406 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



and I rarely saw it auy where else : one was observed on the bare ground^ 

 niovhijj deliberately about the end of a decayed log. In its movements 

 it somewhat resembles the Nashville Warbler, and it is not shy, com- 

 pared with most birds. At Soda Springs it was quite common, keeping 

 generally under forty or lifty feet irom the ground, though they some- 

 times go from the lower to the upper limbs of tall trees by short flights, 

 especially if the sun is shining only on the tree-tops. 



1 recognized but two at Stockton : these were in the willows on the 

 natural levee of the San Joaquin lliver. 



73030 



7,iJ4y 



739J0 

 73./-1 



74439 

 74440 

 753i)3 

 75304 

 73305 

 75306 

 75307 



2 juv. 

 — juv. 



— ,juv. 



— juv. 



"Big Trees... 



do . . 



-do 



do 



Soda Springs 



Stockton . . . 



di) .... 



Big Trees . . 



do 



-. do .. . 



.-.. do 



do .... 



... do 



May 20,1877 



May 20,1877 



May 20,1877 



May 20,1877 

 Auturuu,1877 



May 9, 1878 



May 18,1878 



July 8, 1878 



Aug. 24,1878 



July 17,1878 



July 5, 1878 



July 2.5,1878 



July 16,1878 



37. Dendroeca towasend', (Nutt.). — Toivnseiid's Warbler. 



I have not noticed anything peculiar in the habits of this bird. Those 

 I have seen were unsuspecting, and rather slow in their movements, 

 being much like />. nigre'scens in this respect. 



I shot what I supposed was a female of this species near Stockton, 

 June 3, 1878, but did not lind it. 



The specimens i u the collection are all I iiositively identified at Stock- 

 ton in the spring of 1878. 



73919 : — ad. ! Soda Springs 



742.'>1 d iid. Stockt^in 



74437 , cT ad. I do . 



74438 9 ad. I ... do 



Antuuin,1877 

 Apr. 29. 1878 

 Apr. 29, 1878 

 May 17, 1878 



*38. Dendroeca nigrescens, (Towns.). — Blacl-throated Gray Warbler. 



This bird arrived at Murphy's A])ril 15, 1877; at Stockton April 17, 

 1878. It is a summer resident of Big Trees, though far from abundant 

 there or at any of the |)laces where I have found it. It was more nume- 

 rous in August than in July, though it seemed to be constantly present 

 during both months. It disajjiteared fiom Soda Sjmngs about the mid- 

 dle of September, 1877, or rather it was not seen after my return from 

 the Summit, September 22, and was rare when 1 left on the 15th. 



73015 ' — ad. Soda Springs 



73016 — ad do ... 



73017 ' — ad. Muniliv's -. 



73018 1— ad. '■Big Trees.. 



75301 — ad. , .... do . . . 



75302 I — ad. I do 



76551 I f ad. j Stockton 



Fall, 1877 

 Sept. — , 1877 

 Ai)r. 1.5, 1877 

 June — , 1877 

 Aug. — , 1K78 

 Aug. — , 1878 

 May 1, 1878 



