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during the saino time. In the pine forest I have seen it only in and near 

 cultivated tields. 



It seems to bo a rather rare winter sojourner of the valleys and an 

 accidental summer visitant to them. A small flock was observed in 

 Stockton May 10, 1878. 



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 M;irys\ill6 



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* 65. Chrysomitris lavsrencii, Cass. — Latvrence's Goldfinch. 



This does not seem to be an abundant species in any part of this 

 region. It was lirst noticed at Muri)hy's March 21, 1877, from which 

 time until May 3 flocks of three or four were occasionally seen, but the 

 total number was not more than fifty. 



At Marysville, winter of 1877-78, only a dozen or less were seen. I 

 haA'e not seen it above Murphy's, where it was generally found in the 

 chaparral, sometimes in low trees (pines or oaks), occasionally on the 

 firround. 



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 Mar. 12, 1877 

 Mar. 12,1877 



* 66. Chry.'iOmitris pinus, (Wils.). — Pine Goldfinch. 



A few of these birds were probabl}^ breeding at Big Trees in July and 

 August, 1878, and I noticed it at Soda Springs August 28, 1877. 



At Murpliy's, in December, 1877, I found a flock of a dozen or more 

 familiarly associated with a larger number of C. psaltria, feeding on the 

 ground on a rocky hill. They were seen for six or seven consecutive 

 days, or as long as I remained at Murphy's, and appeared to associate in 

 perfect harmony. At Marysville 1 found, a few weeks. later, both species 

 again as familiarly associated. In this case there were but three C. 

 pinus, with about twice their number of G. psaltria, all sitting on a tele- 

 graph wire along the railroad track. They soon alighted on the track 

 near me, four of them forming a group by themselves not covering more 

 than a square foot of ground. Two of this group were G. pinii.s, which I 

 shot, leaving a single sur\ivor of this species among those remaining. 



A few days after this, near the same spot, on February 23, I saw a 

 single specimen of G. pinus familiarly associated vath a flock of G. tristis, 

 feeding among the short grass in ' a pastm^e about two hundred yards 

 from a willow thicket ; perhaps this was the surAdving G. pinus above 

 mentioned. 



I am pretty certain they were breeding there, for many times I saw 

 single birds come to a spring, and depart in the direction from which 

 rhev came. 



Mar>-8ville. 

 *Big Trees. 



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Aug. 10,1878 



