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Show 161 147. Perisoreus canadensis ( L.), var. capitalis Bd. Rocky Mountain Gray Jay. Present in considerable numbers in th<> White Mountains, where I presume it is a permanent resident. I find no record of the species from elsewhere in Arizona, though the. high mountains of the northern part probably furnish it a home. TYRANNISE. The Flycatchers. * 148. Tyrannus verticals Say. Arkansas Flycatcher. Present in Eastern Arizona in small numbers, though generally replaced in this section by the following species. Breeds at Camp Grant, and even as far south as Tucson, where noted by Captain Ben-dire. " 149. Tyrannus vociferans Sw. Cassin's Flycatcher. Abundant and apparently diffused all over the Territory. • 150. Myiarchus crinitus ( L.), var. cinerascens Lawr. Ash- throated Flycatcher. Common summer resident through the eastern seotiou. " Resident about Tucson" ( Bendire). " Common in summer at F rt Whipple." ( Coues.) * 151. Myiodynastes luleiventris Sclat. Four specimens secured in the Santa Rita Mountains, Southeastern Arizona. * 152. Sayornis nigricans { Syr.) Black Pewee. Common and generally diffused over the Territory; resident in the more southern portions. * 153. Sayornis sayus ( Bon.). Say's Pewee. Common. " Summer visitant at Fort Whipple" ( Coues). Winters in the southern part of Territory generally. * 154. Contopus borealis ( Sw. & Rich.). Olive- sided Flycatcher. Quite common in summer in the mountainous districts in the eastern portions. May winter in the south. • 155. Contopus pertinax Cab. Mexioan Olive- sided Flycatcher. " Very rare; summer resident at Fort Whipple ( Coues)." In the mountainous sections in the east and southeast, from Camp Apache down, quite common; one of the most so of its tribe; may perhaps winter. * 156. Contopus virens ( L.), var. richardsoni ( Sw.). Richardson's Pewee. Abundant summer resident over the Territory generally. '• Resident about Tucson " ( Bendire). " 157. Empidonax traili ( Aud.). var. pusillus ( Sw.). Least Flycatcher. More or less abundant throughout the Territory. " 158. Empidonax Jlaviventris Bd., var. difficilis Bd. Western Yellow- bellied Flycatcher. Not very common, though generally distributed in the mountainous sections, of which it is a summer resident. • 159. Empidonax obscurus ( Sw.). Wright's Flycatcher. Of not uncommon occurrence as a summer resident Found both in the low valleys and higher up in the aspen-groves of the mouutain- sides. • 160. Empidonax hammondi ( De Vesey). Hammond's Flycatcher. Perhaps the most numerous of the small Empidonaces in Eastern Arizona, especially in the fall, when, in migratiug, it descends from the high altitudes, where it spends the summer. ' 161. Mitrephorus fulvifrons ( Giraud), var. pallascens Coues. Yellow- headed Flycatcher. Occurring at intervals throughout Eastern Arizona, as far north, at least, as Camp Apache, but quite rare. An inhabitant of the mountains. " Rare at Fort Whipple." ( Coues). * 162. Pyocephalus rubineus Lawr., var. mexicanus, Sclat. Red Flycatcher. In Eastern Arizona, not reaching to the north of the Gila, in which valley and to the south it is of common occurrence, aud in some of the river- lottoms abundant. " Resident about Tucson" ( Bendire); and I am inclined to think along the southern border generally, extending ou the Colorado to a higher latitude. " Camp Mojave " ( Cooper). ALCEDINID. E. The Kingfishers. * 163. Ceryle alcyon ( L.). Kingfisher. A resident of the streams here and there, as these are stocked with fish. 164. Ceryle amerioana ( Ginel.). Texas Kingfisher. " Observed at several points on the Colorado River between Forts Mojave and Yuma71 ( Coues). CAPRIMULGID^. The Goatsuckers. * 165. Chordeilespopetue ( VieiU.), var. henryi Cass. Western Nightbawk. Abundant everywhere as a summer resident. * 166. Chordeiles acutipennis ( Bodd.), var. tesensis Lawr. Texas Nighthawk. In the east, as far north at least as the Gila Valley. In the Colorado Valley, as high as Camp Mojave, where noted by Dr. Cooper. A summer resident. * 167. Antrostomus nuttalli ( Aud.). Nuttall's Whippoorwill. Very numerous everywhere as a summer sojourner. ** Resident in the neighborhood of Tucson" ( Bendire). * 168. Acantkylis saxaiilis Woodb. Rocky Mountain Swift. Found in colonies here and there through the Territory, aud in localities very numerous. Summer resident. |
