224 NOTES ON CALIFORNIA ANIMALS. 



Tills .si)C'cies, usually observed in pairs or iu <,n-oui>s of tluee or lour, 

 seemed to fiecineut all parts of the foot-bill country, loitering,' iiiucli in 

 the jj;ulclies, the luanzanita brush, and the lower shrubbery i;enera11y, 

 but sonu'tiuies resorting- to the oak trees. 



A nest containing three fresh eggs was found at the United States 

 Fishery on INIay 18, 1883. It was placed upon the horizontal limb of au 

 "evergieen" oak, 10 feet from the ground. The sitting lemale retired to 

 ail upper branch and witnessed the abduction of her treasures with ab- 

 solute inditterence. This nest in its composition consists ahnost en- 

 tirely of the bark or outer covering of dead weed-stalks of various kinds, 

 with' a slight interweaving of ilaxy grass libers. The lining is of bird 

 feathers, probably those of the quail, interspersed with the hair of cattle. 

 The grouuil <;olor of the eggs is white. They are dotted with leddish- 

 brown somewhat irregularly all over, but at the large end the dots are so 

 ck)seas t<» form a circle. The nu'asurements are: of one, .<Jl by .10 and 

 of the other two .(!! by .48. With exception of a doubtful set forwarded 

 from the same locality, the previous season, by ^Mr. Livingston Stone, 

 this is the lirst record of the hnding of the eggs of this sjjecies. The 

 eggs obtained by Mr. Stone are much rounder, one of them measuring 

 .()L» by .51', while the blotches are very mu(4i larger and of a brighter 

 color. The nest is more loosely constructed, of still lighter materials 

 and with searet4y any lining. A third nest has since been forwarded 

 from Ari/.oua by Mr. E. W. Nelson. 



Dendroica occideutalis (Towus.). Jlermlt Warbler. 



A single si)ecimen of this warbler was obtained at the tiud)er line of 

 Mount Shasta August 15, 188;i. It was iu a small spruce pine witb a. 

 group of mountain chickadees. 



Geothlypis macgillivrayi (And.). MuculUirniii's Warbhr. 



Found only at Mount Shasta. It was not uncommon from the base 

 up to timber4ine in July and August, and seemed to frequent the scat- 

 tered ti-acts of shrubbery rathin- than the dense pine woods. I saw no 

 nests, but it is probable that it breeds there. 



Geothlypis trichas occideiitalis (Browst.). iresteni YeUuw-throat. 



A single individual of this species was obtained at the base of Mount 

 Shasta on August G, aud being a com[)aratively young bird was proba 

 l)ly reared there. 



Icteiia virens longicauda (Lawr.)- LotKjUiilcd Chat. 



Common throughout the lower country generally, but not ranging as 

 high as the pine belt. It was lirst seen at Baird May 10 and at Eed 

 r.luff I\Iay 4. 

 Sylvauia pusilla pileolata (Pall.). J'ih'olaUd Warbhr, 



At lied Bluff the first migrant arrived on May 1, where, however, it 

 was cot often seen, probably only occurring tUere while passing through 



