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Show 162 TROCHILIDiE. The Hummingbirds. 169. Stellula calliope ( Gould). Calliope Hummingbird. Very abnudant in the White Mountains in August, and observed at various other points in* Eastern Arizona. * 170. Trochilus alexandri Bon re. & Wils. Black- chinned Hummingbird. In Eastern Arizona, a summer resident, from Camp Apache south. Very numerous; in fact, the prevailing species of the family in the southeastern portion. Not reported from the western section. 171. Calypte anna ( Less.). Anna Hummingbird. Tolerably numerous at Camp Grant in September. Perhaps only a migrant. 172. Calypte oostw ( Bourns). Costa's Hummingbird. '* Chiefly in southern and western part of the Territory" ( Cones). " Bill William's River" ( Kennerly). " Camp Mojave" ( Cooper). * 173. Selasphorus rufus ( Gmel.). Rufous- backed Hummer. " Summer resident at Fort Whipple; breeding abundantly" ( Cones). Exceedingly numerous throughout the eastern section in fall. No evidence obtained of it breeding. * 174. Selasphorus platyoereus ( Sw.). Broad- tailed Hummer. Summer resident over all the Territory, remaining in the mountaius through the summer. * 175. Eugenes fulgent ( Sw.). Refulgent Hummer. More or less common in summer at Mount Graham. Perhaps an inhabitant of the mountains throughout Eastern Arizona. * 176. Circe latrirotris Bourc. Circe Hummer. Three specimens secured in the Santa Rita Mountains, near the border line, where presumably not an uncommon summer resident. 177. Doricha enicura Vieill. Slender Shear- tail Hummingbird. A single individual taken at Camp Bowie, August 8. CUCULIDJE. The Cuckoos. * 178. Geococcyxcalifornianus ( Less.). Chaparral Cock. " Rare at Fort Whipple" ( Cones). In the east as far as the Gila River it is common, becoming less so to the north, but reaching into Southern Utah. Resident. * 179. Coccygus americanus ( L.). Yellow- billed Cuckoo. Quite common in the southeast as a summer resident. PICID. fi. The Woodpeckers. * 180. Picas villosus L., var. Karrisi And. Western Hairy Woodpecker. Perhaps the commonest as well as the most generally diffused of the group. Resident. 181. Pious pubescens L., var. gairdneri Aud. Gairdner's Woodpecker. One or two seen along the Gila River in October. Very rare. * 182. Picus 8calaris Wagler. Ladder- backed Woodpecker. " Not a very common summer resident at Fort Whipple " ( Coues). In the south and east as far up as the Gila River of common occurrence, chiefly in the river- bottoms aud raesquite- thickets. " Resident about Tucson" ( Bendire). * 183. Picus stricklandi Malh. Strickland's woodpecker. Numerous in the Santa Rita Mountains, where probably a resident. * 184. Picoides americanus Brehm, var. doraalis, Bd. Western Banded Three- toed Woodpecker. Not uncommon in the White Mountains, Eastern Arizona, in October. Probably resident. * 185. Sphyropicus varius ( L.), var. nuchalis, Bd. Red- naped Woodpecker. Numerous. Resident. * 186. Sphyropicus thyroidem ( Ca « s.). Black- breasted Woodpecker. Not very common. Probably all through Arizona as an almost exclusive resident of the piue region. * 187. Ceiiturm uropygialis Bd. Gila Woodpecker. In the southeast below' the Gila River, common, aud resident. " Rare, and perhaps accidental, at Fort Whipple" ( Coues). Common in the Colorado Valley. • 188. Helanerpes torquatus ( Wils.). Lewis Woodpecker. Rather common, and distributed over the Territory generally. In summer an inhabitant of the mountains. Resident. * 189. Melanerpee formicivorus ( Sw.). California- Woodpecker. " Exceedingly abundant at Fort Whipple" ( Coues) ; as also at Apache and elsewhere to the south. Resident. " 190. Colaptes mexicanus Sw. Red- shafted Woodpecker. Rather common, frequenting all sorts of localities. Resident. 191. Colaptes chryeoides ( Malh.). Cape Flicker. " Two pairs seen at Camp Mojave" ( Cooper). " About Tucson in winter" ( Bendire.). STRIGIDJ2. The Owls. * 192. Strix flammea ( L.). var. pratincola Bon. Barn Owl. Common ; resident. " One of the most abundant owls of the Territory" ( Coues). " Resident about Tucson " ( Bendire). |