OCT., 1899.1 BIRDS. l-_>7 



i>»l. Cyanospiza amcena. Lazuli lUinting. 



Couimon ;it Sissou (where it was seen feeding young fFuly 15 by 

 Miss Merriam), and ranging thence up through the chaparral of the 

 Transition zone all the way to Wagon Camp, where a nest was found 

 and the parent secured July 17 by W. 11. Osgood, who obtained 

 another in Mud Creek Canyon August 3. 



97. Piranga ludoviciana. Mountain Tanager. 



One of the commonest, as well as handsomest, birds of the Shasta 

 tir forest. At Wagon Camp, at the lower edge of the Canadian zone, 

 these tanagers were seen every day from the middle of July until 

 August 10, when that camp was temporarily abandoned. They were 

 very tame, and spent much time in camp, drinking from our little si)ring 

 and i^eeriug at us from the lower branches of the firs. On July 21 I 

 saw several picking caterpillars from the leaves of the buck brush 

 {CeanothuH vcIkUiius) in an opening in the iirs. Walter K. Fisher 

 states that one sang continuously at his camp in Mud Creek Canyon 

 at the mouth of Clear Creek about the end of July. At Sisson this 

 tanager was seen July l."> by Miss Merriam. 



98. Progne subis hesperia. Western Martin. 



Not observed by us, but recorded by C. H. Townsend, who, in 1883, 

 noticed a few " about some buildings at the west base of Mount Shasta 

 in midsummer." One seen about C miles northwest of Edgewood by 

 Walter K. Fisher. 



99. Petrochelidon lunifrons. Clift' Swallow. 



Common at Sisson, where it was noted by Miss Merriam the middle 

 of July, and by E. T. Fisher the first half of September. Abundant in 

 Shasta Valley (W. K. Fisher). 



100. Hirundo erythrogastra. Barn Swallow. 



Common at Sisson, and seen in Shasta Valley September 17 to 20 by 

 W. H. Osgood. Common in Sliasta Valley in July (W. K. Fisher). 



101. Tachycineta thalassina. Violet-green Swallow. 



Common at Sisson, and seen once or twice Hying over the chaparral, 

 nearly up to Wagon Camp. 



102. Tachycineta bicolor. Tree Swallow: White-bellied Swallow. 

 Swallows believed to be this species were seen several times between 



Wagon Camp and Sisson, and C. H. Townsend records them as abun- 

 dant breeders on the lower McCloud. 



103. Stelgidopteryx serripennis. liough-winged Swallow. 



Walter K. Fisher saw some swallows at Edgewood in July, 1899, 

 which he believed to be this species. 



