176 THE CALANERAS WAKHlviR. 



No. 72. 



cala\i;r.\s warhi.kk. 



A. O. U. Xo. (>4^n. Ilclniinthophila ruhricapilla Kutturalis 1 Kidgw.J. 



Description. — .Idtill nuilc: llc;i<l uImivc and uii ^i(Jc> Ijliiisli ash willi a 

 partially cmKcalid cmwii-patch of l)ri}ilu clifstnut ; a whitish cyc-ring : rcniaining 

 iil)pcr|)arts bright olivc-grccn lii-coiniiig yellowish grci-n on rump ami upper tail- 

 coverts: iinilcr])arts iiR-huliiig crissnin, bright yellow, but wiuteiiing on belly, l)ill 

 small, short, acute, blackish above, brownish below; feet brown. .Idiilt female: 

 Like male but somewhat duller below; ashy of head less jiure, glossed with 

 olivaceous and not so abruptly contrasting with yellow of throat ; chestnut crown- 

 patch less conspicuous or wanting. Immature: < )live-green of u|)i)erparts duller; 

 liead and neck grayish brown instead of ashy; below dull olive-yellow, clearing 

 on belly an<l crissum. Length of male (skins) 4.05-4.75 ( 103-121 ) ; wing 2.35 

 (fo) ; tail 1.75 ( 45 » : bill .38 (9.6) ; tarsus .63 ( i()). Female .smaller. 



Recognition Marias. — Smaller; bright yellow of throat (and underparts), 

 contrasting with ashy of head, distinctive. 



Nesting. — Kest: usually sunk well into ground or moss at base (jf bush- 

 clump or rank herbage, well made of tine bark-strips and grasses, lined with finer 

 grasses, horse-hair and, occasionally, feathers; outside, 3 in. wide by 2 in. deej); 

 inside I'.i wide by i ' 4 deep. l:(/i/s: y-,. usually 4, dull while as to groun<l-color. 

 but showing two distinct ty])es of markings: one heavily s|)rinkled with fine dots 

 of reddish brown, nearly uniform in distribution, or gathered more thickly alMut 

 larger end ; the other sparingly dotted, an<l with large blotches or "flowers"' of 

 the same pigment. .\v. size .64 x .49 (16.3x12.5). Season: May 20-}\i]\ 20, 

 according to .iltitude; two broods. Chelan Co. July 22, 1900, 3 fresli eggs. 



(jenerai Range. — The Pacific States and British Columbia south to Calaveras 

 County, California, and east (at least) to northern Idaho; found chiefly in the 

 higher mountains; in migrations to Lower California ami western Mexico. 



Range in Washington. — Summer resident on brushy slopes and in timl)ered 

 valleys of the higher ranges thruout the State, and irregularly at lower levels, at 

 least on I'uget Sound (Tacoma). 



Migrations. — Sf'ri)!;/: W'allula, .\pril 2^, 1905; Renton County, May 4, 

 if>o7; Chelan, ^^^y 21, 1896; Tacoina, ,\pril 24, 1897. Fall: Last week in 

 .\ugust ( Rlaine ). 



Authorities. — Dawson, Auk. Will. Oct. i>toi. 4<>3. ( H' I. .L I'. 



Specimens. — B. 



TlIIvRK is .something distinct and well-bred alxnit tliis demure exquisite, 

 and the day wliich discovers one searching the willow tops witli genteel 

 aloofness is sure to he midcrscored in the iiotc-lx«)k. The marks of tlie 

 spring male are as uiiiiiistakal)le as tliey are regal: a hrigiu yellow breast 

 and throat contrasting with the ashy of checks and liead. the latter sharlc 

 relieved by a white eye-ring, and surinoiuited by a chestnut crown-patch. 

 If you stumble upon a coni])any of them at play among the thorn bushes. 



