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Br. Davenport, of Stockton, has ten specimens, which he got about 

 June 1 at Cauip Seco, Calaveras County. 



The peo])le of Camp Seco say that these birds visit that phice onlj 

 when the cherries are rii)e, when they come down fiom the mountains. 



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) Last of 

 5 May, 1878* 



Family TANAGRID^ : The Tanagers. 



*56. Pyranga ludjvician^i, (Wils.)- — Western Tanager. 



This handsome bird is a common summer resident of Big Trees, where 

 it is generally distributed through the forest. It is quite common at 

 Soda Springs in August and September, less common in the latter than 

 in the former month. About September 1, I noticed several flocks or 

 families of three or four, all of them females or young of the year, at 

 Murphy's. These were in the scattered oaks in the chaparral, feeding 

 on the " wild coffee." It breeds but little below Big Trees. 



Apr. 30, 1877 

 June— ,1877 

 Juue— , 1877 

 June— ,1877 



Family FRINGILLID^ : The Finches. 



57. Loxia curvirostra, (i. Fmericana, Wils. — American lied Crosuhill. 



October 7, 1S77, I saw at Sunuuit Meadows Avhat I am tolerably cer- 

 tain was a flock of these birds, and shot one, which I did not get, as it 

 lodged in a tree; do not think I have seen it at any other time. 



58. HasparipliDii-i vesper*-! la, (Cooper) —Even'tnq GrofibeAilc. 



A flock of these birds was observed at Soda Springs, August 25, 1877, 

 and flocks were occasionally seen in September, though they were not 

 numerous. A few years since I saw a flue adult male at Lake Tahoe 

 previous to August 1. Except upon these occasions, I do not remem- 

 ber having met with it. 



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tSept. — . 1877 

 Sept. 10, 1877 



*59. Pinicola enucleator, (i. ca-iadensis, (Briss.). — Pine (irosbeuk. 



A few of these birds were at Soda Springs in September, 1877. 

 is the only place where I have seen them. 



This 



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Sept. 22, 1877 



* These specimens, shot from a flock of 16, were collected by Dr. E. C. Davenport, 

 t The latter part of the mouth. 



