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ZOOLOGY— BIRDS. 



pt. li, 1859, Birds, 1 1.— Kennebly, P. It. R. Rep., Whipple's Route, x, 1850, 

 25.— Bd., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Tliila., 1850, 303 (Cape Saint Lucas).— 

 HENBY, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sei. Pliila., 1859, 100 (New Mexico). 

 Phwnopepla nitens, Coues, Proc. Acad. Nat,. Sei. Pliila., 18G6, 71 (Fort Whipple, 

 Ariz.).— Id., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sei. Phila., 1868, 83— Id., Key N. A. Birds, 

 187^, ll(i.— Yabkow, Rep. Orn. Specs., 1871, Wheeler's Exped., 1874, 34.— 

 HENSHAW, Rep. Orn. Specs., 1873, Wheeler's Exped., 1874, KM!. — l!i>., 

 Bbew., & RlDG., N. A. Birds, i, 1874, 405, pi. xviii, f. 3, app. 507 (nesting). 



Large numbers of this species were found, on several occasions, in the 

 canon back of Camp Apache, Ariz. As they were noticed nowhere else in 

 this vicinity, I judged that the abundance of mistletoe berries here served 

 as an attraction. These they were greedily feeding upon. In a canon at 

 the base of Mount Turnbull, I also saw large numbers. Here the berries, 

 which appear to be a favorite diet, were wanting; and they were engaged 

 much of the time in catching flies, which they did by ascending perpendicu- 

 larly from the bushes, snapping up an insect, and returning, much in the 

 manner of the Bluebirds. At this season they are very restless and shy. 



In 1874, they were met with in so many localities as to warrant the 

 belief that they spread over a large area in the southern portions, and are 

 residents. At Camp Bowie, Ariz., large numbers were found gathered 

 together in the canon, attracted thither by the abundance of the berries of the 

 Primus demissa and Vitis incisa. Of these, the birds seemed very fond, and 

 they appeared to constitute their sole food ; though the period during which 

 their feast lasts must be necessarily short, as each bush was fairly beset by 

 scores of these birds, who seemed to have entered into a rivalry with the 

 Mockingbirds to see which could bear away most of the ripe juicy fruit. 



No. 



Sex. 





Jun. 



5'5 



cjjun. 



5i& 



3 jun. 



797 



i ad. 



Soo 



<?jun. 



j76 



,?jun. 



388 



i jun. 



397 



5 jun. 



39S 



cfjiin. 



02S 



i ad. 



Locality. 



Nevada 



Camp Apache, Ariz 



do 



Mount Turnbull, Ariz. 



do 



( lamp Howie, Ariz 



do 



do 



do 



Camp Lowell, Ariz 



Date. 



Aug. 6, 1S71 

 Aug. 4, 1S73 



do 



Aug. 17, 1S73 

 Sept. 19, 1873 

 Aug. 12, 1S74 

 do 



Aug. 13, 1S74 

 do 



Sept. 9, 1S74 



Collector. 



F. Bischoff 



11. W. Henshaw. 



do 



do 



do. 

 do. 



do- 



do . 

 do. 

 do. 



Wing. 



Tail. 



3-37 

 3-4^ 

 3o8 

 4. 12 



3- 6 4 



3. On 

 3.S2 

 3-52 

 3-67 



Bil 



0.45 

 0.45 

 0.45 

 o. 40 

 o. 50 

 o. 48 

 0.50 

 0.48 

 0.44 



Tar 



o 61 

 o. 68 

 0.63 

 o. 70 

 o. 07 

 o, 72 

 o. 63 

 0. 70 

 0.73 



