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347, $ ad., Tucson, May 7. Length, 20.80; extent, 53.20; wing, 
14.50; tail, 8.50. “Iris yellow; bill and claws black. The stomach con- 
tained beetles, portions of craw-fish and a few fish scales.” 
561, $ ad., Camp Lowell, June 21. Length, 19.20; extent. 49.20; wing, 
13.12 ; tail, 8. ^ 
138. Griaucidium gnoma Wagl. California Pygmy Owl. — 
The single specimen obtained by Mr. Stephens differs from my 
California examples in absolutely lacking any tinge of umber or 
reddish-brown both above and below, the ground color of the 
upper parts being dark brownish-plumbeous, and the longitudinal 
streaks beneath nearly black. This condition, doubtless, is merely 
an extreme one of the bird’s recognized ‘“plumbeous” phase. 
89, $ ad., Chiricahua Mountains (10,000 feet) March 24. Length, 6.50; 
extent, 13; wing, 3.50; tail, 2.90. “Iris yellow. This bird was sitting 
on the extreme top of a dead pine. I heard another but failed to find it. 
The note was repeated a number of times at intervals of about once a second. 
I saw a flock of four near Fort Bayard, New Mexico, in 1876.” 
139. G-laucidium fermgineum ( Maxim .) Kanp. Fer- 
rugineous Pygmy Owl. 
482, $ ad., Camp Lowell, June 3. Length, 7; extent, 13.40; wing 
3.60; tail, 2.90. “Iris yellow, bill greenish-yellow ; cere yellowish-green ; 
toes dull greenish-yellow ; claws black. In some cottonwoods near camp 
I heard this individual — or another of the same species — for several 
consecutive mornings. His note w'as a loud cuck repeated several times 
as rapidly as twice each second. At each utterance the bird jerked his 
tail and threw back his head. Occasionally a low chuck , audible for only 
a short distance, replaced the usual call.” 
140. Micrathene whitneyi (Coofi<?7') Coues. Whitney’s 
Pygmy Owl. — In 1872 Capt. Benclire secured several specimens 
of this pretty little Owl near Tucson, but no one seems to have 
since met with it in Arizona, and up to the present time it has 
remained a rare and little-known species. This, doubtless, has 
been chiefly owing to the fact that the Territory has been only 
superficially explored, for Mr. Stephens found it a very common 
bird in the desert region about Tucson and Camp Lowell. His 
first specimen was obtained in the following manner. Happen- 
ing one day to cut down the trunk of a giant cactus for the pur- 
pose of investigating a Woodpecker’s hole, he found a Whitney’s 
Owl within, dead, but apparently only just killed by the fall. 
The hint was at once acted on with results disastrous to both 
Owls and cactuses, for an extensive raid on the latter, continued 
during several weeks in different localities, yielded a goodly num- 
