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OKNITUOLOC.Y. 



Kteiiis of fine gnisses, instead of" beautit'al lichens and mosses, matted 

 together with spiders' webs, and with but a sHght admixture of other sulj- 

 stances. All its habits, however, especially its deportment, are exactly 

 those of G. virens, while the eggs of the two species are scarcely, if at all, 

 distinguishable. 



At Sacramento we observed in this bird a remarkable display of attach- 

 ment to its favorite haunts, especially to the place where the nest is built. 

 The nest and eggs of a pair had been taken and the female killed as she 

 flew from the nest ; several days afterward, npon revisiting the locality, 

 and happening to look up at the site of the former nest, we were sur- 

 prised to see a new one already completed in the very same spot, the male 

 having found another mate. When we climbed to the nest the male exhib- 

 ited more than usual anxiety, and upon returning the following day it was 

 found to be abandoned, and the only egg it contained broken. 



Lint of specimens. 



12, nest and cgrgs (2); Sacramoiito, June 10, 1867. Nest at extremity of broken 

 dead branch near toi) of small oak, in grove. 



13, Sad. (parent of No. 12); Sacramento, California, Juno 10, 18C7. 6/^— lOJ — 

 3.^ — 3 — j",.; — 1\ — 2§ — li. Bill, deep black above, light-brownish beneath, more yel- 

 low basally, the point nearly black ; whole interior of mouth, deep orange-yellow ; iris, 

 dark brown ; tarsi and toes, black. 



42, nest and eggs (2) ; Sacramento, June 15, 1867. Nest saddled on rather large 

 branch of oak, in grove, about 15 feet from ground. 



43, 9 ad. (parent of No. 42); Sacramento, June 15, 1867. 6^— 10— 3/g— 2}i— 

 ■j\ — y'g — 2i — IJ. Bill, black, basal half of lower mandible dilute brown. 



80, nest and eggs; Sacramento, June 10, 1807. Situated like No. 12. 



88, nest and eggs; Sacramento, June 24, 1867. Same situation. 



89, nest; Sacramento, June 24, 1867. 



898, S juv.; East llumholdt Mountains (Camp 23, Secret Valley), September C, 

 1868. CJ — IO4 — (?) — 2j|. Ui)per mandible, black, lower clear pale yellow, the tip 

 black ; iris, sepia ; tarsi and toes, black. 



1250, nest and eggs ; Parley's Park, Utah, Juno 23, 1809. Nest in aspen, 20 feet 

 from ground. 



1282, nest and eggs (3) ; Parley's Park, June 25, 1869. Nest in crotch of dead 

 aspen, along stream. 



1304, nest and eggs (2); Parley's Park, June 27, 1809. Nest in crotch of dead 

 aspen. 



1315, nest and eggs (2); Parley's Park, June 27, 1809. Nest in dead aspen. 



1503, 9 ad.; Parley's Park, August 12, 1869. 6j'^,— 10,'„. Upper mandible, black, 

 lower scarcely paler; interior of mouth, rich yellow; iris, brown; legs and feet, black. 



