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Ceryle alcyon: Belted Kingfisher. — Resident. 
Dryobates villosus hyloscopus: Cabanis Woodpecker. — Resident in pine 
forest; winter visitor to lower altitudes. 
Dryobates pubescens homorus : Batchelder Woodpecker. — One seen on Gila 
River. 
Dryobates scalaris bairdi: Texan Woodpecker. — Common below 4000 feet. 
Dryobates arizonce : Arizona Woodpecker. — Not uncommon in Santa Ritas 
and Catalinas. 
Sphyrapicus varius nuchalis : Red-naped Sapsucker. — Migrant. 
Sphyrapicus thyroideus: Williamson Sapsucker. — Found in pines of Cata¬ 
lina Mountains. 
Melanerpes formicivorus : Ant-eating Woodpecker. — Common resident of 
mountains down to 4000 feet. 
Melanerpes torquatus: Lewis Woodpecker. — Abundant though irregular 
migrant in Catalina Mountains at low altitudes. 
Melanerpes uropygialis : Gila Woodpecker. — Common resident, especially 
in giant cactus region, and occurs in numbers up to 4500 feet. 
Colaptes cafer collaris : Red-shafted Flicker. — Common throughout the 
region, but breeding above 0000 feet 
Colaptes chrysoides : Gilded Flicker. — Rather common resident in giant 
cactus belt. 
Antrostomus vociferus macromystax : Stephens Whip-poor-will. — A whip- 
poor-will, undoubtedly of this species, heard in the Catalinas. 
Phalcenoptilus nuttallii: Poor-will. — An abundant migrant; breeds in 
mountain regions. 
Chordeiles virginianus henryi : Western Nighthawk. — Seen in Catalinas in 
early spring above 4000 feet. 
Chordeiles acutipennis texensis: Texan Nighthawk. — Abundant migrant 
below 4500 feet. 
Chcetura vauxii : Vaux Swift. — Seen between 3000 and 4000 feet in the 
Catalinas in October. 
Aeronautes melanoleucus: White-throated Swift. — An abundant migrant; 
a few probably winter. 
Trochilus alexandri : Black-chinned Hummingbird. — Common summer 
resident in Catalina Mountains. 
Calypte costce : Costa Hummingbird. — Common in Catalinas. 
Calypte anna : Anna Hummingbird. — One seen in Catalina Mountains at 
5000 feet in October. 
Selasphorus platycercus : Broad-tailed Hummingbird. — Common migrant, 
doubtless breeding in Catalinas. 
Selasphorus rufus : Rufous Hummingbird. — Probably breeds at higher 
altitudes in Catalinas; abundant in August and September from 4000 
to 6000 feet. 
Selasphorus alleni: Allen Hummingbird. — One taken in Catalina Moun- 
tains. 
Stellula calliope: Calliope Hummingbird. — Two taken in Catalinas at 
5000 feet. 
Iache latirostris: Broad-billed Hummingbird. — Summer resident in Cat¬ 
alina Mountains. 
Tyrannus verticalis: Arkansas Kingbird. — One of the commonest sum¬ 
mer resident birds of the plains, and common in April up to 9000 feet. 
Tyrannus vociferans: Cassin Kingbird. — Found in foothills about River¬ 
side and in Catalina Mountains. 
Myiarchus mexicanus magister: Arizona Crested Flycatcher. — Common in 
spring and summer about Tucson, Florence, Riverside, and the Catalinas 
up to 4500 feet. 
