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abundant elsewhere, though it is rather common in spring at Murphy's, 

 where it is occasionally seen in winter also. 



At JMarysville, in tlie summer of 1878, a pah- of these bbds raised a 

 brood of young in a seam of one of the timbers of a railroad tresthng, 

 notwithstanding frequent jars from i)assing trains. The nest was about 

 two feet below the rails. 



ad. I Calaveras County. 



*Miirv8villo 



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Stockton 



Jan. 5, 1878 

 Winter, 1877-8 

 Winter, 1877-8 

 Winter, 1877-8 

 AV inter, 1877-8 

 May 8, 1877 



*27. Troglodytes aedcn, /3. parkm?.nni, Aud. — Parlmann^a Wren. 



I have not seen more than a dozen of these birds while making this 

 collection. Most of these were at Big Trees. 



'Big Trees 

 Stockton . 

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July —,1878 

 June 3, 1878 

 Oct. 28, 1878 



28, Troglodytes hyemalis, i3. pacificus, Baird.^ — Califoniian Winter Wren. 



77078 I — ad. 



77079 I — ad. 



Murphy's. 

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Jan. 

 Jan. 



6, 1879 

 6, 1879 



*29. Telmatodytes palustris, /?. paludicola, Baird. — Western Lonfj-billed Marsh Wren. 



This Wren is an abundant constant resident of the tule marshes near 

 Stockton. In the breeding season I have examined more than twenty 

 nests without finding an cgg^ though the anxious or angry owner or 

 owners would follow me closely, constantly scolding, as I examined each. 

 nest, as though having an equal interest in all. 



Marj-svillo 

 *Stockton . 

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Dec. —1877 

 June — , 1878 

 Sept. 29, 1878 



Family MOTAOILLID^ : The Wagtails aud Titlarks. - 



30. Authus ludovicianus, Gmcl. — American Titlark. 



The Titlark is a common winter sojourner of the valleys and foot-hills. 

 I saw a flock of these birds near Murphy's, 3,400 feet above the sea, on 

 the 10th of December, 1877. It left Stockton about IMay 1, 1878, and re- 

 turned September 18 of the same year, at which time it was only found 

 in the edge of the tule swamp, but soon became distributed through the 

 surrounding country. It has not, ui) to the present time (November 

 27), appeared in the streets, as is its usual custom in winter. 



7387.-) 

 7C549 



— a(L Murphy's 



— ad. Stwikton . . 



Mar. 3, 1877 

 Sept. 18, 1878 



