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dated April 21, his earliest autumnal bird October 29. Mr. Belding mentions 

 E. obscurus (= lorightii) ^ as " rare iu summer," Ijut this statement requires 

 confirmation. Mr. Frazar did not take E. icrightii at all, and his experience 

 with E. griscus furnishes no evidence tliat the latter passes the summer in the 

 Cape Region. To the northward Mr. Bryant has talien it on Santa Margarita 

 Island in February and at Comondu in March, but he does not mention seeing 

 it after the latter month, and Mr. Anthony apparently failed to detect it at 

 any season. Hence it becomes an interesting question where the numerous 

 birds which winter in the Cape Regions breed. 



E. griseus nests commonly in southern Arizona, and according to Mr. 

 Nelson as far south in the interior of Mexico as the southern extremity of the 

 table land. I have seen perfectly typical examples which were collected in 

 Los Angeles county, California, by Mr. Grinnell, who reports that the species 

 is apparently resident in this county, being found in small numbers in the 

 neighborhood of Pasadena and El Monte in autumn, winter, and spring, and 

 not uncommonly in summer, at elevations of from 7,500 to 8,500 feet " in one 

 limited locality, on the slopes of Mt. Waterman," where full-fledged young 

 were obtained as early as July 11, 1897.^ 



Pyrocephalus rubineus mexioanus (Scl.). 



Vermilion Flycatcher. 



Pyrocephalus rubineus mexicanus Belding, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mas., V. 1883, 542 

 (Cape Region). Bryant, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., 2d ser., II. 1889, 292 

 (Cape Region). 



With the exception of a single specimen seen at La Paz on February 3, the 

 Vermilion Flycatcher was observed by Mr. Frazar only at San Jose del Cabo 

 in October and November, and at Santiago during the latter month. " It was 

 confined to the vicinity of water and was not common." Mr. Bryant "met 

 with it only in the latitude of Comondu, usually in cultivated gardens." 

 These facts indicate that it is chiefly restricted to the southern portions of the 

 Peninsula, although it is known to occur in southern California as far north 

 as Ventura County. Its southward range extends to Guatemala. It probably 

 breeds iu the Cape Region of Lower California, but of this there is, at present, 

 no definite proof. 



Aphelocoma californica hypoleuca Ridgw. 



Xantus's Jay. 



Cijanocitta californica (not Garrulus californicus Vigors) Baird, Cat. N. Amer. 

 Birds, 1859,00.437, part; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pliila., 1859, .301 (Cape St. 



1 Since writing the above, I have examined two specimens (No. 86,.335 and No. 

 86,336, Coll. U. S. Nat. Mus.) which were taken by Mr. Belding at La Paz, one on 

 December 18, 1881, the otlier on January 5, 1882. Both prove to be typical griseus. 



2 Grinnell, Pub. II. Pasadena Acad. Sci., 1898, 31. , 



