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Show 234 31. Dendroica occidentals, ( Towns.).- Western Warbler. Concerning the occurrence of this Warbler in California, we have no very extended information. Dr. Cooper cites the capture of a single specimen at Petaluma, and considers the species a very rare one. A single individual, taken near the head of Tnle River in October, was the only one I saw. It probably then uses the Rocky Mountains as a highway in its spring and fall journeyings to and from higher latitudes to breed. It was quite common at Mount Graham, Arizona, in September of 1874, there affecting exclusively the spruce and fir woods. No. 537 Sex. « ? Head Tale River, Cal. Locality. Date. Oct. 9 Collector. H. W- Hf » TN » hftw. 32. Geothlypis trichas, ( L.).- Maryland Yellowthroat. Apparently not very common, though distributed pretty evenly over the southern portion of the State. Notes and habits as at the East. The Macgillivray's Warbler ( G. macgillivrayi) was not detected by us, from which I infer its general rarity in the southern portion of the State. It, however, occurs here, as it is given from several localities by Dr. Cooper; also noted at Nevada City by Mr. Nelson. No. 431 439 Sex. tf jnn. d Jan. Walker's Basin, Cal.. Locality. Date. An*. 88 Aug. 38 Collector. H. W. Jfonsh^ w. Do. 33. Icteria virens, ( L.), var. longicauda, ( Lawr.).- Long- tailed Chat. The Chat is wide- spread over Southern California, where, however, we nowhere found it abundant. It inhabits the undergrowth and thickets of the streams, from the friendly shelter of which it rarelv ventures forth. It is one of the noisiest of our small birds, and one cannot long remain in the vicinity of a spot inhabited by a pair without being made aware of the fact by their noisy outpourings. No. 48 89 203 Sex. cT ad. cf ad. tfjun. Santa Barbara, Cal do .' Tejon Mountains, Cal. Locality. Date, Jane 85 Jnne 86 Aag. 3 Collector. H. W. Henshaw. Do. Do. 34. Myiodiocte8 punllus, ( Wils.), var. pileolatus, ( Ridgw.).- Western Blackcap. While at Los Angeles, the middle of June, I found this little bird not uncommon in the swampy thickets, iust the places, in fact, most frequented by it during the migrations. They were in full song, and their short, rather faint ditties were heard as they swept in short flights about the extremities of the branches, snapping up their flying The late date at which they were noted seems to preclude the possibility of their being mere migrants, though this departure from their usual habits is strange enough, when this low altitude be compared with the high mountains they resort to in the interior region. About the middle of August they became common, moving southward from the breeding- grounds in the far north. The bulk of these, however, are the true if. pustllui No. 336 Ml Sex. cf jtra. ? ad. Locality. Near Mount Whitney, Cal Date. Aug. 9 Sept. 86 Collector. H. W. Henshav. Da |