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Icteria virens longicauda Lawrence 

 Long-tailed Chat 



Heard at Quinn River Crossing, Big Creek Ranch, and at 

 6000 feet altitude in Big Creek Canon. Not common. 



The chat was shy and secretive at all times, being for the most 

 part merely heard in the willow and alder thickets along the 

 streams. One of its many notes may be transcribed as "ta-ta- 

 ta-ta, " repeated rapidly, somewhat resembling a note of the 

 Arizona hooded oriole. Two individuals (nos. 9187, 9188) were 

 preserved. 



Wilsonia pusilla pileolata (Pallas) 

 Pileolated Warbler 



One of the rarer species. Recorded from two localities only, 

 Quinn River Crossing (along Wheeler Creek and at the Cross- 

 ing) and Big Creek Ranch. Found in Upper Sonoran zone. 



Two pileolated warblers were seen at the first-named place 

 May 26. A few days later one was heard singing near Wheeler 

 Creek early in the morning. 



The birds were not in the least shy, and often came very close 

 to the observer. Three specimens taken (nos. 8507, 8508, 9297). 



Cinclus mexicanus unicolor Bonaparte 



Northern Dipper 



Rare, only six or eight birds being seen all season. One \\'as 



observed in Alder Creek Lake (7800 feet), where it was dwelling 



under a waterfall which occurred in a stream connecting two 



parts of the lake. The dipper was found in Transition zone. 



Water ouzel sign, in the shape of the characteristic white 

 splotches of fecal matter on rocks in the stream, was observed on 

 a meadow located at an altitude of 8000 feet on Big Creek. 



Two juvenals (nos. 9149, 9150) were secured on Leonard 

 Creek. 



Oreoscoptes montanus (J. K. Townsend) 

 Sage Thrasher 

 Distrihution. — One of the commonest and most widely dis- 

 tributed species of the region. Localities at which the birds were 



