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Lanivireo solitarius cassini. Cassin's Vireo. — S. H. Lyman re- 

 ports them to be common in the Blue Mountains in summer. A specimen 

 in the Whitman College collection was taken there Sept. 9, 1900. 



Vermivora rubricapilla gutturalis. Calaveras Warbler. — Daw- 

 son and Bolles (1909, 176) report the appearance of this species at Wallula 

 on April 23, 1905. 



Dendroica sestiva aestiva. Eastern Yellow Warbler. — Several 

 were seen in early June, 1914 in the willows along the Walla Walla River 

 east of Wallula. They are common in summer in the trees and brush 

 along the Touchet River at Prescott. One was seen June 24, 1914, in some 

 locust trees planted beside Snake River at Lyon's Ferry. They are com- 

 mon in summer at Walla Walla (Belding, 1890, 209). 



Spring arrival dates at Prescott are: May 19, 1906; May 18, 1908; 

 and May 14, 1913. 



Dendroica auduboni auduboni. Audubon's Warbler. — Common 

 during migration in the trees along the Touchet River at Prescott. In 

 1913 they were first noted on April 19. In 1915 fall migrants appeared on 

 Sept. 3. 



Dendroica townsendi. Townsend's Warbler. — A juvenile was 

 seen in an orchard near Prescott on Aug. 8, 1915. A female was collected 

 on July 23, 1914, from some bushes in the canyon near Hompeg Falls. 



Seiurus noveboracensis notabilis. Grinnell's Water-Thrush. — 

 One was seen Sept. 11, 1915, in some shrubbery near the Touchet River 

 two miles east of Prescott. The bird was seen at close range and carefully 

 studied. 



Oporornis tolmiei. Macgillivray's Warbler. — Numerous in sum- 

 mer in the timber along the Touchet River at Prescott. They feed mostly 

 on the ground or in very low bushes, but the males go higher to sing. A 

 female was taken Aug. 7, 1914, in thick brush beside Butte Creek in the 

 Blue Mountains. They were present at Prescott as late as Sept. 3 in 

 1905, and in 1915 one was seen Sept. 9. 



Geothlypis trichas occidentalis. Western Yellow-throat. — 

 •Occasional in summer in thick brush along the Touchet River at Prescott. 

 Reported common in summer at Walla Walla (Belding, 1890, 218). In 

 1906 males first appeared at Prescott on May 13. 



Icteria virens longicauda. Long-tailed Chat. — Several were 

 seen in the willows along the Walla Walla River near Wallula on June 16, 

 1914. Near Prescott a number spend the summer in the timber along 

 the Touchet River. They are reported from Walla Walla (Belding, 1890, 

 265). 



Wilsonia pusilla pileolata. Pileolated Warbler. — A few were 

 seen May 18, 1913, in trees along the Touchet River east of Prescott. In 

 1915 fall migrants appeared Aug. 22, and were common until Sept. 13. 



Setophaga ruticilla. Redstart. — Several were seen during June, 

 1908 in the timber along the Touchet River two miles east of Prescott. A 

 nest was begun in a pear tree by a female about June 15 and was later 



