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are several not typical as compared with Colorado examples. These show 7 in 
varying degree an approach toward merrilli , and doubtless came from the north- 
western part of the Great Basin region, where the breeding ranges of montana 
and merrilli merge. The cooperi individuals doubtless invaded northward along 
the Mojave River from the San Diegan district. If any song sparrow at all breeds 
along the Mojave River it is surely cooperi. 
Melospiza lincolni striata. Forbush Sparrow. A large specimen ( $ , No. 6267 
Coll. J. & J. W. M.) shot by Finger, Jan. 1, was the only one found. It presents 
the characters of of typical striata , the breeding grounds of which is in the Sitkan 
district of southeastern Alaska. 
Ampelis garrulus. Bohemian Waxwing. A single male specimen of this 
circum-boreal species was shot by Pinger in the afternoon of Dec. 31, and is now 
No. 6258, Coll. J. & J. W. M. The bird was alone, feeding on mistletoe berries in 
a cottonwood near the railroad station. A storm had prevailed during the previ- 
ous night and forenoon, and the distant mountains were whitened w 7 ith snow. The 
only other known instance of the occurrence of the Bohemian waxwing in the 
southwest was just forty-four years ago, when Dr. Cooper obtained a specimen 
near Fort Mojave on the Arizona side of the Colorado River. “It appeared on 
January 10th [1871], after a stormy period which had whitened the tops of the 
mountains with snow, and was alone feeding on the berries of the mistletoe, when 
I shot it.” (Orn. Cal. I, 1870, 128.) Note the coincidence of circumstances! As 
a bird of California the Bohemian waxwing has been previously recorded only 
from Plumas and Lassen counties in the northeastern corner of the State. It may 
also be worthy of remark that the present record is apparently the southernmost 
(34^2°) f° r North America, and even for the world ! 
Ampelis cedrorum. Cedar waxwing. Several small flocks were encountered 
among the cottonwoods, where the birds were feeding on mistletoe berries. 
Phainopepla nitens. Phainopepla. Fairly common among the cottonwoods, 
feeding on mistletoe berries. 
Lanius ludovicianus gambeli. California Shrike. Shrikes were not at all 
common. Individuals were noted far out on the desert, and an occasional one on 
the telegraph wires along the railroad. The two specimens secured have smallish 
bills, faintly brownish and dusky-vermiculated breasts, and dark tints generally. 
They thus seem most nearly referable to gambeli, being probably visitants to this 
locality from a northwesterly direction. 
(To be conclitded.') 
Summer Birds of the Papago Indian Reservation and of the Santa Rita 
Mountains, Arizona 
BY HARRY S. SWARTH 
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BIRDS SEEN IN THE SANTA RITA MOUNTAINS 
Callipepla squamata. Scaled Partridge. A few individuals, not over half a 
dozen adults, were seen at different times on the mesa just below the mountains. A 
pair with a brood of young about the size of sparrows were seen on June 26. 
