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is of about the same size as the migrating yellow throats that pass 

 through this region, but is very different in coloration. The entire lower 

 parts> including- the lower tail coverts, are bright yellow, darker on the 

 flanks. The upper parts are greenish yellow, even the grayish white of 

 the crown and sides of the neck being strongly suffused with the same 

 color; while the black "mask" is continued in a long point, further down 

 the sides of the neck than in the case with occidentalis. 



Icteria virens longicauda (Lawrence). Long-tailed Chat. 



In 1896 several pair of Chats bred in the vicinity of our camp in 

 Ramsey Canyon, at an altitude of about 5500 feet, but this is the only 

 place in the mountains where I have known them to do so ; and the only 

 year in which I have seen them through the summer months. As a rule 

 two or three migrating birds seen during April near the base of the 

 mountains, are ail that appear ; though along the San Pedro River they 

 breed in tolerable abundance. 



Wilsonia pusilla pileolata (Pallas). Pileolated Warbler. 



An exceedingly common migrant in all parts of the mountains, 

 though most abundant below 6000 feet. It was observed in the spring 

 from April 12th to May 22nd; reappearing in the fall on August 21st. 

 On August 26, 1902, I saw a Pileolated Warbler on the summit of the 

 highest peak in the mountains, about 10,000 feet altitude. All the speci- 

 mens secured are referable to pileolata rather than chryscola, though the 

 latter also might be expected to occur here as a migrant. 



Setophaga picta Swainson. Painted Redstart. 



One of the most beautiful of the summer residents of the mountains, 

 the Painted Redstart is pretty sure of receiving rather more than his 

 fair share of the attention of the visiting ornithologist, for it is abundant 

 in numbers, and, for such a bright colored bird, not at all shy. In fact, 

 instead of escaping observation he seems to court it, for with wings and 

 tail outspread, and feathers puffed out to show their beauties to the best 

 advantage, he can be seen clambering over tree trunks or mossy rocks, 

 turning now this way and now that, as if conscious and proud of his 

 beautiful appearance even when engaged in the commonest duties of 

 life, gathering insects for the young or material for the nest. Females, 

 as well as males, strut about in the same ostentatious manner, for in 

 color and appearance the sexes are absolutely indistinguishable : and 

 even the dull colored juveniles adopt the same style as soon as they are 

 able to fly. They are most abundant in the damp, shady canyons in 

 the breeding season, between 5500 and 8000 feet: but during the migra- 

 tions, though ascending no higher, they are more generally distributed 

 over the mountains, and can be found quite to the base of the range. 

 They reach the mountains very early in the spring, the first arrival being 

 noted on March 15th, and a week or so later they were quite abundant. 

 At all times rather a solitary bird, they are never to be seen in the mixed 

 flocks of migrating warblers, but prefer rather to forage for themselves ; 

 and I have never seen, more than a pair of birds together, except for the 

 short time that the adults tend the young after the latter leave the nest. 

 Though feeding to some extent in the underbrush, and even on the 

 ground and over the rocks, they do not stick closely to such places as do 

 the Tolmie Warblers and Yellow-throats ; nor on the other hand do they 

 frequent the extreme tree tops and tips of the limbs as the Townsend, 

 Hermit and other Warblers do. but preferring rather the medium be- 

 tween the two extremes, they can be seen clambering about the sides 



