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Family MNIOTILTID^ : The American Warblers. 



*31. Helminthophaga rulicapilla, (Wils.)- — Naslmlle Warhlcr. 



This Warbler arrived at Murphy's April 11, 1877, and was rather 

 common the reiuaiiiiug portion of the mouth, fiequentiug the deciduous 

 oaks on sunny hillsides, outnumbering at that time any of the Warblers 

 except D. auduboni. In the pine forests it frequents low bushes. 



A nest found at Big Trees in May was built on the ground in a thick 

 growth of an evergreen, shrub. It was formed of jnne-root fibres, and 

 contained five eggs, white, thickly spotted with reddish brown, mostly 

 concentrated on the large end, forming a prominent ring. 



It does not breed much below Big Trees — 1 have not seen it in the 

 valley, its range extending from 2,500 feet upward. 



Murphy's 



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"Big Trees . , 

 Soda Springs 

 Murph.y'ti. . , 



Big Trees 



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Apr. 1, 1877 

 Apr. 1, lb77 

 May — , 1;77 

 Autumn, 1K77 



July Hi, 11.78 

 July IG. Ih78 



*32. Helminthophaga celata, /3. lutescens, Ridgw. —Califorvinn Orange-crowiuxl 



JVarbhr. 



This bh'd was first noticed at Murphy's on tho20th(if April, 1877, and 

 was rather common until about May 1. A fpw were Keen at Stockton 

 April 22, 1878, after which time it was rarely seen — m no instance after 

 May 10.* 



A few were seen on different occasions in January and Februaiy, 1878, 

 in the wild-grape and brier patches of the bottom-lands near Mary sviUe. 



In spring it feeds among the deciduous oaks. Later in the season, in 

 the pine forest, it is confined to low shnibbery. 



It is a common summer resident of Big Trce8,t and is abundant at 

 Soda Springs in fall. 



* Big Trees.. 

 Marysville . 

 Sodii Spi ings 



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 Big Trees . . 

 Marysville.. 

 Stockton 



Mav —1877 

 Jan. 8, 1S78 

 Autainn,lK77 

 jXutu]uu,1877 

 "Mav — , IK77 

 Feb. i;, 11.78 

 Apr. 22,1878 



*33. Dendroeca aestiva, (Gmel.). — Yellow Warhler. 



This weU -known species is common in the valleys and foot-hills in 

 summer, and is often met in the pine forests during the same time, where 

 it is i)rincipally confined to the willows and aspens in and around 

 meadows. It arrived at Murphy's Ai)ril 20, 1877, and at Stockton April 

 15, 1878, at which time Mt. Diablo and the "Coast Range" were white 



*Under date of December 28, 1878, Mr. Belding writes that it was then found at 

 Stockton, but -was rare. — R. R. 

 tits breedinur range scarcely extends below this altitude. 



