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remaining one being from the Santa Rita Mountains. Mr. Steph- 
ens does not appear to have found it elsewhere, and in his notes 
characterizes it as rather uncommon. It was oftenest seen 
among the oaks of the foot-hills, where it associated with Woll- 
weber’s Titmouse, the Ruby-crowned Kinglet, and several other 
small birds. 
22. Auripanis flaviceps ( Sundev .) Baird. Yellow- 
headed Tit. — Mr. Henshaw while in Arizona met with but few 
specimens of this curious little species. He attributed their ap- 
parent rarity to the lateness of the season at which his observa- 
tions were made, and doubtless this explanation is the true one ; 
for during the past spring Mr. Stephens found them in abundance 
both at Cienega Station and Tucson. Nevertheless it is probable 
that some individuals pass the winter in Arizona, for one of my 
specimens is dated November 29, and another was killed early 
in March. A nest taken at Tucson contained three fresh eggs on 
April 20. 
23. Sitta carolinensis aculeata ( Cass.) Allen. Slender- 
billed Nuthatch. — This Nuthatch was common in the pine 
forests of the Chiricahua Mountains, but the notes do not men- 
tion its occurrence elsewhere. 
24. Sitta pygmaea Vig. Pygmy Nuthatch. — Equally 
common with the preceding species in the same locality. 
25. Certhia familiaris mexicana ( Gloger ) Ridgw. 
Mexican Creeper. — Various writer^ have attributed the Mex- 
ican Creeper to our fauna, either on purely inferential grounds, 
or from a misconception, which at one time prevailed, regarding 
the relationship of the form found in California ; for up to the 
present time no undoubted specimens of mexicana have been 
taken within our boundaries. It accordingly gives me much 
pleasure to announce the actual occurrence in Arizona of this well- 
characterized race, of which the specimen mentioned below is 
perfectly typical. It is the only Creeper which Mr. Ste- 
phens met with during the past season, but in the previous 
year two others, which I have not examined, but which he con- 
siders identical with this, were taken in the same locality. All 
the Arizona specimens obtained by Mr. Henshaw were referred 
to our eastern form. 
66, $ ad., Morse’s Mill, Chiricahua Mountains, March 18. Length, 
4.80; extent. 7.10; wing, 2.45 ; tail, 2.2,5 5 culmen, .50. “ Iris dark brown.” 
