T.WERXER — Ox A Purple ^Fartix Roost. 87 



Dendroica estiva. Yellow Warbler. — Common. 



Zamelodia melanocephala. Black-headed Grosbeak. 



Chordeiles acutipennis texensis. Texas Nighthawk. — Common. 



Cyanospiza amoena. Lazuli Bunting. — Common in Puente Hills. 



Myiarchus cinerascens. Ash-throated Flycatcher. — Common. 



Trochilus alexandri. Black-chinned Hummingbird. — Most com- 

 mon hummer in summer. 



Icterus cucullatus nelsoni. Arizona Hooded Oriole. — A common 

 town bird, nesting on the under side of palm leaves. 



Wilsonia pusilla chryseola. Golden Pileolated Warbler. — Common 

 among scrubby willows. 



Empidonax difficilis. Western Flycatcher. — Recorded on May day. 



Icteria virens longicadus. Long-tailed Chat. — Singing among wil- 

 lows on ]\Iay first. 



Empidonax traillii. Traill's Flycatcher. — Common in canyon trees. 



Hyiocichia ustulatus. Russet-backed Thrush. — One May record. 



Transients. 



Chen hyperborea. Lesser Snow Goose. — Migrating in February. 



Hyiocichia ustulatus audubcni. Audubon's Hermit Thrush. — Two 

 records in the spring migration. 



Ceryle alcyon. Belted Kingfisher. — One record on the beach. 



Oxyechus vocifera. Killdeer. — A flock of fifteen recorded in No- 

 vember. 



Ampelis cedrorum. Cedar Waxwing. — Two records: One flock of 

 twenty in the live oaks on the first of January, and a flock of five in 

 Whittier Park in March. 



Selasphorus rufus. Rufus Hummingbird. — Common in the spring 

 migrations after March 31. 



Cha2tura vauxi. Vaux's Swift. — Commonly seen during April and 

 May. 



Piranga ludoviciana. Louisiana Tanager. — Two records in May. 



A PURPLE ^lARTIX ROOST. 



nv p. A. taverxer. 



The Pitrple Afartin is a strange bird and one that miy ex- 

 perience points out as a slowly vanishing race. Otttside of the 

 late cases in the east where their local extinction was clearly 

 dtte to the inclement weather, the\- seem to be on the downw^ard 

 path. Old established colonies are being reported deserted 

 without, as far as I can discern, any adeqttate increase in other 



