PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 393 



Birds seen at Big Tree Grove, Calaveras Covnty, from July 4 to Amjrtst 



27, 1878. 



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Tnrdus migratorius (var. propinqum), 

 abimdant. 



Mimus polyyloltiis, very rare. 



Cinclits mcxicanus, commou. 



SiaUa mexicana, commou. 



Sialia arctica, rare. 



I\eguh',s satrapa, rare. 



Parus montanus, commou. 



Psaltriparus minhmts, rather rare. 



Siita "acuh'ata," commou. 



S. canadensis, decidedly abuudaut. 



S.pygmam, rare. 



Certhia " amcncana," abundaut. 



Troglodytes "parlcmanni," rather rare. 



Helminihophaga rujlcapilla, commou. 



Helminihopliaga " hiicscois," commou. 



Dendroeca wstiva, commou. 



Dendrxca occidentalis, very commou. 



Dendroeca nigrescens, iu July, rare. 



Dendroeca auduhoni, rai'e. 



Geotlilgpis macgiU'irraiji, commou. 



Myiodioctes "jnleolatus," commou iu 

 August. 



Rirundo "horrcorum," commou. 



Petrochelidon lunifrons, rare. 



Tachijcineta thalassina, abuudaut. 



Vircosylvia '^sivainsoni," commou. 



Lanivireo " cassini," coramon. 



Pyranga ludoviciana, commou. 



Carpodacus "calif or niciis," very com- 

 mou. 



Chrysomitris psaliria, rare. 



Chrysomiiris pinus, rare. 



Spizella "arizonce," abuudaut. 



Passerella "megarhyncha," commou. 



*33. Hedymclcs melanoccplialus, commou. 

 *34. Pipilo " megalonyx," commou. 

 *35. Pipilo cMorurtis, coumiou. 



3(5. Icterus bulloc.ld, very rare. 



37. Scolccophagus cyanoccplialus, rare. 

 *38. Cyanvcitta "frontalis," abuudaut. 



39. Aplidocoma caUfornica, commou. 



40. Tyrannus verticalis, very rare. 



41. Myiarchus cinerascens, very rare. 



42. Sayornis nigricans, rather commou. 

 *43. Contopns borealis, commou. 



*44. Contopus riehardsoni, comuiou. 



45. Empidonax pusillus, rare. 



46. Empidonax ohscurus, probably uot rare. 

 *47. Empidonax hammondi, commou. 



48. Empidonax " difficilis," very rare. 



49. Calypte anna', rare. 



50. Trochilus alexandri, rare. 



51. Stcllula calliope, rare. 



52. Selasphorus rufus, commou. 

 *53. Picus "harrisi," commou. 

 *54. Picus "f/airfZHeci," rather rare. 

 *55. Picus albolarvatus, abuudaut. 



*56. Sjyhyrojncus " ruber," qnitf. abuudaut. 

 *57. Hylotomus pileatus, not rare. 

 58. Melanerpes formicivoriis, very rare. 

 *59. Colaj)tcs "mexicanus," common. 

 *60. Buho " subarcticus," commou. 



61. Glaucidium gnoma, rare. 



62. Tinnunculus sparverius, rather rare. 

 *63. Zenwdura carolinensis, common. 

 *64. Canace obscura, rather rare. 



*65. Oreortyx picta, commou. 



*66. Lophortyx caUfornica, commou. 



From JNtay 3 to June 8, 1877, I found, in addition to most of those 

 found iu July and August, the following species: — 



1. Lanius " excubitorides," vnre. 



2. Carpodacus cassini, commou. 



3. Melospiza Uncolni, rare. 



4. Sturnella neglccta, rare. 



5. Corvus americanus, irregular visitants. 



6. Thryomanes " spilurus," rave. 



The Hawks and Owls peculiar to the mountains of California are prob- 

 ably as numerous .here as in other parts of the Sierras, but the density 

 and height of the forest make theii* capture difficult. 



At Moran's and Dunbar's Meadows, two or three miles west, and 

 about 800 feet lower, I found the following in July and August, 1878 : — 



1. Chondestcs grammica, common. 



2. Xanthoceplialus icteroccpliaJus (one juv. 



August 27). 



3. Sturnella negleeta, common. 

 ■4. Ceryle alcyon, rare. 

 5. Tringoides macularius (one), very rare. 



