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secured are typical adusta while others are referable to occidentalis. Both varieties 

 were secured from the same flock, and they were apparently in about equal numbers. 



Cyanocitta stelleri diademata. I^ong-crested Jay. In the Rincon Mountains 

 but few of this species were observed, but in the Huachucas they were very abund- 

 ant, as usual. They had quite completed their moult by October 1, and were 

 in bright, fresh plumage. 



Aphelocoma woodhousei. Woodhouse Jay. This species proved to be fairly 

 abundant in the Rincon Mountains, but, as I have always found them in this 

 region, shy and retiring, and very hard to approach. They seem to prefer rough, 

 broken country, with plenty of thick underbrush, and are seldom seen in the 

 larger timber. In the Huachucas their call note could occasionally be heard from 

 high up on some brushy hillside, but they kept out of sight, and it was quite by 

 accident that a quick snap shot brought down a specimen on the last day of my 

 stay in the mountains. 



Aphelocoma sieberii arizonae. Arizona Jay. Quite abundant in the Rincon 

 Mountains, and, in the Huachucas, very numerous and exceedingly^ noisy, as 

 usual. Probably the most conspicuous species of bird in either range. 



Corvus corax sinuatus. American Raven. One or two Ravens were seen 

 flying overhead in the Huachucas. 



Corvus cryptoleucus. White- necked Raven. I had always supposed this 

 species to be a permanent resident in the vicinity of the Huachucas, but such ap- 

 parently is not the case. A few were observed lingering in the foothill region and 

 out on the plains, during the first week in October, but they gradually disappeared, 

 and by the middle of the month were all gone. None were seen in the Rincons. 



Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus. Yellow-headed Blackbird. One or two 

 Yellow-headed Blackbirds were seen near the San Pedro River, about twelve miles 

 from the Huachucas, on the afternoon of September 30. 



Agelaius phoeniceus subsp.? Red-winged Blackbird. Some large flocks of Red- 

 winged Blackbirds were seen at the same place as the last mentioned species on 

 November 8, but I was unable to get any specimens. On a previous visit to this 

 region I took breeding specimens of A. -ph. neutralis at a spot twenty miles further 

 down the river, so it is possible the birds seen were of that variety. 



Sturnella magna hoopesi. Mexican Meadowlark. 



Sturnella neglecta. Western Meadowlark. There were a few Meadowlarks in 

 some fields below the Huachucas, but, as I have always found them in this region, 

 they were extremely shy and hard to approach. They were feeding in fields of tall 

 grass, waist high or higher, flushing generally at from fifty to sixty yards. After 

 much tramping and futile burning of powder, I succeeded in landing six speci- 

 mens, five of which appear to be Sturnella neglecta, the other a male example of 

 S. magna hoopesi. 



Icterus parisorum. Scott Oriole. While driving from Benson to the Rincon 

 Mountains on September 22, numerous small flocks of Scott Orioles were observed 

 passing overhead, evidently migrating, most of those seen appearing to be high 

 plumaged males. None were noted in the Rincons, but when we reached the 

 Huachucas there were a few still lingering in the foothill region, the last being 

 observed on October 9. It is rather singular that in the late summer this species 

 seems to disappear from the mountains for a time, as in previous visits to the 

 Huachucas I saw none during the latter part of July or in August, though they 

 breed commonly enough. My earliest spring record for this region is March 

 31 (1903). 



Euphagus cyanocephalus. Brewer Blackbird. About the middle of October 



