5h9rlf{ of Bogalos ys&» also said to bavo soon tbam« 
Apparontly tlM Invasion of 1917-1916 oovorod a oonsidorablo 
part of iouthoastom Arizona, and trxm ttoo aoeoxmt givsn abovo It nay 
bs sapposod that parrots'at this tine oame into nost of the mountain 
ranges as far west-l&s Santa Crus County at least. The record oited 
for the Galiuro mountains seems to be the farthest point north at 
vhioh thdse birds have eocurred while the note from the Dragoon moun- 
oonstitutes a new record for that range. 
Feed~tmd le^atemio* ttatu*. 
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On their arrival in the Chirioahoa Jiioxuitatne ^ioAi-billed parrots 
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began to feed on the cones of the Ohihoahua Pine (Pinus ohihuahuana 1 and 
continued to eat the seeds of this tree until the entire crop had been 
consumed. In Euolcor canyon at the time of my visit the ground under 
many trees was still covered with cones Stnat from which the seeds had 
been extracted. Sea^lea oi^-thi», woric were seeured. fhe parrots pnlledy 
cut or twisted off the heavy scales so that the fibres remaining gave 
the oone the appearance of having be«i shredded more or lees completely. 
The cones were attached as soon ae the seed was in the dough. Occasion- 
ally I found cones of a yellow pine ( Pinas brachypters > that showed 
signs of the same woilc hut suok instances were rare so that apparently 
the parrots had not oarfsd for the lang heavy cones of this tree. It 
is jpMba^e that ease in handling was one basis for the. preference for 
the cbihuahua pine. According to SSudworthr cones of the Ofaihuahua pine 
hegion, p. 37. 
are matured la aeptember so that the birds mst have begun sating these 
