VOL. I.] Mosses of the Yakima Region. 107 
-I had by close observation of both the birds become nearly 
satisfied by this time of their being Hammond’s flycatcher, but to 
make sure I captured one of them at night on the nest, and taking 
it in the house compared it with the description in the ‘‘ North 
American Birds.’’ To avoid frightening them away I did not make 
any measurements, but satisfied myself of its identity in colors. 
Only one item was badly marked, as noticed then and by daylight 
also, the almost entire absence of a yellow tint underneath, though 
this is mentioned as very faint in summer adult birds. A decided 
notch in the tail could be seen at some distance, a character best 
marked in this species. For greater certainty I afterwards exam- 
ined the fine series of west coast species in the Academy’s collec- 
tion, including the two new ones lately described from Lower Cal- 
ifornia, and was convinced that my birds could be no other than £. 
hammondi. 
To my great regret the parents were both gone the next day, and 
near night I found that the young had been deserted and were al- 
most dead. Asa last chance I put them in a nest of the Arkansas 
goldfinch in which three young were just hatched, but they dis- 
appeared next day. I heard the old birds a few times afterwards 
in the vicinity, but not later than about July 1. Their few faint 
chirps and lisping calls resembled those mentioned by authors, 
who have described the species. 
LIST OF MOSSES COLLECTED BY T. S. BRANDEGEE IN 
THE YAKIMA REGION OF WASHINGTON, 1882-3. 
(Determined by L. M., Underwood and O. F. Cook.) 
Gymnostomum calcareum Nees & Hornsch. 
Dicranum fuscesceus Turn. Cascade Mountains. 
Dicranum montanum Hedw. 
Dicranum strictum Schleich. 
Pottia cavifolia Ehrh. 
 Leptotrichum tortile Mill. 
_ Barbula amplexa Lesq. 
Barbula ruralis Hedw. 
Grimmia anodon Br. & Schimp. 
 Grimmia apocarpa Hedw. Cascade Range. 
Grimmia alpestris Schleich. 
