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ii8. Selasphorus platycercus (6'wfl'/;/.v,) /?07^(7;i. Broad- 

 tailed Hummingbird. 



366, $ ad., Santa Rita Mountains, May 13. Length. 4; extent 5.50. 

 " Iris dark brown ; bill black; feet black, their soles lighter." 



355, $ ad., Santa Rita Mountains, May 15. Length, 4.70; extent, 5.90. 



119. lache latirostris {S\vai)is.) Elliot. Broad-billed 

 Hummingbird. — From the known fact of its occurrence among 

 the Chiricahua Motmtains, as ascertained by Mr. Henshaw in 

 1S74, it was of course to be expected that this Hummer would 

 eventually be found, under similar conditions, in other parts of 

 Arizona, a probability wdiich Mr. Stephens has confirmed by 

 the capture of five specimens in the Santa Rita Mountains. In 

 addition to these, several others were seen at various times dur- 

 ing his short stay in that range, and I infer from his notes that the 

 birds were not uncommon there. Thev were alwavs found near 

 water, and usually along the streams which flowed through 

 canons, high among the mountains. They seemed to prefer syc- 

 amores to other trees, and invariably perched on dead twigs 

 where they could command an open view. '•'Their notes were 

 flat and differed from those of other Hummers." 



356, $ ad., Santa Rita Mountains, May 12. Length, 4.10: extent, 5.05; 

 wing, 2. II ; bill, .91. "Iris dark brown ; point of bill below, with terminal 

 third above, black; rest of upper inandible reddish-brown ; of lower, pur- 

 plish-red; feet black." 



365, '$ ad., Santa Rita Mountains, May 13. Length, 3.95; extent, 5.05; 

 wing, 1.98; bill, .92. " Bill above, and its tip below, black: remainder of 

 lower mandible reddish. Not near la^■ing." 



3S2, $ ad.. Santa Rita Mountains, Ma_y 14. Length, 4; extent, 5.02. 



405, (J ad.. Santa Rita Mountains, May 18. Length, 3.88: extent, 4.98; 

 wing, 1.99; bill, .88. 



411, 5 ad.. Santa Rita Mountains, May 19. Wing, 2.03: bill, .90. 



120. Cypselus saxatilis Jr^'^'r///. White-throated Swift. 

 — In some notes made at Cave Creek, under date of March 4, 

 Mr. Stephens incidentally refers to this Swift as follows: "We 

 camped here last night chiefly for the purpose of investigating 

 some caves said to contain large quantities of bird-droppings. I 

 went to one of the largest of these to-day and found the floor 

 covered with tons of hat droppings as well as a little from birds. 

 There were also a few feathers (primaries and rectrices) of 

 Cypsehis saxatilis and some of Falco sparverius.'" 



131. Antrostomiis vociferus arizonae i^rew^/fjr. Steph- 

 ens' Whip-poor-will. — During iSSi this Whip-poor-will was 



