weeds and brush that it was oftener 

 heard than seen. The examples before me are typical. 



29. Troglodytes aedon J^ieill. House Wren. — The only 

 House Wren taken is absolutely indistinguishable from man}- of 

 my Massachusetts specimens, and I accordingly refer it here. 

 Furthermore. I fail to find the characters supposed to distinguish 

 var. parkmani., in any of the several California specimens includ- 

 ed in my series. If the latter form really possesses any constant 

 differential characters, I believe they have yet to be defined. 



169, 5' near Tombstone, April 6. Length, 4.80; extent, 6.40; wing, 

 2.10. " Iris dark brown. Shot among low brush. Not common." 



30. Anthus ludovicianus {Gm.) Lit/if. American Tit- 

 lark. 



271, $ ad., Tucson, .\pril 23. Length, 6.50; extent, 10.60. -'Bill 

 brown, paler at base below: legs brown." Several seen in marshes along 

 the stream. 



31. "BLelvciiXitho-pliilSihxcide (Coop.) Rido^w. Lucy's War- 

 bler. — Although this diminutive Hehninthophila has been 

 known to ornithologists for nearlv twentv years, few specimens 

 have found their way into the cabinets of private collectors, and 

 up to the present time the species has remained a very rare one. 

 On this accoimt the acquisition of a good series of skins was 

 among the main objects of Mr. Stephens' trip, and the success 

 which rewarded his labors is verv srratifvincr. 



