May, 1905 
BIRDS OF THU SANTA RITA MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA 
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Trochilus alexandri. Black-chinned Hummingbird. Seen along the canyon 
streams. This was the only hummingbird that was at all common in the Santa 
Ritas. Mr. Stephens had secured specimens of Iache latirostris and Eugenes fulgens 
on a previous visit to the mountains, years before; and I had found both species in 
other ranges visited in the territory, so we confidently expected to find them both 
in the Santa Ritas, but were disappointed, none being seen of either species. This 
was undoubtedly due to the disastrous series of dry years. 
Calypte costae, Costa Hummingbird. A few seen along the canyons. Not 
common. 
Basilinna leucotis. White-eared Hummingbird. On June 24 Mr. Stephens se- 
cured a single bird, a male, but not adult; probably a bird of the previous year. 
(For a detailed description of this birdsee Pacific Coast Avifauna No. 4, Birds of the 
Huachuca Mountains, Arizona, page 19.) 
Tyrannus verticalis. Arkansas Kingbird. Not common. Seen mostly below 
the mountains. 
Tyrannus vociferans. Cassin Kingbird. Quite common; much more so than 
the last. 
Myiarchus cinerascens. Ash-throated Flycatcher. Seen along the canyon 
streams. Not very common. 
Myiarchus 1. olivascens. Olivaceous Flycatcher. Probably fairly abundant, 
though not so much so as should have been the case. As usual their note was 
heard, issuing from some wooded hillside, far more often than the birds themselves 
were seen. 
Sayornis saya. Say Phoebe. A few seen along the base of the mountains. 
Contopus p. pallidiventris. Cones Flycatcher. Seen only on one or two occa- 
sions. None observed below 6000 feet. 
Contopus richardsoni. Western Wood Pewee. Quite common along the lower 
canyons. Several specimens were taken which were most undoubtedly not breeding. 
Empidonax f. pygmaeus. Buff-breasted Flycatcher. A few birds seen in the 
pines in the very highest parts of the range. They were shy and hard to ap- 
proach, and no nests were found. 
Pyrocephalus r. mexicanus. Vermilion Flycatcher. Fairly common in the 
lower canyons. 
Otocoris a. adusta. Scorched Horned Lark. Out on the barren mesa, just be- 
low the mountains a few horned larks were seen on one or two occasions. They 
were exceedingly shy, so much so as to be utterly unapproachable, and no speci- 
mens were secured; but in all probability they belonged to this subspecies. 
Aphelocoma c. arizonae. Arizona Jay. Very abundant. The dry seasons 
seemed to have had little effect on them, for they were at this time through with 
their breeding, and the troops of juveniles, accompanied by their parents, were in 
evidence everywhere. 
Molothrus a. obscurus. Dwarf Cowbird. Fairly abundant, though not nearly 
so common as in the lowlands. 1 saw one young bird being fed by a plumbeous 
gnatcateher not quite half his size. 
Icterus parisorum. Scott Oriole. A few seen, but they were not at all common. 
Icterus c. nelsoni. Arizona Hooded ( )riole. Much more abundant than the 
last mentioned species, but found generally at a lower altitude, most of those seen 
being in the deep ravine below the mountains. 
Carpodacus in. frontalis. House Finch. Very abundant along the lower 
canyons, particularly in the deep ravine before mentioned. I think the house 
finches were more abundant here than in any other place I have visited in south- 
