212 Brewster on a Collection of Arizona Birds. 
again met with in Arizona among the Santa Rita Mountains, 
where, however, it was less numerous than it had been in the 
Chiricahua range in 1880. The only specimen obtained was an 
adult male which was shot, by moonlight, in oaks near a stream. 
Through Mr. Stephens’ kindness I am now enabled to present descriptions 
of the female and egg alluded to in a letter quoted in connection with the 
original description* of the race. 
Adult $ (6309, author’s collection, Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona, 
July 4, 1880. F. Stephens). General coloring similar to that of the male, 
but lighter, the ground tints more ochraceous; the white of the tail re- 
placed by reddish-fulvous which forms a narrow tipping on the outer three 
pairs of rectrices ; the tawny gular crescent continued around the sides of 
the neck, the ends meeting behind and forming an uninterrupted collar. j 
Dimensions. Length, 9.60 ; extent. 18.80; wing, 6.27; tail, 5.03; cul- 1 
men, .80; tarsus, .70; longest rictal bristle, 1.40. 
This specimen differs even more widely from the female, than does my * 
type from the male of A. vociferus. The ochraceous of the lores, super- 
ciliary-stripe, and neck-collar, spreads over the entire plumage both j 
above and beneath, giving it a tawny tinge which overlies and obscures the ! 
usual dark markings. On the shoulders, breast, lores and throat this color 1 
deepens to a fine reddish-chestnut, and elsewhere it replaces the ashy, dirty 
white and other light tints of the eastern birds. In its general coloring 
the plumage strikingly resembles that of the brown phase of Scops asio | 
kennicotti. The ochraceous neck-collar is also present in the male from 
the Santa Rita Mountains, but it is less distinctly defined, being somewhat 1 
obscured, especially on the nape, by dusky mottling. In all other respects j! 
This example agrees closely with my tjpe. 
The egg is white with a dull gloss. At first sight it appears to be im- 
maculate, but a closer inspection reveals a few faint blotches of the palest 
possible purple, so faint indeed that they might pass for superficial stains 
were it not for the fact that they underlie the external polish. The ab- 
sence of well-defined markings may probably be explained by the assump- 
tion that the bird had laid one or more clutches earlier in the season, thus 
exhausting her supply of coloring pigment. The specimen measures 
1.17X.87. 
355, J ad., Santa Rita Mountains, May 11. Length, 9.90; extent, 18.70; 
wing, 6.50; tail, 5.15; culmen, .76; tarsus, .70; longest rictal bristle, 1.73. 
( To be continued?) 
*This Bulletin, Vol. VI, pp. 69-72. 
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