428 ORNITUOLOGY, 



These same indi\iduals, in the case of uon-resident species, during their 

 autumnal migration, probably follow the bases of the mountain ranges 

 directly southward, instead of retiwning by the devious route by wliicli 

 they reached the western portions of the country. The occasional cap- 

 ture of such species as those named above, and the more accidental occur- 

 rence of others, as Edopistcs nugratoria (see pp. 355, 380, 385,and59G), at 

 localities in the Western Region, may thus be accounted for. 



List of .specimens. 



901, (?flf/.; East IIinnl)nl(lt Mountains (Secret Valley), Nevada, September G, 18CS. 

 •il — "l — -J- Ul>i)er iiiaiidible, plumbeous black, tbe toiiiium slightly paler; lower, 

 pluinbeous-white, with lilaceous glow; iris, burutuiuber; tarsi, bluish plumbeous; 

 toes, stained witii yellow. [Type of Ildmlnthoiihagu ruJicapiUa var. ijHtturalis, Baird, 

 15rewer, and Kidgway, History of North Americuu Birds, ^'ol. J, 187i, p. 191, pi. xi, 

 lig. 8.] 



IlELMINTIIOrUAGA VIKGINI^E. 



Virginia's ^Varbler. 



HvlminthoplMga rinjinia; Baikd, B. N. Am., ed. ISCO, p. xi, pi. 79, fig. 1 ; Cat. N. Aui. 

 B., 1859, No. 183a; Keview, 1805, 177.— B. B. & li.. Hist. N. Am, B., I, 1874, 

 199, pi. XI, fig. 12.— Cooper, Orn. Cal., 85.— Couks, Key, 1872, 94; Check 

 List, 1873, No. GO; B. N.W., 187-1, 51.— Hknsuaw, 1875, 189. 



This interesting little Warbler was first observed aint)ng the cedar and 

 ])inon groves on the eastern slope of the Ruby Moiuitains. It was not met 

 Avith west of this locality, but eastward it occurred on all tho.se ranges 

 having a similar or equally extensive growth. At the first-named locality 

 it was rather common in July and August, and was found in the same 

 groves with the Black-tlu-oated Gray Warbler {Dendrceca nigrescens) and 

 the Lead-colored Vireo (Lanivireo plumhem). On the Wahsatch and Uintah 

 ^Mountains it was more abundant, being particularly j)lentiful among the 

 scrub-oaks on the foot-hills near Salt Lake City. They lived entirely 

 among the bushes, which there were so dense that the birds were difficult to 

 obtain, even when shot. The usual note of this species is a soft pit, very 

 difi"erent from the sharp chip of H. ceJata, while its song is so exceedingly 

 similar to that of the Summer Yellow-bird (Dendroeca cestiva) that we often 

 found it diflitult to di.sfiiigiiisli them. 



