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Show 255 known as var. pusillus. Specimens from the two regions are indistinguishable. The babits of the bird in the two regions are quite identical. The bird is an abundant one in Southern California, and, especially so in the swampy thickets about Los Angeles. A nearly- completed nest of this bird, which I found June 17, was placed in a crotch of a swinging grape- vine, and its structure was unusually neat and firm for a Flycatcher. A curious departure from the usual method of nidification has just come to my notice. Mr. Allen, of , discovered the nest of this species, with eggs, built in the hollow of a tree. The parent was secured, and its identity thus firmly established. No, 87 63 79 310 384 Sex. cf ad. d ad. 9 ad. o* ad. Locality. " Los Angeles, Cal Santa Barbara, Cal.... do Fort Tejon, Cal Tejon Mountains, Cal Date. Jane 17 June 95 June 26 Aug. - Aug. 17 Collector. H. W. Henshaw. Do. Do. Do. Do. 99. Empidonax flaviventri, Bd., var. difficilis, Bd.- Western Yellow- bellied Flycatcher. A not uncommon summer resident in Southern California. They spend the summer from sea- level up to 7,000 feet, but are most numerous among the mountains. No. Sex. Locality. Date. Collector. 78 154 410 415 434 d ad. < f ad. d* ad. 9 ad. x$ jun. Santa Barbara, Cal.... do Tejon Mountains, Cal do , Near Kernville, Cal.. June 96 June 99 Aug. 19 Aug. 19 Aug. 97 H. W. Henshaw. Do. Do. Do. Do. 100. Empidonax obscurus, ( Swains.).- Wright's Flycatcher. I saw but a few of this species in the Sierras, near Mount Whitney, in September. One specimen obtained here was in such immature plumage that I think it had been reared in the neighborhood. No. 451 Sex. 9 jun. Locality. Date. Sept. 10 Collector. H, * W- H « n* h£ w. 101. Empidonax hammondi, ( Xantus).- Hammond's Flycatcher. I could find no evidence that this Flycatcher breeds in Southern California, though I am by no means positive that the deep mountains do not afford it a summer home. Dr. Cooper's account of its method of nidification refers with but little doubt to the Yor. pitsillus. After September, the species became a common one in the mountains. It remains till into October, but finally retires farther south. No. 450 518 551 Sex. 9 Locality. Near Mount Whitney, Cal do do Date. Sept. 10 Oct. 3 Oct. 11 Collector. H. W. Henshaw. Do. Do. ALCRDIXUXS;.- KINGFISHER. 102. CeryU alcyon, ( Liun.).- Belted Kingfisher. Present here in about the usual numbers. Every small stream which is stocked with fish is occupied by one or more of these birds. 103. CAPRIMULGIIXE.- GOATSUCKERS. Chordeiles popelue, ( Vieill.), var. hmryi, Cass.- Western Night- hawk. This Hawk is extremely abundant throughout all of the middle'region, but appears to be wanting in much of Southern California. We did not meet with the species at |