230 N0TE8 ON CALIFORNIA ANIMALS. 



Family SYLVIID.K. Waiuslkus, Kinglets, Gxatcatciiers. 



Regulus satrapa olivaceus Baird. Westtrn Golden-crowned Kinglet. 



This bird, wliicli is inoderatelj' coininoii on the coast, is rare lartlier 

 inlaiKl, where two specimens, collected at the timber-line of Mount 

 Shasta in July, were the only ones met with. The fact of these latter 

 being younj;' birds wouhl seem to indicate the breedinj;' of the species 

 there. 



Regulus calendula (Liiiii.). Pi nhij- crowned Kinglet. 



Two specimens only were seen at Mount Shasta, one on August 15, 

 1S83, at the timber-line, the other on September 2, at an elevation of 

 about 0,000 feet; the latter, being* quite a young bird, was probably 

 reared there. Several were seen auioug the shrubbery along tlie river 

 at Baird in November, and a couple of stragglers were obscived there 

 in January. More common along the coast. 



Polioptila casrulea (Linu.). ]>luc-gray (Jnalcatcher. 



Not common breeds. F collected a single specimen and found a 

 newly-built nest at Baird on June 19, ISSl). A nest was found at lied 

 Bluff, in the oak timber by the river, on May 12, 188-1. Another was 

 found in a similar situation soon after. These nests were respectively 

 about 10, 15, and 20 feet from the ground, in stunted scraggy oak trees. 

 One was placed in the forks, where it was admirably concealed ; the 

 other two were saddled on top of the limbs that bore them, and all 

 were lichen-coated on the outside. There were no eggs in any of them 

 when first discovered, and as none were foun<l at subsequent visits I 

 think the little builders had been frightened away by my first inspec- 

 tion of their exquisite architecture. 



The Blue-gray Guatcatcher does not appear to have been met with in 

 Northern California by any other observer except Mr, Vuille, who found 

 it at Yreka in May. 



Family TURDID-^. Turusiiks, 8oLn'AiRES, Stoneciiats, Bluebirds, &c. 



Myadestes townsendii (And.)- ToH^usend'H SolHaire. 



A rather conunon constant resident. The remarks on ^S^aIia arotica 

 would apply pretty well to this species in so far as they relate to its 

 breeding in the mountains and wintering in lower country. But Town- 

 send's Solitaire does not appear to descend into the lowest valleys, for 

 I saw nothing of it during the winter at Bed Bluff. Jt was frequently 

 seen in the rugged foot-hills of Shasta County in January, February, 

 and March. 



Dr. Newbury's remark that it does not inhabit dense forests does not 

 accord with my experience. It frequented the most heavily-timbered 

 sections of both the Shasta and Lassen regions. It is a true t1yeat(;her 

 in its habits, returning to the same jxireh from ea<;h short llight after 

 insects. 



