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PRODROME OF A WORK ON THE BERET OF ARIZONA TERRI- 
TORY. By Elliott Coues, M. D., U. 8. A. Philadelphia, ae 8vo. 
pp. 
This forerunner of a larger work on the Birds of Arizona contains a 
Whipple, with which are enumerated all other species ascertained t 
inhabit the Territory; together with brief critical and field notes, at 
descriptions of several new species. We extract several paragraphs 
showing the great interest eam the ne of a new fauna, and the 
relation of animals to the soil they 
Ne athe fs features, ees ae — piae Sagaen arate Arizona from adjacent regions, 
ap as those which distinguish “A fro she 
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bs the ath say from tee nora, of several Mexican and subtropical species, A 
E edger. so tos speak, of these ty pes is pushed a little northward of Mexico, and they are 
ly the birds of Southern Ari- 
zona, and of the Colorado males: for : a considerable distance, Perhaps this is more decid- 
edly the case here than at other points, om our southern border. A considerable nuri- 
ber misasi Ppeiy belonging to the United States Fauna, and generally distributed 
througho beyond the Sonoran border; while at the same time 
ai interesting to note that — species urosa one Bigh upm n Ariko — a even further 
hich a +th ir hi 
h, w 
ERTE neither the climate nor physical geog graphy ake seda n aa diverse 
e Avifaunz, un- 
rg mage the apparent absence of one family can be PADE as a marked pecu- 
“Some fact. the birds, From the 
hemia of water throughout almost eve ry mene of the meeribory | ek pee as a nat- 
aucity of Grallatorial and Natato) uch so, that 
wit a afew ie exceptions, a list of the Water Birds of the pone! fee y little more 
There is also to be noted, 
interesting fact, the effect of the hot, arid, desert wastes of the region of the Gila, 
ands Southern , Ari A light, dull, 
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Dparent ahd ey PETZ ig tet Fe m 
oe a all lines and streaks are more or less obsolete in character, is met with in nume- 
rous instances, forming true local races or varieties, In other cases the 
ters which distinguish birds of this middle southern province from other closely allied 
species, partake, in a measure, of this peculiarity. 
“In this connection L may advert to an interesting point, which I consider as quite 
En able, though contrary to hae bse pattie of migration; viz., that many of the birds of 
Poa peta apc which r residents, instead of migrating far to the 
im spring, by t turning simply t to oa here find in the region of which Fort Whip- 
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da € Seasons are well pronounced at Fort Whipple, and do not one notably from 
sneha Made Atlantic States. This enables us trenchantly to divide those of its 
tory h are not permanent residents into summer and winter ane aes migra- 
Mances passing through in the spring and autumn. And I have noticed in many in- 
S inat the times of arrival departure of non-residents are strikingly similar to 
migratory rough n, ‘the reverse 
