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 May, 1908 SOME I'ALL MIGRATION NOTES FROM ARIZONA 109' is uniform with the rest, and does not form a lighter brown spot, as I have seen in some adults in this phase of plumage. There is no trace of red on the tail. Bute0 swains0ni. Swainson Hawk. While trayelling west from Chicago a great many Swainson Hawks were seen from the car window on September 20, in eastern New Mexico and western Texas. They were observed at quite a high altitude, 5000 to 6000 feet, and the air was decidedly frosty; so it seemed the more strange to find that they had entirely left their summer home on the "Huachuca Plains" before we reached there. There was an abundance of food for them in the shape of rasshoppers, but the hawks had all gone. Aquila chrysaet0s. Golden Eagle. On October 26 I secured a fine old male Golden Eagle on the extreme summit of Cart Mountain, the second highest peak in the range. He had not quite finished his fall moult, a few old feathers remain- ing in the lesser wing coverts, and a few pin feathers on the dotsurn, while an old tail feather showed that the immature plumage had not been worn during the previous year at any ratel Eagles were seen almost daily during our stay in the mountains, most frequently toward the top of the range'. Several were observed in the Rincons. lValc0 peregrinus anatum. Duck Hawk. On September 30, as I sat on the veranda of the hotel at Benson, waiting the arrival of the train, a Duck Hawk passed directly over me, not thirty yards distant, quite close enough for me to see that it was an old bird, from its size probably a female. This was the only one of the species seen on the trip. lValc0 c01umbarims. Pigeon Hawk. A single bird in the beautiful blue plum- age of the fully adult male was secured on October 30, on the open prairie below the Huachucas. Another, probably of the same species, was seen on October 24. The Pigeon Hawk appears to be of quite rare occurrence in the region, this being the only one I have secured. I have never seen Falco richardsonz'at all, though it also certainly should occur. Falc0 sparverius phalena. Desert Sparrow Hawk. Not nearly as common as during the summer months. Seen in the foothills and out on the plains, but not high up in the mountains. A male bird secured. on October 16 was still in the midst of the moult. Syrnium 0ccidentale. Spotted Owl. Heard calling on several occasions in the higher parts of the Huachucas. None were seen and no specimens secured. Megasc0ps asi0 cineraceus Ridgway. Mexican Screech Owl. Screech Owls were frequently heard calling in the evenings around our camp in the Huachucas, sometimes three or four answering each other from different points in the woods. C'neraceus is the common screech owl of this region, tho .aeolus and tr'c/op- sis also occur, and it is very possible that more than one species contributed to these nightly concerts; there was variety enough of sound for a dozen. No speci- mens were secured. A few, but very few, were heard in the Rincons. Bub0 magellanicus pallescens. Western Horned Owl. Quite common in the Huachucas, frequently seen in the daytime, and heard calling almost every night. I was often directed to them by the blue jays, the commotion stirred up when the jays found an owl being audible a long ways from the center of the disturbance. $pe0tyt0 cunicularia hyp0gaa. Burrowing Owl. One or two were seen in the colonies of prairie-dogs (Cynoys azzonens's), a few miles below the Huachucas. Ge0c0ccyx calif0rnianus. Road-runner. Frequently seen in the foothills of the Huachucas. Most of the birds observed were singularly tame and unsuspicious. Dry0bates vil10sus hy10sc0pus. Cabanis Woodpecker. Sparingly distributed