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abundant elsewhere, tliougli it is rather common in spring at Murphy's, 

 where it is occasionally seen in winter also. 



At Marysville, in the summer of 1878, a pak of these birds raised a 

 brood of young in a seam of one of the timbers of a railroad trestling, 

 notwithstandmg frequent jars from passing trains. ' The nest was about 

 two feet below the rails. 



Calaveras County 



*Mary3viIle 



do 



do 



do 



Stockton 



Jan. 5, 1878 

 Winter, 1877-8 

 Winter, 1877-8 

 Winter, 1877-8 

 Winter, 1877-8 

 May 8, 1877 



*27. Troglodytes aedon, /3. parkmanni, And. — Parlmann's Wren. 



I have not seen more than a dozen of these birds while making this 

 collection. Most of these were at Big Trees. 



'•Big Trees 

 Stockton . . 

 do ... 



Julv —,1878 

 June 3, 1878 

 Oct. 28, 1878 



28. Troglodytes hyemalis, (3. pacificus, Baird. — Californian Winter Wren. 



77078 

 77079 



ad. Murphy's, 

 ad. do . . . 



Jan. 6, 1879 

 Jan. 0, 1879 



*29. Telmatodytes palustris, /3. paiudicola, Baird. — Western Lomj-hUled Marsh Wren, 



This Wren Is an abundant constant resident of the tule marshes near 

 Stockton. In the breeding season I have examined more than twenty 

 nests without finding an egg., though the anxious or angry owner or 

 owners would follow me closely, constantly scolding, as I examined each 

 nest, as though lia\ing an equal interest in all. 



Marysvilli 

 -Stockton 

 , do.. 



Dec. —,1877 

 June — , 1878 

 Sept. 29, 1878 



Family IVIOTACILLID^ : The Wagtails and Titlarks. 



30. Anthus ludovicianus, Gmcl. — American Titlark. 



Tlie Titlark is a common winter sojourner of the valleys and foot-hills. 

 I saw a liock of these birds near Murphy's, 3,400 feet above the sea, on 

 the 10th of December, 1877. It left Stockton about May 1, 1878, and re- 

 turned September 18 of the same year, at which time it was only found 

 in the edge of the tule swam^), but soon became distributed through the 

 surrounding country. It has not, up to the present time (November 

 27), appeared in the streets, as is its usual custom in winter. 



73875 

 76549 



ad. Murphy's 

 ad. Stockton -v. 



Mar. 3, 1877 

 Sept. 18, 1878 



