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Show 155 * 15. Regulus calendula ( L.). The Ruby- crowned Wren. In the southeastern part, a rather common summer inhabitant of the mountains. As a migrant, very abundant. Some probably winter. * 16. Polioptila ccerulea ( L.) « Blue- gray Gnatcatcher. " Rare; summer residentfT ( Fort Whipple, Coues). In summer, sparingly, though quite generally, distributed in eastern part. " Winters in Colorado Valley n ( Cooper). 17. Polioptila plumbed, Bd. Lead- colored Gnatcatcher. Have never met with it. Said by Dr. Coues to be " generally distributed throughout Arizona, though nowhere very abundantly". " Winters in Colorado Valley" ( Cooper). Resident about Tucson ( Bendire). * 18. Polioptila melanwra Lawr. Black- capped Gnatcatcher. Fort Yuma ( Ives); Pima villages, Southern Arizona ( Heermann). Breeds and is resident about Tucson ( Bendire). PARID^. The Titmice. * 19. Lophophanes inomatus ( Ganib). Gray- tufted Titmouse. Common resident. Frequents the pifion- eovered hills, and in the south the oaks, never the pine woods. * 20. Lophophanes wollweberi Bon. Wollweber's Titmouse. Common; permanent resident at Fort Whipple ( Coues). In the southeastern part qnite abundant, affecting chiefly the oaks. * 21. Paras montanus Gamb. Mountain Chickadee. A common resident of the pine woods of the mountains throughout the Territory. The Western Black- cap Titmouse ( P. var. septentrionalis) remains to be discovered in Arizona. It occurs both in Utah and Southern Colorado ( Fort Garland, Aiken; Henshaw), and probably reaches into the northern portion, at least, of Arizona. * 22. Psaltriparus minimus ( Towns.), var. plumbeus Bd. Lead- colored Tit. An abundant resideut. Inhabits the pifions, or the brush of the cations and ravines. * 23. Anriparus flaykoeps ( Sund.). Yellow- headed Titmouse. " Abundant in the Colorado Valley, where it is a permanent resident" ( Cooper). " Breeds about Tucson " ( Bendire). Apparently not very common in the southeastern part, where it is confined t o the warm valleys. SITTLrX£. The Nuthatches. * 24. Siita oarolinensis, Gm., var. aculeata Cass. Slender- billed Nuthatch. Resident. Commou summer inhabitant of the pine tracts of the mountains, moving low down in winter. 25. Sitta canadensis L. Red- bellied Nuthatch. Fort Yuma ( Ives). Probably rare, yet may occur even in summer in the northern portion of Territory, as it was not uncommon in mountains of extreme Southern Colorado. * 26. Sitta pusilla Lath., var. pygmwa Vig. Pigmy Nuthatch. Most abundant of the family. Resident in the pine region. CERTHIID- S;. The Creepers. * 27. Certhia familiaris Vieill., var. americana Bon. Brown Creeper. Of not uncommon occurrence in the mountains to the Mexican border, where probably resident. The Mexican creeper ( var. mexicana), though known from the high table- lands of Mexico, has not yet been detected within our limits. TROGLODYTIMJ. The Wrens. * 28. Campyloiynchus brunnetcapillns ( Lafr.). Cactus Wren. Of common occurrence in the region south of the Gila River; also on the Southern Colorado. The cactus plains are their favorite resorts, though they also frequent the thickets and shrubbery. Resident. * 29. Salpinctee obsolete* ( Say). Rock Wren. In many sections. very abundant. Resident. A true rock- dweller. * 30. Caiherpes mexicanus ( Heerm.), var. conspersus Ridgway. White- throated Rock Wren. " Generally distributed over the southern and western portions of the Territory " ( Cones). Also in eastern and southeastern parts; never found in large numbers as the preceding. Resident. * 31. ThryottiorHs bewicki ( Aud.), var. leucogasier Ridgway. " The most abundant and characteristic w ren of Fort Whipple n ( Coues). Generally, but rather sparingly, distributed in the eastern and southeastern portions. Resident. * 32. Troglodytes aedon Vieill., var. parkmani Aud. Parkman's Wren. Very common everywhere, from the monntain tops to the plains. Winters about Tucson ( Bendire). * 33. Ostothorus palustris ( Wils.) Long- billed Marsh Wren. A common summer resident in all localities suited to its palustrine habits. |
