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en. Several of these were newly completed, and two held young almost ready to 

 fly. This hummingbird breeds mostly in the trees above stream beds. 



J. G. Cooper {!) reported the species from Santa Barbara Island, and V. W. 

 Owen {17) saw a male on the top of Anacapa, June 5, 1910. On Santa Cruz, A. 

 van Rossem and I remarked a few the last of April, 1911, E. W. Blake (-5) re- 

 corded the species as very common in July and August, while C. B. Linton {14) 

 saw several and shot a male, November 24, 1907, 



109. Tyrannus verticalis Say 



Arkansas Kingbird 



Tyrannus verticalis (1) Mailliard, Bull. Cooper Orn. Club, i, 1899, p. 45. (2) Linton, 

 Condor, x, 1908, p. 82. 



Casual migrant. On San Clemente C. B. Linton (,2) saw one of these birds 

 April 3, 1907, and another on the 5th. J. Mailliard {1) took a specimen on Santa 

 Cruz in April, 1898, and W. L. DaM'son {MS) saw two in the same locality, one 

 on April 6, 1915, and the other on the 19th. 



110. Tyrannus vociferans Swainson 



Cassin Kingbird 



Tyrannus vociferans (i) Linton, Condor, x, 1908, p. 127. (2) van Rossem, Condor, xi, 

 1909, p. 208. (3) Grinnell, Pac. Coast Avif., 11, 1915, p. 89. 



Occasional migrant. A. van Rossem {2) recorded a pair from the Corona- 

 dos in April, 1909. On Santa Cruz C. B. Linton {1) saw a bird November 24, 

 1907, which he believes was of this species. 



111. Mjdarchus cinerascens cinerascens (Lawrence) 



Ash-throated Flycatcher 



Accidental on the islands. J. Grinnell {MS) obtained a good view of one of 

 these birds among some walnut trees on Santa Cruz Island, Septem])er 3, 1903. 



112. Sayornis sayus (Bonaparte) 



Say Phoebe 



Sayornis saya (J) Grinnell, Auk, xv, 1898, p. 235. (2) Breninger, Auk, xxi, 1904, p. 223. 



(5) Linton, Condor, x, 1908, p. 84. (4) Linton, Condor, x, 1908, p. 127. (.5) Osburn, 



Condor, xi, 1909, p. 137, 

 Sayornis sayus (6) Grinnell, Pac. Coast Avif., 11, 1915, p. 90. 



A not uncommon winter visitant. C. B. Linton {3) says that on San Cle- 

 mente these birds are common over the whole island in winter, and I saw one 

 there as late as April 11, 1915. J. Grinnell {1) noted the species in some num- 

 bers on Catalina the latter part of December, 1897, and C. B. Linton {MS) has 

 seen it on San Nicolas in January. At Santa Cruz Island the latter writer re- 

 corded it as fairly common during November and December, 1907. 



