412 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Dr. Davenport, of Stockton, lias ten specimens, which he got about 

 June 1 at Camp Seco, Calaveras County. 



The people of Camp Seco say that these birds visit that place only 

 when the cherries are ripe, when they come down from the mountains. 



76560 d ad. 



76561 9 ad. 



Camp Seco. 

 do 



\ Last of 

 i May, 1878* 



Family TANAGRID Ji] : The Tanagers. 



*56. Pyranga ludoviciana, {\Yi\s.).— Western Tanager. 



This handsome bird is a common summer resident of Big Trees where 

 it is generally distributed through the forest. It is quite common at 

 Soda Springs in August and September, less common in the latter than 

 in the former month. About September 1, I noticed several flocks or 

 families of three or four, all of them females or young of the year, at 

 Murphy's. These were in the scattered oaks in the chaparral, 'feeding 

 on the " wild coffee." It breeds but little below Big Trees. 



Murphy's Apr. 30,1877 



"Big Trees June— ,1877 



«o June— ,1877 



<io June— ,1877 



FamOy FEINGILLIDJE : The Finches. 



57. Loxia curvirostra, /?. americana, Viils.— American Bed CrosshiU. 



October 7, 1877, I saw at Summit Meadows what I am tolerably cer- 

 tain was a flock of these birds, and shot one, which I did not get, as it 

 lodged in a treej do not think I have seen it at any other time. 



58. Hesperiphona vespertina, (Cooi^er).— Evening Grosbeak. 



A flock of these buTls was observed at Soda Springs, August 25, 1877, 

 and flocks were occasionally seen in September, though tliey were not 

 numerous. A few years since I saw a fine adult male at Lake Tahoe 

 previous to August 1. Except upon these occasions, I do not remem-^ 

 ber having met with it. 



73538 

 73792 



d ad. Soda Springs tSopt.— ,1877 



9 J-ay.\ do Sept. 10,1877 



*59. Pinicola enucleator, /3. canadensis, (Bris.s.).— P(«e Grosbeak. 



A few of these birds were at Soda Springs in September, 1877. This 

 is the only place where I have seen them. 



cT juv. Soda Springs. 



Sept. 22, 1877 



* These specimens, shot from a flock of 16, were coUected by Dr. E. C. Davenport 

 tThe latter jjart of the mouth. 



