iSS6.] EvERMANN 071 Birds of Ve7itura County, California. I o S 



i6S. Dendroica gracis. (664.) Grace's Warbler. — I never saw but 

 one specimen of this beautiful Warbler, — a male in fine plumage which 

 I shot from a cottonwood tree near Santa Paula, May 3, 1881. 



169. Dendroica nigrescens. (665.) Black-throated Gray War- 

 bler. 



170. Dendroica occidentalis. (669.) Hermit Warbler. — I never 

 secured specimens of either of these two rare Warblers, but I am confi- 

 dent I have seen them both in the county in April. 



171. Geothlypis macgillivrayi. (6S0.) Mz\cgillivray's Warbler.— 

 Migrant. Not common. 



172. *Geothlypis trichas occidentalis. (6S1 ff.) Western Yellow- 

 throat. — A common resident, nesting in the grass or tules about low 

 marshy places. 



173. *Icteria virens longicauda. (6S3 a.~) Long-tailed Chat. — A 

 common summer resident. A very eccentric bird in more ways than 

 one. Often sings at night. 



174. *Sylvania pusilla pileolata. (685^7.) Pileolated Warbler. — 

 Common summer resident in suitable places. Arrives about the first 

 week in April. I found it abundant in the willows near the mouths of 

 the Santa Clara and San Buenaventura Rivers, where I secured its nest 

 and eggs. 



175. Anthus pensilvanicus. (697.) American Pipit. — An occa- 

 sional winter visitant. 



176. *Cinclus mexicanus. (701.) American Dipper. — Frequent 

 along the mountain streams. One of the chief friends of the moun- 

 tain camper. 



177. Oroscoptes montanus. (702.) Sage Thrasher. — A rare mi- 

 grant. One specimen obtained March 12, 1881, on the Rocky Flat above 

 Santa Paida. 



178. *Mimus polyglottos. (703.) Mockingbird. — A common resi- 

 dent. The most renowned of our singing Thrushes. It maj' often be 

 heard singing at any hour of the night. 



179. *Harporhynchus redivivus. (710.) Californian Thrasher. — A 

 common resident and noted songster. May be known by its plain brown 

 color and long decurved bill. Nests as early as February 21. 



180. *Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus. (713.) Cactus Wren. — 

 A common summer resident where cacti are abundant. 



181. *Salpinctes obsoletus. (715. j Rock Wren. — Rare. Perhaps 

 resident in tlie rocky canons of the county. 



182. *Catherpes mexicanus conspersus. (717 «.) Canon Wren. — Fre- 

 quent in the higher and rock_y canons, where it is probably resident. 



183. *Thryothorus bewickii spilurus, (719 «.) Vigors's Wren. — 

 Rather common locally, but rare about Santa Paula. Resident. 



1S4. *Troglodytes aedon parkmani. (721 a.') Parkman's Wren. 

 — An abundant resident throughout the county. Nests in knot holes, 

 hollow liiubs, old tin cans, coat sleeves that chance to be hanging in 

 accessible places, — anywhere that happens to strike their fancy. 



