BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. (V.)l 



etc.) and northwestward at least to vSjin Luis Obispo County (Paso 

 Robles).« 



Chamxu fiti^cktUi (not of Gambel) IIeermann, Jouru. Ac. Nat. Sci. Pliila., ii, 1853, 

 264, part, at least— Cassin, Illustr. Birds C^al., Tex., etc-., 1853, 39, part.— 

 Xantus, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1859, 191 (Fort Tejon).— Baird, Review 

 Am. Birds, 1864, 76, part (Fort Tejon; San Diego). — Cooper, Am. Nat., iii, 

 1869, 185, in text (Cajon Pass); Orn. Cal., 1870, 39, part (San Diego and 

 foothills of Sierra Nevada). — Bau^d, Brewer, and Ridcwav, Hist. N. Am. 

 Birds, i, 1874, 84, part.— Nelson, Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., xviii, 1875, 356 

 (Nevada, California).— Beldinc;, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mas., i, 1879, 402, jiart 

 (Calaveras Co. ; Marysville; song). — Evermann, Auk, iii, 18S(5, 186 (Ventura 

 Co.).— EiMERsoN, Bull. 7, Calif. Ac. Sci., 1887, 431 (Poway Valley, San Diego 

 Co.). — Osgood, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xiii, 1899, 41, j^art (crit. ). — Fi.^^iier 

 (W. K.), Condor, ii, 1900, 138 (Mount St. Helena, Napa Co.; crit.).— Bailey 

 (Florence M.), Handb. Birds W. U. S., 1902, 459, part. 



Cham.ra fasdata fasciata Grinnell (.T. ), Pacific Coast Avifauna, no. 3, June 25, 

 1902, 71, part. 



Chitrnoea /(txriata Hensraw, Orn'. Rep. Wheeler's Surv., 1876, 228 (Tejon Mts. 

 and Walkers Basin, Kern Co.). 



Chnmiva fiiKcintd Jicntiliavri Ridgway, Proc. II. S. Nat. Mus., v, .Tune 5, 1882, 13 

 (Walkers Basin, Kern Co., s. California; coll. U. S. Nat. Mus.); Bull. Nutt. 

 Orn. Club, vii, 1882, 257. — Reiciienow and Sciialow, .Tourn. fiir Orn., 1884, 

 420 (reprint of orig. descr. ). — American Ornithologists' Union, Check List, 

 1886, no. 742a.— Townsend (C. H.), Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., x, 1887, 229 

 (lower McCloud R. and Baird, Shasta Co. ).— Anthony, Zoe, iv, 1893, 246 

 (San Pedro Martir Mts., Lower California). — Fisher (A. K.), North Am. 

 Fauna, no. 7, 189.3, 140 (Kernville; San Bernardino; Walkers Basin; Kaweah 

 R. bet. San Simeon and Carpentaria; Santa Paula; San Diego Co. ). — Merria.m 

 (F. A.), Auk, xiii, 1896, 122 (Twin Oaks, San Diego Co.; habits; song).— 

 Grinnell, pub. 2, Pasadena Ac. Sci., 1898, 50 (Los Angeles Co., resident). 



[Chamiva fasciata.] Var. henshatri Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. INIus., v, 1882, 14 

 (diagnosis and synonymy). 



C[ha7rurn] f[asciata1 henshawi Coves, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 262. 



Clhampcn] fasciata henshawi Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 566. 



Charmva flasciala'] he7i.^hau'i Carpenter, Condor, iv, 1902, 95 (Santa Barbara; 

 nesting in tree) . 



Family SYLVIID^E. 



THE WARBLERS. 



Very small to large (wing 48-98 mm.) ''ten-primaried/Mentirostral, 

 acutiplantar Oscincs with nostrils longitudinal and o|)orculatcd (usually 

 (\\pos(Hl) and with the young not spotted. 



The above ver}' unsatisf actor}' diagnosis is the best 1 am able to 

 devise for the group known as Sylviidib. The group is an exceedingly 



^'Specimens are wanting in the material examined from the group of counties 

 between San Luis Obisj") and Santa Cruz, 



