394 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



I aiTived at Big lYees May 3, 1877, and by May 10 nearly all the 

 summer residents liad arrived. Some of tliem bad preceded me. Many 

 of them, esi3ecially the Warblers, were seen on the route from Murphy's 

 to this place. 



The spring of 1877 was earlier than that of 1878, the winter of the 

 former year having been very dry and mild. This probably accounts 

 for the difference in the arrivals of some of the birds, as shown by the 

 following figures. Probably I did not see some of them until some time 

 after their arrival, especially if rare. 



Arrival of birds at — 



Xamc of species. 



Murphy's, 

 1877. 



Stockton, 

 1878. 



Helminthophaga rujicapilla - 



Helminthophaga "lutescens" 



Dendroeca nigrescens 



Dendroeca cestiva 



Myiodioctes "pileolata" 



Vireosylvia "swainsoni" 



Hirundo " horreorum" 



Fetrockeltdon lunifrons 



Stelgidopteryx serripennis 



Progne subis 



Icterus bultocki 



Medymeles melanocephalus 



Pyranga ludoviciana . 



Phainopeplanitens (arrived at Jenny Lind, March 12, 1874) . 



Spizella ^'arizonce" 



Tyrannus v<^ticalis , 



Myiarchun cinerascens 



Empidonax ohscurus ...^ 



Empidonax ' ' hammondi " 



Pipilo chlorarus , 



PoHoptila ccerulea 



April 11 



20 



15 



26 



18 



26 



Miuch 15 



15 



15 



13 



24 



May 1 



April 30 



March 13 



April 17 



12 



17 



28 



25 



17 



April 



May 



22 



17 



15 



6 



1 



March 20 



March IC 

 April 1 

 May G 



May 1 



March 20 

 April 27 



March 23 



Soda Springs, Placer Co. — This place is on the North Fork of the 

 American Eiver, ten miles south of the Central Pacific Railroad, on the 

 west side of the "divide," or crest- line, of the Sierra ^Nevada; Lake 

 Tahoe being on the east side, ten or filteen miles distant. Altitude of 

 the springs, 6,009 feet; the latitude, 39° 11'. The mountains between 

 this place and Lake Tahoe rise 2,500 or 3,000 feet higher. This is above 

 the region of deciduous oaks, the trees being aU evergreens, except a 

 species of dwarf maple and a few alders, wiUows, and aspens, which 

 grow along the river. It is a rugged, almost desolate, region, though 

 an interesting one. Grouse and Mountain Quails are comparatively 

 plentiful, and trout-fishing is quite good. The Warblers are well repre- 

 sented here : I have found here the young of Dendroeca audnhoni, D. 

 occidentalis', 7). nigrcfioens, Relminthophaganificapilla, IT. celafa. and other 

 species. 



On frosty mornings in September, bfrds were exceptionally numerous 

 in a few of the more sumiy glades along the river, consisting chiefly of 

 Junco oregonus, Spizella breweri, iS. socialis,* Zonotrichia intermedia, Pas- 

 serella megarhyncha, Pipilo chlorurus, Parus montanus, Dendroeca audu- 

 ioni, etc., etc. The Humming-birds fled when the first frost killed the 

 flowers. 



Certainly both species. — L. B. 



