92 General Notes. ^^^^ 



Calypte cosfcs was also secured, which extends its recorded range some- 

 what to the north in California. A number of Stellula calliope, $ $, 

 were collected in April, the result of a bird wave. These birds are in the 

 mounted collection of Mr. Walter E. Bryant, who kindly furnished me 

 these data. — Richard C. McGregor, Palo Alio, Cal. 



Authority for the Name Myiarchus mexicanus. — The x\. O. U. List, 2d 

 ed. 1895, No. 453, cites Myiarchus mexicanus Baird, B. N. A., 1858, p. 179, 

 as the tenable name for the Tyrannula mexicana of Kaup, P. Z. S. 1851, 

 p. 51. This is an error; for Baird's Af. mexicantisoi 1858 is AI. cinerascens, 

 as shown by the synonymy he adduces, the habitat he assigns, and the 

 description he gives. Baird's mexicanus has also been almost universally 

 considered a synonym of cinerascens, as by Dr. Sclater in many places ; by 

 myself in my monograph of Myiarchus, and in the ' Key,' 2d-4th eds., 1884- 

 90; and such reference of his name is implied by Baird himself. Hist. 

 N. A. Birds, II, 1874, p. 331, where " Myiarchus mexicanus, Kacp, Lawr." 

 appears, to the exclusion of M. mexicanus Bd. 



The A. O. U. List, ist ed., 1886, No. 453, cites as authority for the name 

 Alyiarchus mexicanus Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y,, IX, May, 1S69, p. 202. 

 This is probably correct; for 71/. mexicanus Dresser, Ibis, 1S65, p. 473, 

 though referring to the Texas bird, is undoubtedly cine/ascens, as indicated 

 hy the locality, San Antonio, where cinerascens is known to occur. — 

 Elliott Coues, Washington, D. C. 



Hepburn's Leucosticte {/.eucosticte tephrocotis littoralis') in Summer, 

 in Okanogan County, Washington. — While engaged in exploringWright's 

 Peak (alt. 9,310 feet), in the high ranges west of Lake Chelan, our 

 party made camp on a mountain shoulder at the foot of a glacier, at an 

 elevation of about S,ooo feet. Here amidst the ice and snow was to be 

 seen a pair of the Leucostictes feeding their brood of full grown \oung. 

 On account of their rosy, warm coats they seemed utterly disregai-dful of 

 the bitter winds, and flitted freely from point to point on the morainic 

 piles or hopped about on the snow. The parent birds appeared to forage 

 two or three thousand feet down the mountain side — there was nothing 

 above but rock — and when they appeared over the edge of the mountain 

 wall, in returning from their excursions, the young would set up an eager 

 clamor. The ashy hood to be seen in the adult birds \vas entirely absent 

 in the young. Otherwise there was no marked difference in appearance 

 at a slight distance. The birds were observed Aug. 5 to 8, 1S96. — Wil- 

 liam L. Dawson, Oberlin, Ohio. 



Ammodramus (Passerculus) sanctorum. — This bird is described in 

 the ' Key,' 1S84, 2d ed., p. 364, as Passerculus sanctorum, but has been 

 ignored by the A. O. U., perhaps on account of my expressed doubt as to 

 its validity. The type specimen, from San Benito Island in the Gulf of 

 California, and another, also collected at the same time by Dr. T. H. 

 Streets, U. S. N., are both in the Mus. Smiths. Inst. They were not in 



