Brewster on a Collection of Arizona Birds. 1 95 
ip, $ ad.. Cave Creek, March 5. Length, 6.20; extent, 9.20. Iris dark 
brown ; bill and legs flesh color. 
1 q, $ ad., same locality and date. Length, 6.30: extent, 9. 
141, $ ad., Chiricahua Mountains, March 31. Length, 6.10; extent, 
9.30. Iris dark brown. 
69. Jirnco cinereus dorsalis ( Henry ) Hens haw. Red- 
backed Snowbird. 
108, $ ad., Chiricahua Mountains, March 26. Length, 6.50; extent, 
9.50; wing, 3.05; tail, 3.18. “Not as plenty here as J. cinereus .” 
70. Junco cinereus (Swains.) Caban. Mexican Snow- 
bird. — Nine specimens, all taken during March, in the Chiri- 
cahua Mountains. 
71. Amphispiza bilineata (Cass.) Cones. Black- 
throated Sparrow. — Mr. Stephens found this Sparrow on 
barren plains sparsely covered with low bushes ; he considers 
it a permanent resident in Arizona. 
Juv., first flwnage $ (No. 613, Camp Lowell, June 28). Crown, lores, 
orbital region and sides of head generally, dull brownish-ash ; a white su- 
perciliary line as in the adult; back faded brown with shaft-stripes of a 
darker shade on most of the feathers ; wing-coverts and outer webs of inner 
secondaries, reddish-buff; beneath dull white with the breast and sides 
of the abdomen thickly but finely streaked with dull black. 
In addition to the bird just mentioned the collection includes five adults 
from the following localities: San Pedro River (Jh Dec. 25); Sulphur 
Spring Valley ($ , April 4); Tucson ($, May 3); Santa Rita Moun- 
tains ($ , May 20) ; Camp Lowell ($ , May 30). 
72. Peuccea cassini ( Woodh.) Baird. Cassin’s Sparrow. 
— Although special efforts were made to obtain specimens of this 
species, only one was secured during the trip. “The song of 
the male is peculiar ; about midway it drops several notes and 
is finished on one key. Several others seen. The}' were, all 
very wild.” 
159, $ ad., Sulphur Spring Valley, April 4. Length, 6.30; extent, 
7.80; vang, .2.50 ; tail, 2.82. “Iris brown.” 
73. Peucsea carpalis Cones. Rufous-winged Sparrow. 
— Found sparingly about Tucson and Camp Lowell. It inhabited 
the mesquite thickets, keeping closely hidden in the bunches 
of u sacaton” grass, from which, when flushed, it flew into the 
branches above. 
233, $ ad., Tucson, April 19. Length, 5.70; extent, 7.90; wing, 2.42; 
tail, 2.82. 
234, $ ad., same locality and date. Length, 5.90; extent, 8; wing, 2.57; 
tail, 3. “Iris brown ; bill dark brown above, paler below; legs pale brown.” 
