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ent season. I do uot know whether this is usually the case or not, as 

 this was my first spring and snmmer collecting here. Nearlj^ every one 

 seems to know the Anna Hnmming-bird, bnt I did not see it here last 



'"^'^^exandn mnst have been rare at Big Trees, as I cbdnot see an 

 adidt male in sprmg plumage, and waB not certain of the species to 

 which the one which I shot there belonged. 



74462 d ad. 



744(33 — juv. 



75323 cT juv. 



75324 — .iuv. 



^Marvsville 



tlo 



Moran's Meadow 

 Big Trees 



June 21, 1878 

 June 22, 1878 

 July 24, 1878 

 July — , 1878 



*112 Calypte ann^, (Less.).— -^«"«-H''"'""^"fi'-^''''^- 



This Hummer is abundant at Murphy's and in the hiUs below during 

 a large portion of the year. It was seen at Copperopolis * on the l.th 

 of December of the present year. There were no wild flowers, except- 

 iuo- those of the "Manzanita." Specimens shot there were very fat, and 

 had been feeding on a sweet gummy substance exuding trom perfora- 

 tions made by Woodpeckers in the bark of an evergreen oak. 



*Murpliy'.S • 



do .... 



do ... 



do .... 



Biff Trees. . 



Jan. 30,1877 

 Sprina;, 1877 

 Sprinii, 1877 

 Spring, 1877 

 Aug. 1,1878 



^113 Selasphorus rufus, iGmehy-Eufous-iaM H^mfmno-lnrd. 



This species is common at Big Trees in summer, and abundant at 

 Sodi Spr nos in the fall. I have seen a few at Stockton and MiuThy's 



in spring. 



74267 

 75326 



$ ad. 

 — juv. 



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Family OAPRIMULGID Jii : The Goatsuckbiis. 



114 "Antrostomus- nuttalli, (Aua.).-Poor-!r/7?. 



The specimen in the collection is the only one I have seen in two years. 



73978 I — ad. 



Stockton. 



July — , 1877 



^ai5. Chordeiles popetue (Vioill.) (^. henryi. Cass. T).-Xi<,l^t Hawk. 



The T^ight Hawk is abundant at Soda Springs in July and August 

 and during the first part of September. . ,• i ^7Ci^ t 



I suppose a few occur at Big Trees in July or Angus , as (m lb 8 I 

 heai'l of " WhippoorwiUs" there which roosted on trees, but I could not 



find any. 



^^^;^^^^on^i^ih^^^^^^^t, about 1,200 feet above sea-level. 



