BREWsncR 0)1 a Collection of Arizona Birds. 1 99 



•yuv., firsf plumage (No. 520. Tucson, June 10). Above uniform light 

 brown; wing-coverts, outer edges of the inner secondaries and a narrow 

 tipping on the tail, brownish-ochraceous ; beneath brownish-fulvous with 

 an ochraceous tinge on the throat, abdomen, and crissum, and a broad 

 band of coarse but obscure black spots extending across the breast: head- 

 markings as in the adult, but duller. 



Eight specimens were collected. "Iris light brown : bill brownish horn- 

 color above, bluish beneath; legs brown." 



82. Cardinalis virginianus igneus {Baird) Cones. Saint 

 Lucas Cardinal. — Found only at Tucson, where it occurred 

 sparingly in low brush, usually near streams. 



269, $ ad., Tucson, April 23. Length, 9.40; extent, 12.40; wing, 4.12; 

 tail, 4.92; longest feathers of crest, 1.35. "Iris dark brown; legs brown." 



83. Pyrrhuloxia sinuata Bonap. Texan Cardinal. — 

 In the latter part of April three of these Cardinals were taken 

 near Tucson, and several others were seen in the same place 

 during March, 18S0. They were found among mesquites, along 

 brush fences and in the shrubbery of an arrova. "Iris dark 

 brown ; bill yellowish horn-color : legs pale brown. Food 

 seeds, green liuds and insects." 



84. Zamelodia melanocephala ( >Su'(7//^5. ) Cones. Black- 

 headed Grosbeak. — Common at high elevations among the 

 mountains. 



367, $ ad., Santa Rita Mountains, May 13. Length. 8. 10: extent. 12.90; 

 wing, 4.17: tail. 3.75. "Iris dark brown; legs light plumbeous." 



391, $ ad., Santa Rita Mountains. May 16. Length. 8.40: extent. 

 12.80; wing. 4.28; tail, 3.70. 



In addition to being considerably larger than any of my more northern 

 specimens, these examples are peculiar in having the interscapular feath- 

 ers so broadly edged with brownish-orange (brownish-yellow in the ^ ) 

 that the back appears to be about equally streaked with light and dark 

 color. 



85. Guiraca coerulea {Lin??.) Swains. Blue (trosbeak. 

 — Onlv a few were seen during the present trip, but Mr. wSteph- 

 ens foimd them common on the Gila River in 1876. "They are 

 late migrants." 



445, J ad.. Tucson. May 28. Length, 7.20; extent, 11. 10; wing. 3.60: 

 tail. 3.27. •• Iris dark brown ; bill black above, bluish below; legs black." 



86. Passerina amcena {Say) Gray. Lazuli Bunting. 

 — Two specimens, obtained April 25, at Tucson, are noted as "the 

 first ones seen." One of them, a male, has the blue almost com- 

 pletelv obscured by rufous, which forms a broad tipping on all the 

 feathers of tiie upper parts. The throat, liowever. remains nearly 

 pure blue. 



