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Show 232 23. Troglodytes bewickii ( And.), var. spilurus, ( Vigors).- Western Mocking- bird. Troglodyte tpQurtu, Vig., Zool. Beechey's Voyage, 1839,18, pi. 4, f. 1 ( California). Thryothorua spilurtis, Coop., B. Cal., i, 1870, 69. Troglodyte* bewickii, Newb., P. K. R. Rep., vi; 1857, 80.- Herm., ibid., x, 1859, pt. vi, 40.- Coop. & Suckl., ibid., vol. xii, pt. ii, 1860,189. Thryothorus bewickii, var. spilurus, Bd. t Rev. N. A. B , 1864.126.- Cones, Key N. A. B., 1872,86.- B., B. t & R., N. A. B., 1874,147.- Neleon, Proc. Boston Soc, Nat. Hist., vol. xvU, 357 ( California). In one or another of its three varieties, this bird is represented quite across the United States. The Bewick's Wren in the east, and its white- bellied variety ( var. cu-cogaster) in the middle region, are both quite southern in their habitats, much more so than the extreme western form ( var. spilurus), which, according to Dr. Cooper, winters in the mild regions as far to the north as Paget Sound Throughout the southern half of California it is a common resident daring the summer, preferring to inhabit the more elevated regions, and descending thence to the lowlands to pass the winter. It is a bird of the rather open districts, at least as compared with some others of the family, and, when its breeding duties have been fulfilled, wanders a great deal over the country at large. It is apt to be found in company with the restless flocks of Sparrows and Snowbirds, their general habits of keeping in bushy localities being sufficient y like its own to admit of this companionship. No. Sex. Locality. Date. Collector. Wing. TaiL Bill. Tarsus. 385 414 505 679 763 764 ! Jun. d d 9 jnn. jun Tejon Mountains, Cal. do Kernville, Cal Walker's Basin, Cal.... Tejon Mountains, Cal. Aug. 17 Ang. 19 Aug. 33 Nov. 9 Ang. 8 Aug. - H. W. Henehaw ... do ... do ... do ... do ... do 1.90 1.94 3.08 1.97 3.05 3.13 3.05 3.18 8.30 3.13 8.10 8.38 0.54 0.54 a 55 0.58 a 58 0.56 0.73 0.71 0.75 O. 6.- 1 0.68 0.73 24. Troglodytes aedon, Vieill., var. parkmanni, And.- Parkman's Wren. The most numerous of its tribe in California, inhabiting the wooded sections everywhere. No. Sex. Locality. Date. Collector. 80 314 463 763 rfjnn. cf jun. d1. . . . ., Jan.... Santa Barbara, Cal Fort Tejon, Cal Near Mount Whitney, Cal. California June 36 Aug. 7 Sept 10 H. W. Henshaw. . . . . do . . . . do 25. Cistothorus palustris, Wils., var. paludicola, Bd. This Marsh Wren is abundant in Southern California, especially in fall. Though possessed of much the same palustrini habits as in the east, the bird is not nearly so particular here, but will be found to make the most of the circumstances. As tulle swamps and bogs grown up to rushes do not abound, the Wrens often take up their residence on the running streams, where covert is so scanty that their habits necessarily undergo considerable change. No. 414 Sex. d Locality. Fort Tejon, Cal Date. Aug. 19 Collector. H. W. Henshaw. MOTACELLID^.- WAGTAILS. 26. Jnthus ludovidanus, ( Gm.).- Titlark. The Titlark occurs in California, at least in the southern portion, only as a late fall and winter visitant. It is then distributed over the State at large, moving in small parties here and there, its movement depending solely upon the food- supply. This it gleans from the stubble- fields, from the sandy snores of the rivers, and from the grassy plains. No. 584 585 Sex. d d Locality. do ' Date. Oct. SO Oct 80 Collector. W Hr Henshaw. Do. |