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244- Junco phaeonotus palliatus Ridgway. 



Arizona Junco. 



Synonyms — Junco cincreus; Junco cinereus palliatus. 



Status — Common resident of the Transition zone of eastern Arizona, from 

 Mount Graham southward. Reported from the Graham, Santa Catalina, Santa 

 Rita, Chiricahua, Pinal, Huachuca, and Whetstone mountains. It is strictly a 

 resident in the higher mountains, there being apparently not even a local migra- 

 tion downward into the valleys during the winter months. 



245- Junco phaeonotus dorsalis Henry. 



Red-backed Junco. 



Synonyms — Strnthus caniceps, part; Junco cinereus dorsalis; Junco dorsalis. 



Status — Resident in the high mountains of northeastern Arizona, reported 

 from San Francisco Mountain, Grand Canon of the Colorado, White Mountains, 

 and Mogollon Mountains. 



246. Amphispiza bilineata deserticola Ridgway. 



Desert Sparrow. 



Synonyms — Poospisa bilineata; Amphispisa bilineata. 



Status — Common summer resident in the arid Lower Sonoran plains, of 

 southern and western Arizona, north to Forts Verde, Whipple, and Mohave ; 

 also reported in summer from the Desert of the Little Colorado and Keam 

 Canon, in northeastern Arizona. Remains through the winter in some of the 

 warmer southern valleys. 



247. Amphispiza nevadensis nevadensis (Ridgway). 



Sage Sparrow. 



Synonyms — Poospisa belli; Poospisa belli, var. nevadensis; Amphispiza belli 

 nevadensis ; Amphispiza belli cinerea. 



Status — A fairly common winter visitant, reported from various parts of the 

 state: Little Colorado River, December (Kennerly, 1859, p. 29) ; Fort Whipple 

 (Coues, 1866a, p. 86) ; San Pedro River and Tucson, December (Scott, 1887, p. 

 203) ; Fort Huachuca, winter (Fisher, 1904, p. 80). Price's (1899, p. 93) record 

 of Amphispiza belli cinerea? at Yuma in midwinter also probably pertains to this 

 species. As young in the spotted plumage were taken at Flagstaff, on the Desert 

 of the Little Colorado, and at the Grand Cafion of the Colorado (Merriam, 1890. 

 p. 96), the species may breed in this general region. 



248. • Peucaea botterii (Sclater). 



Botteri Sparrow. 

 Synonyms — Peucaea cassinii, part ; Peucaea aestivalis var. arizonae; Peucaea 



arizonae. 



Status — Found only in the Lower Sonoran valleys of southeastern Arizona ; 

 reported north to Camp Grant (Henshaw, 1874, p. 118), west to the valley of the 

 Santa Cruz River (Stephens, 1885, p. 226). Possibly resident, but all the records 

 thus far published are of observations made during the summer months. 



