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liiglu'i- portion of the pine-belt of tlu- AVah.satch, and we have every reason 

 to believe that it is also found in similar localities on the Sierra Nevada. 

 Near the sununits of the pine-clad hills in the vicinity of our camp in 

 Parley's Park it was by no means rare in certain parts of the woods, its 

 favorite resort being those portions of the forest where many of the trees 

 had been deadened by fire, the most characteristic associate species being 

 Chnjsonntris pinus, Carpodaais cassini, and Jumo caniceps. It was extremely 

 shy, and could be approached only with the greatest difficulty. Attention 

 was usually attracted to it by its mellow whistling notes, which bore a 

 faint resemblance to certain utterances of the Cardinal Grosbeak {Cardinalis 

 riaiiiuanus), the bird being generally perched upon the summit of a tall 

 dead i)ine. One of the specimens obtained was secured only by a tedious 

 and difficult climb to the top of a very tall fir-tree, which fortunately began 

 branching near the ground, the bird having lodged among the topmost 

 branches. The first individual of the species that we saw was perched 

 quite a distance off, upon a dead mahogany tree on the side of one of 

 the lower canons of the East Humboldt Mountains. Being the first example 

 Ave had ever seen, its appearance struck us as quite peculiar, as it sat quietly 

 in an upright attitude, but it was at last decided to be a Shrike {CoUurio); 

 upon returning down the canon an hour or more afterward, however, it was 

 noticed occupying the same position, but presently it flew from the perch 

 and snapped an insect in the air, when it returned to the branch and beat 

 it against the limb in true flycatcher style. 



List of specimens. 



«75, <? aiL; East Humboldt Mountains (Camp 21), Nevada, August 29, 18G8. 7A 

 _]3_(?)_;{i. Upper mandible, black, lower dilute browu, more yellowish basally; 

 iris, deep sscpia; whole interior of mouth, rich orange-yellow; tarsi and toes, sepia- 

 black. 



1273, <? ad.; J'arley's Tark, Wahsatch Mountains, Utah, June 23, 18G9. 7^— i:?i. 

 Bill, black, lower mandible i)ale wax-brown, more yellowish basally, the tip black; 

 iris, brown ; feet, deep black ; interior of mouth, deep yellow. 



1-123, i ad.;, l^irley's Park, July 17, 18G9. 75— 13y\. Upper mandible, black, 

 lower wood-brown, more yellowish basally; interior of mouth, rich Indian-yellow; 

 iris, brown ; tarsi and toes, deep black. 



