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throat. A lioary spot at thf basu of the hill above the loral region. Length, G.SO ; wing, 

 3.08 ; tail, 3.40. 



llab. Fort Tejon, California, anil northward in the Sierra Nevada. 



P. schislacea. 



I saw several of this species towards tlie sitmmits of the Sierra Nevada in 

 September, 18G3, but from tlie ditticulty of shooting them without destroy- 



P. 7n^q;rtr/iifnchii!i. 



ing the specimens, in the dense tliickets they frequented, I did not succeed 

 in preserving any. As far as I noticed, tlieir lial)its were similar to those of 

 tlie F. Toirnscndii, and they had no stmg at that season. 



p. schistacea. 



