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Status — x\ fairly common resident, reported from all parts of the state. 

 Found in Lower Sonoran (Tucson. Gila River, etc.), Transition (Huachuca 

 Mountains, ITualpai Mountains) and Boreal (spruce belt of San Francisco 

 Mountain: Mcrriam. i8(;o. ]). (;t). 



122. Speotyto cunicularia hypogaea { IJonaparte). 



Burrowing Owl. 



vSynonyms — Athene hypui^aca; Athene cunicitlaria. 



Status — Irregularly and locally distributed throughout the valleys of the 

 state. In general it may be said to be common where the Prairie Dog {Cynomys) 

 is found, in the lower Sonoran valleys of northeastern and southeastern Arizona, 

 and decideflly rare elsewhere. Sparingly distributed across the jjlains ol south- 

 western Arizona. 



123. Glaucidium gnoma pinicola Nelson 



RocKv Mountain Figmv Owl. 



Synonyms — Ghjiieidiuui passerininn var. ealifontieitm, part; Giancidiiiui 

 i:; no 1 11 a. 



Status — A resident in the Transition zone of the higher mountains through- 

 out the state. Reported from many scattered localities : Prescott, San Francisco 

 Mountain, Huaclinca Mountains, L'hiricahua Mountains, MogoUon Mountains, 

 W'liite Mountains. 



124. Glaucidium phaloenoides ( Daudin ) . 



Ferruginous Pigmy Owl. 



Synonyms — Glaneidiuni feiriio-ineuiii ; Glaneidinui passerintini var. ealifor- 

 nicmn, part. 



Status — Apparently restricted to the valley of the upper Gila River, and its 

 tributaries (Salt River, Santa Cruz River, etc.), where it is not uncommon. Has 

 not been taken west of Gila Bend. A bird of the Lower Sonoran zone almost ex- 

 clusively. Probably resident, though I know of no definite winter records. 



125. Micropallas whitneyi (Cooper). 



Ele Owl. 



Synonyms — Athene -iehitneyi : Mierathene i^'hitneyi. 



Status — A common species in the Lower Sonoran zone in southern Arizona, 

 from the valley of the Santa Cruz, and the Catalina Mountains, west to the Col- 

 orado River ; north along the latter to the Big Sandy River ( Stephens, 1903, p. 

 101) and Fort IMohave (Cooper, 1861. p. 118). During the breeding season it 

 is almost entirely restricted to the region occupied by the giant cactus. There is, 

 however, a breeding record from the Fluachuca Mountains (Fisher, 1904, p. 80). 

 It is probably migratory to some extent, as the records from scattering points out- 

 side the proper breeding range would indicate : Fort Mohave. April ; Dragoon 

 Mountains, April; Fort Howie, October; etc. 



