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Family MNIOTILTID^ : The American Warblers. 



*31. Helminthophaga ruficapilla, (Wils.)- — KaslirUle TVarlJcr. 



This Warbler arrived at Murphy's April 11, 1877, and was rather 

 common the remaining portion of the month, frequenting the deciduous 

 oaks on sunny hillsides, outnumbering at that time any of the Warblers 

 except B. audubonL In the pine forests it frequents low bushes. 



A nest found at Big Trees in May was built on the ground in a thick 

 growth of an evergTeen shrub. It was formed of pine-root fibres, and 

 contained five eggs, white, thickly spotted with reddish brown, mostly 

 concentrated on the large end, forming a prominent ring. 



It does not breed much below Big Trees — I have not seen it in the 

 valley, its range extending from 2,500 feet upward. 



Murphy's 1 Aj^r. 1,1877 



do i Apr. 1, 1877 



*Big Trees May — , 1877 



Soda Spriugs | Autunin,1877 



Muriiliy's. j — , 



BigTrees I July 16,1878 



do July 16,1878 



*32. Helminthophaga celata, ,3. lutescens, Eidgw. —CaUfomhin Orange-eroivned 

 Warbler. 



This bird was first noticed at Murphy's on tht}20thof April, 1877, and 

 was rather common until about May 1. A fe^' were seen at Stockton 

 April 22, 1878, after which time it was rarely seen — in no instance after 

 May 10.* 



A few were seen on different occasions in January and February, 1878, 

 in the wild-grape and brier patches of the bottom-lands near Mary s\ille. 



In spring it feeds among the deciduous oaks. Later in the season, in 

 the pine forest, it is confined to low shrubbery. 



It is a common summer resident of Big Trees,t and is abundant at 

 Soda Springs in fall. 



73613 —-juv. i 'BigTrees .. 



73614 ! — ad.; Marysvillc. 

 73925 j — ad. : Soda Springs 



73925 1 — juv. I do 



74000 i —juv.' BigTrees... 



73791 I (S ad. I Marysvillc.. 



76550 $ ad. Stockton 



May —,1877 

 Jan. 8, 1878 

 Autumn, 1877 

 Autumn, 1877 

 May —,1877 

 Feb. 1?, 1878 

 Apr. 22,1878 



*33. Dendrceca eestiva, (Gmel.). — Yellow Warhler. 



This well-known species is common in the valleys and foot-hills in 

 summer, and is often met in the pine forests during the same time, where 

 it is i)rincipally confined to the willows and aspens in and around 

 meadows. It arrived at Murphy's April 2G, 1877, and at Stockton April 

 15, 1878, at which time Mt. Diablo and the "Coast Eange" were white 



*Uudcr date of December 28, 1878, Mr. Belding writes that it was then found at 

 Stockton, Tint was rare. — R. E. 

 tits breeding range scarcely extends below this altitude. 



