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72. THE HERMIT WARBLER. 



DENDRCECA OCCIDENTALIS {Townsend) Baird. 

 "Western Warbler. 



This is a Pacific coast species, occurring from the Rocky moun- 

 tains westward and southward to Guatemala. 

 Its nesting-hfe is unknown. 



73. TOWNSEND'S WARBLER. 



DENDRCECA TOWNSENDII {NuUall) Baird. 



Western in its habitat, Townsend's warbler ranges in the course 

 of the year from Alaska to Central America, and as far eastward 

 as the Rocky mountains ; but its nest and eggs remain undescribed, 

 so far as I know. 



74. THE GOLDE]?J" CHEEKED WARBLER. 



DENDROECA CHRYSOPARIA Scl. et Salv. 



Concerning the nidification of this exceedingly rare native of 

 Texas and southward, the only intelligence was first printed in 

 April, 1879, on page 77, volume iv, of the Nuttall Club's Bul- 

 Irtin. The writer is Mr. W. H. Werner, whose account I subjoin : 



While on a collecting tour in the mountainous districts of Comal county, 

 Texas, I noticed these warblers, and after studying their habits and different 

 attitudes I shot one, which proved to be a male. Their habits were similar to 

 those of D. virens ; they were very active, always on the alert for insects, 

 examining almost every limb, and now and then darting after them while on 

 the wing. The male uttered soft notes at intervals, which sounded, as nearly 

 as I can express it, like tS7'r loeasy-weasy tweah. I found them invariably in 

 cedar timber, or " cedar brakes," as the ranchmen call them. I was not fortu- 

 nate enough to find a nest until the 13th of May. About eight days prior to 

 that date I noticed a female bird with building material flying in a certain 

 direction, but it gave me a good deal of trouble before I traced her through 

 underbrush and thickets to a cedar brake, where I found new difficulties. The 



