120 EXPLORATIONS AND SURVEYS WEST OF JOOTH MERIDIAN. 



82. Guiraca ccerulea, (L.) Blue Grossbeak. 



Among the bushes and copses that line the river-bank at Apache this 

 species was not uncommon toward the end of August, and I doubt not 

 that they breed here. They were very shy, and an occasional glimpse of 

 a bird as it flitted from one clump to another was all that could be 

 obtained. 



83. Cyanospiza amoena, (Say.) Lazuli Finch. 



Common at Apache, where it frequented the bushes and weeds in 

 search of seeds. In a male taken in October the blue is clouded and 

 almost obscured by rufous, which overspreads the whole plumage. 



84. Pipilo maculatus, Sw., var. megalonyx Bd. Long-spurred Towhee. 



Apparently the only Black Pipilo inhabiting this region. Though not 

 very common, it was found everywhere along the route in Eastern Ari- 

 zona and in New Mexico till late in October. 



85. Pipilo fuscus Sw., var. mesoleucus, Bd. Canon-Finch. 



I did not detect this species on the Gila, where the Abert's Finch was 

 very numerous. When nearing Camp Grant, my attention was 

 attracted by hearing notes issuing from a thicket on the sides of a rocky 

 canon, which I was confident I had never before heard, and a short 

 search soon revealed the author to be this finch. The notes are much 

 deeper and harsher than those of the Abert's Finch. The habits of the 

 two birds appear much the same, but the present bird seems rather to 

 prefer rocky canons to more open situations. 



