356 NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



Ill Washington Territory this bird appears to Ik; somewhat more common 

 than in other portions of the United States. Dr. Suckley obtained a speci- 

 men at Fort Steihxcoom, July 10, 1856. It was not very abundant about 

 Puget Sound, and showed a prei'erence for shady thickets and dense I'oliage, 

 where it was not easily siiot. Dr. Cooper speaks of it as very common, 

 arriving early in May and tVuiiuenting the borders of woods, where, stationed 

 on the tops of tall dead trees, it repeats a loud and melancholy cry tlirough- 

 out the day, during the wliole of summer. It i'requents small pine groves 

 along the coast, and also in the interior, and remains until late in September. 



In California Dr. Cooper found this species rather common in the Coast 

 liange towards Santa Ci-uz, where they had nests in May ; but as these were 

 built in high inaccessible branches, he was not able to examine them. He 

 also found it at Lake Tahoe in September. 



This species was only met with by Mr. llidgway in the pine woods high 

 up on the East Humboldt, Wahsatch, and Uintah Mountains. There it was 

 breeding, but was nowhere abundant, not more than two pairs being ob- 

 served within an area of several miles. They preferred the rather open pine 

 woods, and were shot from the highest branches. Thejr common note was a 

 mellow 2Juei', much like one of the whistling notes of the Cardinal Grosbeak 

 {Cardinnlis virginiani(.s). 



^Ir. Dresser states it to be not uncommon near San Antonio in the winter 

 season. Dr. Heermann mentions that two specimens of this species were 

 obtained, to his knowledge, on the Cosumnes Eiver, in California. It has 

 been taken in winter, in the State of Oaxaca, Mexico, by Mr. Boucard, and 

 has been met with at Jalapa, and even as far south as Guatemala. 



A single specimen of this bird was taken, August 29, 1840, at Xeuortalik, 

 Greenland, and sent to Copenhagen. 



The eggs of this species measure .86 of an inch in length by .62 in breadth, 

 and are rounded at one end and sharply tapering at the other. The ground- 

 color is a rich cream-color with a roseate tint. They are beautifully marked 

 around the larger end with a ring of confluent spots of lilac, purple, and 

 red-brown. These vary in number and in the size of this crown, but the 

 markings are invariably about the larger end, as in Coatoinis virens. 



Contopus pertinax, Cab.a.xis & Heine. 



MEXICAN OLIVE-SIDED FLTCATCHEB. 



Cmiopui pertinax, Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. II, p. 72. — Sclater, Catal. Am. B. 1862, 

 231. — CouES, Pr. Ac. Phil. 1866, 60. — Elliot, Illust. B. Am. I, pi. viii. — Cooper, 

 Geol. Sun-. Calif. Oni. I, 324. — Cooper, Orn. Cal. I, 1870, 324. Contopus borealis, 

 Sclater, P. Z. S. 1858, 301 ; 1859, 43 ; Ibis, 1859, 122, 440. 



Sp. Char. Noaily uniformly olivo-njray, lijrhter on the throat and abdominal region, 

 where is a strong tinge of ochraceous-yellow ; feathers of the wings with faintly lighter 



