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toba — Aweme, May 17. Arizona — Tombstone, April 21. Utah — 

 Salt Lake City, May 8. Idaho— Kupert, May 6. Alberta— Edmon- 

 ton, May 8. California — Buena Park, April 14. Oregon — Coos Bay, 

 April 28. Washington — Yakima, May 3. British Columbia — Chilli- 

 wack. May 9. Alaska — Fairbanks, May 12. 



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

 River, September 8. British Columbia — Okanagan, September 13. 

 Washington — Pullman, September 15. Oregon — Coos Bay, October 

 1. California — Buena Park, October 2. Alberta — Camrose, August 

 28. Idaho — Preston, September 8. Arizona — Huachuca Mountains, 

 October 29. Saskatchewan — Eastend, September 8. Montana — Mis- 

 soula, September 10. Wyoming — Laramie, September 30. Colo- 

 rado — Fort Morgan, October 10. New Mexico — Mesilla Park, Octo- 

 ber 25. Manitoba — Aweme, September 13. Oklahoma — Kenton, 

 September 26. Texas — Runge, September 21. 



Ca,suaZ records. — According to Kumlien and HoUister (1903) sev- 

 eral typical western wood pewees have been taken at Lake Kosh- 

 konong. Wis., one pair of which with their nest and eggs, were iden- 

 tified by Dr. Elliott Coues. Dr. A. K. Fisher also has so identified a 

 specimen taken on July 31, 1890, at Alden, Wis. There are no known 

 recent records. One was collected on July 1, 1898, at Point Barrow, 

 Alaska. 



Egg dates. — California : 100 records, May 9 to August 1 ; 50 records, 

 June 10 to 27, indicating the height of the season. 



Colorado : 9 records, May 6 to July 7. 



Oregon : 14 records, June 4 to July 18 ; 8 records, June 18 to July 3. 



Washington : 7 records, June 3 to July 22. 



MYIOCHANES RICHARDSONI PENINSULAE (Brewster) 



LARGE-BILLED WOOD PEWEE 



HABITS 



When William Brewster (1891) described and named this Lower 

 California subspecies of the western wood pewee he characterized 

 it as "much smaller than the northern race, the color of the upper 

 parts slightly grayer, the yellowish of the throat and abdomen 

 clearer or less brownish and more extended, the pectoral band nar- 

 rower and grayer, the light edging of the inner secondaries and 

 greater wing-coverts broader and whiter." 



He also said: "In the coloring of the under parts this foiTn re- 

 sembles C. virens, the yellowish of the throat and abdomen being 

 of about the same shade and fully as extended as in that species. 

 The breast and sides, however, are less olivaceous and more as in 

 richardsonii^ but grayer, with the pectoral band almost invariably 



