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au(l I rarely saw it anywhere else : one was observed on the bare ground^ 

 moving- deliberately about the end of a decayed log. In its movements 

 it somewhat resembles the Nashville Warbler, and it is not shy, com- 

 pared with most birds. At Soda Springs it was qnite common, keeping 

 generally under forty or fifty feet from the ground, though they some- 

 times go from the lower to the upper limbs of tall trees by short flights, 

 especially if the sun is shining only on the tree-tops. 



I recognized but two at Stockton : these were in the willows on the 

 natural levee of the San Joaquin Eiver. 



*BigTrees | May 20,1877 



do I May 20,1877 



do ! May 20,1877 



do I May 20,1877 



Autumn, 1877 

 May 9, 1878 

 May 18,1878 

 July 8, 1878 

 Aug. 24,1878 

 July 17,1878 

 JulV 5, 1878 

 JulV 25,1878 

 July 16,1878 



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37. Dendrceca townsendi, (Nutt.)- — TownsentTs WarMer. 



I have not noticed anything peculiar in the habits of this bird. Those 

 I have seen were unsuspecting, and rather slow in their movements, 

 being much like D. nigrescens in this respect. 



I shot what I supxiosed was a female of this species near Stockton, 

 June 3, 1878, but did not find it. 



The specimens in the collection are all 1 positively identified at Stock- 

 ton in the spring of 1878. 



Soda Sprin; 

 Stockton . 



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Autumn, 1877 

 Apr. 29,1878 

 Apr. 29,1878 

 May 17,1878 



*38. Deudroeca nigrescens, (Towns.). — Black-throated Graij Warhler. 



This bird arrived at Murphy's April 15, 1877 ; at Stockton April 17, 

 1878. It is a summer resident of Big Trees, though far from abundant 

 there or at any of the places where I have found it. It was more nume- 

 rous ill August than in July, though it seemed to be constantly present 

 during both months. It disappeared from Soda Springs about the mid- 

 dle of September, 1877, or rather it was not seen after my return from 

 the Summit, September 22, and was rare when I left on the loth. 



Soda Springs Fall, 



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Stockton . . . 



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