ON A COLLECTION OF BIRDS LATELY MADE BY MR. F. STEPHENS IN ARIZONA.
BY WILLIAM BREWSTER.
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60. Carpodacus frontalis (Say) Gray. House Finch.
571, ♀ ad., Camp Lowell, June 22.
61. Loxia curvirostra mexicana (Strickl.) Baird. Mexican Crossbill.—Chiricahua Mountains; most numerous on the eastern side. Young just able to fly were taken March 7.
All of the following specimens are referable to true mexicana.
16, ♂ ad., Chiricahua Mountains, March 6. Length, 7.10; extent, 11.90; wing, 4; tail, 2.73; culmen, .87.
17, ♀ ad., same locality and date. Length, 7.10; extent, 11.80; wing, 3.88; tail, 2.75; culmen, .85. “Iris dark brown. The jaw muscles were extraordinarily developed on the side toward which the lower mandible crossed.”
24, ♀ ad., Chiricahua Mountains, March 7. Length, 6.80; extent, 11.40; wing, 3.70; tail, 2.52; culmen, .81.