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depth one and a half inches. He describes the eggs, which were four, as 

 whiter spotted with reddish and brown dots, tlie markings being principally 

 around the larger end, forming a circle, leaving the extremity phiin. 



In this instance the parents showed nnich uneasiness at tlie approach of 

 intruders, moving about among the twigs, snapping their bills, and uttering 

 a plaintive note. In Newfoundland these birds had already begun to mi- 

 grate on the 20tli of August. He met with them in considerable numbers 

 hi Northern Maine in October, 1832. Mr. Turnbull mentions it as a rather 

 abundant bird of Eastern Pennsylvania, appearing there early in May, in 

 transitu, and again in October. 



Mr. T. M. Trippe has observed this species at Orange, N. J., from the 19t]i 

 to the 30th of May. It is said to keep low down in the trees, and is fond 

 of haunting thickets and open brush fields. Occasionally he has lieard it 

 utter a loud chattering song, wliich it repeats at short intervals. 



A nest of this species from Fort Yukon (Smith. Coll., 13,346), obtained 

 May 20, by Mr. McDougal, contained four eggs. These varied from .60 to 

 .63 "of an inch in length, and from .45 to .49 in breadth. They were obovate 

 in shape, their ground-color was a pure white; this was finely sprinkled 

 round the larger end with brownish-red and lilac. No mention is made of 

 the position of the nest, but it is probable this bird builds on the ground. 



Myiodioctes pusillus, Aar. pileolatus, Eidgway. 



2Iotacilla piUolata, Pallas, Zoog. Rosso Asiat. I, 1831, 497 (Russian America). Nyiodioc- 

 tesjmsillus, var. jnleokUa, Eidgway, Report U. S. Geol. Expl. 40th Par. Myiodioctes 

 pusillus, AucT. <an citations from Pacific coast of North and Middle America). — Lokd, 

 Pr. R. Art. Inst. Woolw. IV, 1864, 115 (Br. Col.). — Dall & Bannister (Alaska). — 

 Cooper, Orn. Cal. I, 1870, 101. 



Sp. Char. Similar to var. jjusiUm^ but much richer yellow, scarcely tinged with olive 

 laterally, and deepened into an almost orange shade on the front and chin. Above much 

 brighter and more yellowish olive-green. The black pileum with a brighter steel-blue 

 gloss. Bill much narrower, and deep, light brown above, instead of nearly black. Meas- 

 ures (4,222 $, San Francisco, Cal.), wing, 2.15; tail, 2.00. 



Hab. Pacific coast region of North America, from Kodiak (Alaska) ; south through 

 Western Mexico (and Lower California) to Costa Rica. 



This is an appreciably different race from that inhabiting the eastern 

 division of the continent ; the differences, tested by a large series of speci- 

 mens, being very constant. 



A Costa-Rican specimen before me is almost exactly like specimens from 

 California. 



Habits. The remarks in the preceding article relative to specimens from 

 the Pacific coast belong to this variety. 



