BiiEWSTEPv on a Collection of Arizona Birds. 19^ 



10, $ ad.. Cave Creek, March 5. Leno;th. 6. jo: extent. 9.J0. Iris dark 

 brown: bill and legs flesh color. 



15, 5 ad., same locality and date. Length, 6.30; extent, 9. 



141, $ ad., Chiricahua Mountains, March 31. Length. 6.10; extent, 

 9.30. Iris dark brown. 



69. Juuco cinereus dorsalis lyHcnry) HensJia-.v. Red- 

 backed Snowbird. 



108, $ ad., Chiricahua Mountains. March j6. Length, 6.50; extent, 

 9.50; wing, 3.05; tail, 3.1S. "Not as plenty here as J. citiereits.'" 



70. Junco cinereus (Swains.) Cuban. Mexican Snow- 

 bird. — Nine specimens, all taken chiving March, in the Chiri- 

 cahua Mountains. 



71. Amphispiza bilineata (Cass.) Cones. Beack- 

 THROATED SpARROw. — Air. Stephens found this Sparrow on 

 barren plains sparsely- covered with low l^ushes : he considers 

 it a permanent resident in Arizona. 



yuv., firsf flinnaffc $ (No. 613. Canip Lowell. June 28). Crown, lores, 

 orbital region and sides of head generally, dull brownish-ash : a white su- 

 perciliary' line as in the adult; b%ck faded brown with shaft-stripes of a 

 darker shade on most of the feathers ; wing-coverts and outer webs of inner 

 secondaries, reddish-buff; beneath dull white with the breast and sides 

 of the abdomen thickly but finely streaked with dull black. 



In addition to the bird just mentioned the collection includes five adults 

 from the following localities: San Pedro River ((J, Dec. 25); Sulphur 

 Spring Valley {$. April 4); Tucson (?, May 3); Santa Rita Moun- 

 tains ( $ , May 20) : Camp Lowell {$ , May 30). 



72. Peuceea cassini ( J/'oort'//.) JJaird. Cassin's Sparrow. 

 — Although special etl'orts were made to obtain specimens of this 

 species, onlv one was secured dining the trip. "The song of 

 the male is peculiar ; about midw^ay it drops several notes and 

 is finished on one key. Several others seen. They were all 

 very wild." 



159, $ ad.. Sulphur Spring Valley, April 4. Length, 6.30; extent, 

 7.80; wing, 2.50; tail, 2. 82. '• Iris brown," 



73. Peucaea carpalis Cones. Rufous-winged Sparrow. 

 — Found sparingly about Tucson and Camp Lowell. It inhabited 

 the mesquite thickets, keeping closely hidden in the bimches 

 of "sacaton" grass, from which, when flushed, it flew into the 

 branches above. 



233. $ ad., Tucson. April 19. Length, 5.70: extent. 7.90: wing. 2.42; 

 tail, 2. 82. 



234, $ ad., same locality and date. Length. 5.90; extent, 8; wing, 2.57; 

 tail, 3. '-Iris brown ; bill dark brown ubo^e, paler below: legs pale bi-own." 



