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Show 159 * 101. Poosmza bilineata ( Cass.)- Black- throated Sparrow. Common in the eastern part of Territory, becoming exceedingly numerous in the south, where resident. " Very abundant also in western parts1' ( Cones). Inhabits the open conn try and the brush- lined streams. 102. Pooapiza belli ( Cass.), var. nevadensis Ridgway. Artemisia Sparrow. Common in the fall in the eastern sections, where it winters. Frequents the sage- brush plains and the mequite thickets. 103. Spizella monticola ( Gm.). Tree 8parrow. '* Colorado Chiquito River in winter" ( Keunerly); " also about Tucson in winter" ( Bendire). Probably rare. • 104. Spizella socialis ( Wils.), var. arizonw Cones. Arizona Chipping Sparrow. Abundant over the Territory as a summer resident. " Winters about Tucson" ( Ben-dire). 105. Spizella pallida ( Sw.). ClajT- colored Bunting. Given by Kennedy from Bill Williams's River; also Irom Tucson and Pima villages by Heermaun. These citatious have been referred^ to S. hrewerit and with much likelihood; pallida does, however, occur in the southeastern part of Arizona, where, at old Camp Crittenden, we found it rather common in September. Probably wiuters. * 106. Spizella breweri ( Cass.). Brewer's Sparrow. Through the eastern section very numerous in summer, and wintering in great numbers in the southeastern part. " Rare enmmer resident at Fort Whipple" ( Coues). * 107. Spizella atrigularis ( Cuban.). Black- chinned Sparrow. " Rare; summer resident " at Fort Whipple ( Coues). In the eastern parts it appears to be entirely wanting; was not seen by any of our parties nor by Captain Bendire during bis residence near Tncson. • 108. Melospiza melodia ( Wils.), var. fallax Bd. Western Song Sparrow. Rather common and generally distributed. Resident. 109. Melospiza melodia ( Wils.), var. heermanni Bd. A single specimen was collected i n Western Arizona by Mr. F. BiscbofF, where it is probably but a straggler from the Sierra Nevadas. 110. Melospiza lincolni ( And.). Lincoln's Finch. Exceedingly numerous in the eastern sections in the brush of many of the streams. Probably winters in the Gila Valley; none, it is thought, pass the summer there. • 111. Peucasa aestivalis ( Licht.), var. arizonat Ridgway. Arizona Sparrow. Abundant i n several of the valleys in the southeast. Perhaps resident. 112. Peucasa cassini ( Woodh.). Cassin's Sparrow. A very abundant inhabitant of t h e plains from the Gila River to the South. " Winters about Tucson " ( Bendire). * 113. Peucwa rufioeps ( Cass.), var. boucardi Sclat. Boucard's Sparrow. A common inhabitant of the submountaioous sections from Camp Apache southward. Remains principally in rocky localities among the oaks, without venturing far into the pine region. Resident. • 114. Peucwa carpalis Coues. Rufous- wing d Sparrow. Apparently restricted to the extreme southeastern portion, where it is an abnndant resident. Coufined to the low regions, where it is a frequenter of the brush and mesqnite thickets 115/ Passerella townsendi ( And.), var. schistacea Bd. A single specimen was captured a litile south of Camp Apache iu September of 1671. I can find no other instance of i t s occurrence. 116. Calamospiza bicolor ( Towns.). White- winged Blackbird. A very abnndant resident in Southeastern Arizona, congregating on the plains in immense flocks late in the fall. Not noticed about Fort Whipple by Dr. Coues. 1J7. Euspiza amerieana ( Gmel.). Black- throated Bunting. Occurs iu small numbers in Southeastern Arizona in fall. " 116 Hedymeles melanocephalus ( Sw.). Black- headed Grosbeak. Abundant summer resident; generally distributed. Common iu the pine woods near Camp Apache at elevation of 8,000 feet. Winters about Tucson. * 119. Guiraca cwulea ( L.). Blue Grosbeak. Common summer resident from Camp Apache south. Frequents the timbers of the streams of the low- lands. " A single specimen taken near Fort Whipple" ( Coues). • 120. Cyanospiza amenta ( Say). Lazuli Finch. Rather common in Eastern Arizona as a summer resident. Not abundant at Fort Whipple ( Coues). " Iu winter about Tucson." ( Bendire). * 121. Cyanospiza cms ( L.). Nonpareil. Present about Camp Bowie, and also in the Sonoita Valley as a summer resident. Fouud also by Captain Bendire near Tucson, where it breeds and also winters. 122. Pyrrkuloxia sinuata ( Bp.). Texas Cardinal. Obtained by Mr. F. Bischoff in 1871. Found also at Camp Grant by Dr. £. Palmer. About Tucson it occurs in winter, aud Tery probably may here be a resideut. * 123. Cardinalis virgin ianwi ( Briss.), var. igneus Bd. Cape Cardinal. Occurs rather sparingly in Arizona in the southeast. " Breeds aud is resident at Tucson" ( Bendire). * 124. PipUo maculatus ( Sw.), var. megalonyx Bd. Very common; resideut in the eastern section. " Very abnudant; permaneut resideut at Fort Whipple " ( Coues). |
