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50. ChEetura vauxi (?). Vaiix Swift. 



A couple of miles below Wagon (Jamp a small black swift was seen 

 by Vernon Bailey al)ont July L'4. At Sisson numbers of swifts were 

 seen September 1 and September 10 by K. T. Fisher, and on Septem- 

 ber 3 by Florence A. Merriam, but they flew too high to be shot. 



51. Aeronautes melanoleucus. White-throated Swift. 



Several ^7ere seen high up ou Mud Creek Canyon early in August 

 by W. H. Osgood. 



62. Calypte anna. Anna Hummingbird. 



Apparently breeding at Wagon Camj), where one was shot 'Ju\y 22 

 by John H. Sage. Breeds on the lower McCloud Jiiver (Townsend). 



53. Selasphorus rufus. Kufous Hummingbird. 



The commonest hummingbird of Shasta, breeding, apparently, from 

 the lower edge of the Shasta firs to timberline, though it is possible 

 that those seen at high altitudes had moved up to feed from the painted 

 cups in the heather meadows after the breeding season was over. At 

 Wagon Camp, where they were abundant in July and early August, 

 they seemed to feed chieHy from the scarlet painted cup {Cantilleja 

 mlniata). 



54. Stellula calliope. Calliope Hummingbird. 



Nearly as abundant as ISelasphoriin riifus, and the commoner of the 

 two at high altitudes. In early August both species were constantly 

 hovering over the superb flowers of the scarlet paint brush {Castilleja 

 miniata) in the heather meadows near timberline. They were seen also 

 visiting the large yellow blossoms of Mimulus imple.ius, which singular 

 species forms mucilaginous beds in the little streams at and below tim- 

 berline. Walter K. and \l. T. Fisher found them abundant in Ash 

 Creek Canyon about the flrst of August, particularly among the painted 

 cups and delphiniums. 



[TrochUns ale.vaml r i is recorded by C. H. Townsend as breeding along 

 the lower McCloud, but was not obtained by us. In this connection 

 it should be remembered that we did not collect hummingbirds in the 

 low country, either at Sis.son or in Scjuaw Creek Valley. J 



55. Tyrannus verticalis. Arkansas Kingbird. 



At Gazelle, on the west side of Shasta Valley, Vernon Bailey saw 

 three on telegraph wires October 31. C. H. Townsend records the 

 species as breeding on the lower McCloud River. In July, 1899, Wal- 

 ter K. Fisher found this kingbird common in Shasta and Little Shasta 

 valleys. 



50. Sayornis saya. Say Phcebe. 



One was seen about an old windmill in Shasta Valley September 19 

 by W. II. Osgood. 



