212 Brewster on a ColL-ctio)/ of Arizona Birds. 



again met with in Arizona among the Santa Rita Monntains, 

 where, however, it was less numerons tiian it had been in the 

 Chiricahiia range in iSSo. The onlv specimen obtained was an 

 adnlt male which was shot, by moonlight, in oaks near a stream. 



Through Mr. Stephens' kindness I am now enabled to present descriptions 

 of the female and egg alluded to in a letter quoted in connection with the 

 original description* of the race. 



Adult 5 (6309, author's collection, Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona, 

 July 4, 1880. F. Stephens). General coloring similar to that of the male, 

 but lighter, the ground tints more ochraceous; the white of the tail re- 

 placed bj reddish-fulvous which forms a narrow tipping on the outer three 

 pairs of rectrices ; the tawny gular crescent continued around the sides of 

 the neck, the ends meeting behind and forming an uninterrupted collar. 



Dimensions. Length, 9.60; extent. 18.80; wing, 6.27; tail, 5.03; cul- 

 men, .80; tarsus, .70; longest rictal bristle, 1.40. 



This specimen differs even more widely from the female, than does my 

 type from the male of A. vocifertis. The ochraceous of the lores, super- 

 ciliary-stripe, and neck-collar, spreads over the entire plumage both 

 above and beneath, giving it a tawny tinge which overlies and obscures the 

 usual dark markings. On the shoulders, breast, lores and throat this color 

 deepens to a fine reddish-chestnut, and elsewhere it replaces the ashy, dirty 

 white and other light tints of the eastern birds. In its general coloring 

 the plumage strikingly resembles that of the brown phase of Scops asio 

 keniiicotti. The ochraceous neck-collar is also-present in the male from 

 the Santa Rita Mountains, but it is less distinctly defined, being somewhat 

 obscured, especially on the nape, by dusky mottling. In all other respects 

 this example agrees closely with my type. 



The Q^^ is white with a dull gloss. At first sight it appears to be im- 

 maculate, but a closer inspection reveals a few faint blotches of the palest 

 possible purple, so faint indeed that they might pass for superficial stains 

 were it not for the fact that they underlie the external polish. The ab- 

 sence of well-defined markings may probably be explained by the assump- 

 tion that the bird had laid one or more clutches earlier in the season, thus 

 exhausting her supply of coloring pigment. The specimen measures 

 1.17X.87. 



355, J ad., Santa Rita Mountains, May 11. Length, 9.90; extent, 18.70; 

 wing, 6.50: tail, 5.15: culmen, .76; tarsus, .70; longest rictal bristle. 1.73. 



( Tfl be continued^ 

 *This Bulletin, Vol. VI, pp. 69-72. 



