BULLETIN 



NUTTALL ORNITHOLOGICAL CLUB. 



VOL. VII. October, 1882. No. 4. 



ON A COLLECTION OF BIRDS LATELY MADE 

 BY MR. F. STEPHENS IN ARIZONA. 



P,V Wn.LIAM 15UKWSTKK. 

 {^Co)ifhiiird from p. /.//'. ) 



60. Carpodacus frontalis {Say) Gray. House Fixch. 



571, $ ad.. Camp Lowell. June jj. 



61. Loxia curvirostra mexicana {Stn'ck/.) Jiaird. Mex- 

 ican Crossbill. — Cliiricalnia Mountains; most numerous on 

 the eastern side. Yoimg just able to fly were taken March 7. 



All of the following specimens are referable lo true mexictina. 



16, $ ad., Chiiicahua Mountains, March 6. Length, 7.10; extent, 

 11.90; wing, 4; tail. 2.73; culnien, .87. 



17, $ ad., same locality and date. Length, 7.10; extent, 11. So; wing, 

 3. 88; tail, 2.75; culmen, .85. "Iris dark brown. The jaw muscles Avere 

 extraordinarily developed on the side toward which the lower mandible 

 crossed." 



.!4, $ ad., Chiricaluia Moinitains. March 7. Length, 6.80: extent. 

 11.40: wing, 3.70; tail, J.52 : culmen, .Si. 



25, $ JLiv., first plumage, same locality and date. Thi.s bird had been 

 out of the nest but a few days and the tips of the mandibles had not begun 

 to cross. 



116, $ iuv., first plumage, Chiricahua Mountains, Marcli 26. Length, 

 6.90; extent, 12: wing, 4: tail, 2.75: culmen, .65. Wings and tail fully 

 irrown : mandibles decidedlv crossed. 



