niOCEEDlNGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 393 



Birds seen at Big Tree GrovCj Calaveras County, from July 4 to AugvM 



27, 1878. 



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Turdiiii tiii^ratorim (var. prapinqum), 

 abundant. 



Mhmoi polygloitus, very rare. 



C'mcliiH mexkanus, common. 



Skiria mcxtcana, common. 



Sialkc arctkfi, rare. 



i?er/«/('-s' satrapa, rave. 



Pani'i moiiUmuSj common. 



PsaUrq)uni.'< »\iinnii(s, ratlicv rare. 



SitUc ^-aculfaia," common. 



A". cunadcusUi, dcciclcdly abundant. 



S.pygma'n, rare. 



Cerfhia "amcrkana," abimdant. 



Troglodyks '•parl^manm," rather rare. 



Hdminthophaga ruJkupiUa, common. 



Hchninthophaga ^'lutcscais," common. 



Dendrocca cc-sik^a, common. 



Dendraca occidentalis, very common. 



Dendrccca nigrcsccns, in July, rare. 



De)idrcc<;a audiihoni, rare. 



Gcothlypis macgiUkrayi, common. 



Myiodioetc--^ '•pikoJafiiJt,'' common in 

 August. 



Hiruvdo " hornwutn,'^ common. 



Pefroclulklun hinifronv, rare. 



Tachijchtiiu IhaJmsina, abundant. 



Vircosylvm '^ swainsoni," common. 



Lankirco ^' mssini," common. 



Fyraiiga ludovkkina, common. 



Carpodacu-s ''californiciih;'' very com- 

 mon. 



Chrymmitrk pf<aUria, rare. 



ChnjifomUris pinus, rare. 



SpizcUa ''arizona'," abundant. 



raxKcnUa '' mrgarhipicha" common. 



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Hedymeks melanoccpUalus, common. 

 Pipilo "megalonyx," common. 

 Pipilo chlorurus, common. 

 Ickrns buUocki, very rare. 

 ScoUcopliagus cyunocvplialus, rare. 

 Cyanockkt "frontalis," abundant. 

 Aphclocoma califortrka, common. 

 Ty7'annus vcrtkalis, very rare. 

 MyiarcliKS cimraaccnii, very rare. 

 Sayornis nigrkans, rather common. 

 Contopns borealis, common. 

 Coutopita rkhardsoni, common. 

 Empidonax 2)usillu8, rare. 

 Empklonax obscurus, probably not rare. 

 Empidonax hammondi, common. 

 Empidonax "difficilis/' very rare. 

 Calypk anna; rare. 

 Trochilus akxandri, rare, 

 SieUuhi calliope, rare. 

 Selas2}horu8 rufus, common. 

 PicuB "harrisi," common. 

 Picits '^' gairdncri," rather rare. 

 Picii^ olbolarvatus, abundant. 

 Sjihyropicus ' ^ nihcr" qxj^ta abundant. 

 Hylotomus pik<(tu8, not rare. 

 Melanerpcs formickoms, very rare. 

 Colapks " mexicanus,'' common. 

 Bubo ''subarciicus," common. 

 Glaucidimn gnoma, rare. 

 TinnuncnlHS sj)«ri-cri«s, rather rare. 

 Zena'dura carolinensis, common. 

 Canace obscura, rather rare. 

 Oreortyx pkki, common, 

 Loplwrtyx californica, common. 



Fioiii May 3 to Jime 8, 1877, I foimd, iii addition to most of those 

 found in July and August, the following species: — 



1. Lanius "cxcubitorickn," rare. 



2. Carpodacus cassiiii, common. 

 !i. Mehspiza lincolni, rare. 



4. Sturnella ncglccki, rare. 



5. Corvus aincticanus, irregular visitants. 



6. Thryomancs "spilurns," rare. 



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 foot lower, I found the following in July and August, 1878: — 



1. Chondisli-a (irammica, common. \ 3. Slurnvlla neglcck(, common. 



2. Xavthocc2)haluH iekrocephalns (one juv. \ 4. Ceryk alcyon, rare. 



August 27). 1 5. Tringoidcfi mnnilai-iiis (one), very rare. 



