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June 29, 1902. I found this fly-catcher nesting commonly near Highlands, San 



Bernardino County, and up to about 6000 feet in the mountain canons. It was 



noted a? common in summer at San Diego, by L. Belding, and at Poway. San 

 Diego County, by F. E. Blaisdell (Land Bds. Pac. Dist., 1890. 93). 



211. (456) Sayornis phoebe (Latham). Phoebe. 



One record. H. S. Swarth took a male near San Fernando, Los Angeles 

 County, February 14, 1901 (Condor in, 1901, 66). Original number 1849, col- 

 lection H. S. Swarth. 



212. (457) Sayornis sayus (Bonaparte). Say Phoebe. 



Fairly common breeding bird in the foothill regions of Santa Barbara and 

 Ventura counties ; less common throughout the rest of southern California. Much 

 more plentiful in winter, at which season it is abundant from the ocean to the base 

 of the mountains. In the vicinity of Los Angeles the majority of this species 

 arrive in September and leave in March. Breeds mostly in April. L. Peyton 

 took three slightly incubated eggs at Sespe, Ventura County, May 24, 1909, and 

 J. S. Appleton finds it a common breeder in the Simi Valley, Ventura County. On 

 April 3, 1906, I took a set of five fresh eggs, and found another nest containing 

 four half grown young, in a ravine near Whittier, Los Angeles County. Accord- 

 ing to F. Stephens, the Say Phoebe is a rare summer resident of the San Ber- 

 nardino Valley (Belding, Land Bds. Pac. Dist., 1890, 94). J. E. Law took two 

 half incubated eggs near Elsinore, Riverside County, April 28, 1901 (Condor in, 

 1901, 186), and O. W. Howard and H. J. Lelande found it nesting commonly in 

 the San Jacinto Valley in May, 1910. A nest containing fresh eggs was found 

 by B. P. Carpenter at Escondido, San Diego County, April 22, 1906 (Sharp, 

 Condor i.\, 1907, 88), and L. Belding noted one or two pairs nesting near San 

 Diego in April, 1885 (Land Bds. Pac. Dist., 1890, 94). 



213. (458) Sayornis nigricans (Swainson). Black Phoebe. 

 Common resident of the lowlands and occasional along streams up to 7000 



feet in the mountains. Usually found near water and especially plentiful around 

 barns and stock yards. Noted by C. B. Linton on several of the Santa Barbara 

 Islands. Breeds mostly in May. H. J. Lelande took four fresh eggs near San 

 Gabriel, Los Angeles County, March 1, 180/, and Antonin Jay found three fresh 

 eggs in the San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles County, June 5, 1898. 



214. (459) Nuttallornis borealis( Swainson ). Olive-sided Flycatcher. 

 Common summer resident of the mountains from 3000 to 9000 feet altitude. 



Frequently seen on the mesas and lowlands during migrations. Arrives in April 

 and May and leaves mostly in September. H. S. Swarth has noted it near Los 

 Angeles in the spring as late as June 4 (1898), and I took a male at Colton, San 

 Bernardino County, June 3, 1906. It was noted by J. R. Pemberton as breeding 

 commonly in the Santa Ynez Mountains, Ventura County, in the summer of 1909 

 (Condor xn, 1910, 19). I found it breeding plentifully at Bear Valley, 6750 feet 

 in the San Bernardino Mountains, in June, 1907, and J. Grinnell records three 

 slightly incubated eggs taken at Dry Lake, 9000 feet in the San Bernardino 

 Mountains, June 23, 1906 (Univ. Calif. Publ. Zool. v, 1908, 76). F. Stephens 



