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February 25. Yukon— Fortymile, May 5. Alaska— Mount McKin- 

 ley, June 5. 



Fall migration. — Late dates of fall departure are: Alaska — Mc- 

 Carthy, August 21. Yukon— Fort Selkirk, August 13. British Co- 

 lumbia — Okanagan Landing, November 7. Washington — College 

 Place, September 30. Oregon — Fort Klamath, September 20. Al- 

 berta — Glenevis, September 19. Montana— Fortine, September 8. 

 Wyoming — Laramie, October 3. Utah — St. George, October 26. 

 Colorado — Grand Junction, October 4. Saskatchewan — Eastend, 

 September 19. Xorth Dakota — Charlson, September 24. South Da- 

 kota—Great Bend, September 18. Nebraska— Ashby, October 3. 

 Oklahoma — Black Mesa country, Cimarron County, October 1. 



Cofiual records. — On several occasions Say's phoebe has been re- 

 corded east of its normal range, although several of the alleged oc- 

 currences are without complete data. One was collected at Stotes- 

 bury. Mo., sometime previous to 1907 ; two specimens are said to have 

 been collected by Robert Kennicott, at West Northfield, 111., previous 

 to 1876 ; according to Kumlein and Hollister one was taken at Racine, 

 Wis. ; a specimen was taken at or near Godbout, Quebec, on October 

 19, 1895 ; and one was collected at North Truro, Mass., on September 

 30, 1889. In the north, a specimen was obtained at Point Barrow. 

 Alaska, on May 27, 1932. 



Egg dates. — California: 44 records, March 7 to June 16; 22 rec- 

 ords, April 1 to May 6, indicating the height of the season. 



Colorado: 16 records. May 7 to June 26; 8 records, May 20 to 

 June 16. 



Idaho : 6 records, April 14 to June 30. 



New Mexico : 12 records, April 4 to July 14 ; 6 records, April 27 to 

 June 1. 



North Dakota : 8 records. May 31 to July 9. 



SAYORNIS SAYA QUIESCENS Grinnell 



SAN JOSE PHOEBE 



HABITS 



Dr. Joseph Grinnell (1926) described this race of Say's phoebe 

 as similar to the well-known northern form, "but tone of coloration 

 paler, this paleness being in the direction of ashy gray rather than 

 light brown." The seven specimens on which this name is based all 

 came from a very limited "area in northwestern Lower California on 

 the Pacific drainage from the Sierra Pedro Martir west to the sea- 

 coast. Life-zone chiefly Upper Sonoran." All the localities, where 

 the specimens were collected, "lie between latitudes 30°30' and 

 31°30'." As all the specimens are in full fresh annual plumage," 

 the paleness is not due to wear or fading. 



