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73- Numenius americanus Bechstein. 



LoNG-r.n.LiiD Curlf.w. 



vSyiionyiii — Niiiiioiiiis longirostris. 



Status — Cones ( i866a, p. 98) secured a specimen at Fort Whipple in Aug- 

 ust. !8(')4; Scott (1886. p. 386) recorded it as a migrant about Tucson, on the 

 autb.ority of ijt-own ; Sloanaker (1913. p. 195) reports a specimen from Tucson, 

 October 12. 1911: and vStepliens (1903, p. yy) noted it on the Colorado River, 

 at I'.hrenber^-, in Aui^ust. I'hese are all the records for Arizona. 



74. Oxyechus vociferus (Linnaeus). 



KlLI.DEtvR. 



S\ non_\nis — L'liaraiiriiis I'ocifcnis ; Acgialitis vociferus. 



.Status — A common summer visitant, and, alone: the lower Colorado Ri\'er 

 at least, a winter visitant also. Breeds in suitable localities throughout the state, 

 except in the arid Lower Sonoran southwestern portion. Common in summer in 

 the valley's of southeastern Arizona ; in the Mogollon Plateau region it ranges up 

 to 7000 feet (Mearns, 1890a, p. 52). 



75. AEgialitis semipalmata (l)onaparte). 



Semipal:matkd Plon'ER. 

 Status — Seen by Cones (T866a, p. 96) on the Colorado River in September 

 and October, 1865; Scott (1886, p. 387) found it abundant in the vicinity of Tuc- 

 son, during April, 1883. These are the only records. 



76. Podasocys montanns (Townsend). 



MOUNTA [N PlOVKR. 



Synonyms — JEgialitis uionlaniis; Eudroniias inonianiis. 



Status — Coues (1866a, p. 96) met with this species, presumably at Fort 

 Wliijijile, and says that it is "sparingly distributed throughout Arizona." The 

 only other record from Arizona is that of Osgood (1903, p. 128). who found it 

 abundan.t at Sulj^liur Spring, Cochise County, in Dccemljer and January. 



yy. Colinus ridgwayi Brewster. 



MaSKE^D BoP.-ViHITE. 



Synonyms — Ortyx z'irginianiis : Ortvx graysoni; Ortyx ridgzvayi. 



Status — This species formerly occupied a very limited region in extreme 

 southern Arizona. Baboquivari Peak on the west, and the Huachuca Mountains 

 on the east, were about the limits of its extension, nor was it known to range 

 niore than thirty or forty miles north of the United States-]>.fexican boundaiy 

 line. It is now supposed to be nearly or quite extinct in Arizona: there is no 

 reliable imblished accoimt of a si:)ecimen secm-ed in the state since 1888. 



yS. Callipepla squamata squamata (Vigors). 



Scaled Quatl. 

 c^tatus— A common resident of the arid, semi-desert, Lower Sonoran val- 

 leys of southea.'^tern Arizona, usually below 4000 feet, occasionally up to 4500 

 feet. Has Ijcen foiuid as far west as the Altar Valley and Wood's Station, ninety 



