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fied in the first specimen of this species which I met 

 with. On the 24th of December, I thought I heard the 

 note of a Dwarf Thrush, a sound quite familiar to me 

 during the winter season at Oakland, but could not get 

 a sight at the author of it. The bird was heard for several 

 consecutive mornings in the cypress grove adjoining my 

 camp, but was not seen until the 2d of January. He then 

 succeeded in eluding me and leading me a daily chase until 

 the 7th of January, when he was accommodating enough to 

 call at camp in the evening, announcing his arrival by call- 

 ing out quickl}^ "chut," ''chut." As the sound apparently 

 proceeded from beneath a fallen cypress I worked my way 

 cautiously in that direction, keeping tree trunks between 

 myself and the place. The ground being smoother than 

 where I had previously found him, I was not obliged to 

 look to every footstep, and finally arriving within range, I 

 caught sight of him on the ground. The report of the gun 

 was tremendous in the still evening air, and the result final. 

 I soon had the long-sought prize in hand, beautiful, as 

 freshly killed specimens of Turdi always are. Two other 

 specimens were afterwards taken, one in the large palm 

 grove, the other among the cypress. Neither, however, 

 was so difficult to approach as the first. 



LIST OF SPECIMENS COLLECTED. 



33. Merula migratoria propiniiua. 



Western Robin. — First seen in December. In January 

 three birds were found and taken on the border of the small 



cypress grove. 



22— Bull. Cal. Acad. Sci. 



Issued January 5, 1887. 



