432 ORNITIIOLOdY. 



1254, 1255, 125G, nests and eggs; Parley's Park, Utah, Juno 23, ISGO. Nests in 

 willows along streau>. 



1300, nest and eggs (4) ; Parley's Park, June 27. Nest in rose-bush near stream. 

 1415, nest and egg (1); Parley's Park, July 10, 1809. Nest in willows. 



Dendrceca occidentalis. 



^Vcslcni i;Varblcr. 



Sylvia occidentalis, Townsend, Journ. Ac. Nat. Sci. Philad., VU, ii, 1837, 190. 



Dendraca occidentalis, Uaiud, B. N. Am., 1858, 208; Catal., 1859, No. 190 ; Review, 

 1805, 183.— CooPKE, Orii. Cal., 92.— CoUES, Key, 1872, 98; Check List, l.S7;J, 

 No. 72.— B. B. & R., Hist. N. Am. B., I, 1874, 200, i>l. xii, fig. 5.— Henshaw, 

 1875, 201. 



On the 29th of August, 1868, a single individual of this strongly-marked 

 species was seen in the lower portion of one of the eastern canons of the 

 East Humboldt Mountains. It was busily engaged in searching for its 

 insect food, in a thicket along the stream, during which occupation it uttered 

 an occasional note, sounding like a lisped and faint enunciation of pzeet. 



Dendrceca townsbndi. 



Towiiseiid's 'Warbler. 



'^Sylvia toipnsendi, Nuttall," Townsend, Journ. Ac. Nat. Sci. Philad., VII, ii, 



1837, 191. 

 Dendro'ca toicnsendi, Baikd,' B. N. Am., 1858, 209; Catal., 1859, 191; Review, 



18C5, 185.— CooiMCR, Orn. Cal., 91— COUES, Key, 1872, 98; Check List, 1873, 



No. 73.— B. B. & R., Hist. N. Am. B., I, 1874, 205, pi. xil, fig. 7.— Henshaw, 



1875, 200. 



This Warbler, like the D. occidentalis, was exceedingly rare along our 

 route, only one other specimen besides tliat obtained having been seen. 

 The one in question was observed on the 8tb of September, in an alder- 

 thicket high up one of the eastern canons of the East Humboldt Mountains. 

 The manners and notes of this species, as observed at this season, seemed 

 much like those of Z). occidentalis, neither possessing any strikingly distinctive 

 trait, so far as could be observed. 



List of specimens. 



942, ^ ad.; Thousand Spring Valley, Nevada, September 24, 1808. (Specimen 

 badly mutilated ; no measurements.) 



