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87. Dendroica aestiva morcomi. Western Yellow Warbler. — 

 This I noted as the commonest warbler in Lake Valley. All nests I 

 found were in pines or tamaracks, and placed rather insecurely when on 

 the end of the branch, owing to the character of the tree, but when found 

 in saplings the nest was placed against the trunk. One in a tamarack, 

 12 feet up, near Bijou, contained three well incubated eggs on June 25, 

 1902, and another, found on the same day, near by, held four small young 

 and was placed 8 feet up in a pine. 



88. Dendroica coronata hooveri. Alaska Myrtle Warbler. — lam 

 reluctant to make observations that may be questioned, but I am reason- 

 ably sure I saw a bird of this species near Lakeside on June 26, 1902. It 

 was a male and lit close to me on the dead limb of a pine. Unfortunately 

 I did not have a gun with me but having that 'Audubonian' fire-arm, 

 the field glass, I was enabled to examine the bird well. My notes, made 

 at the time, tally with the descriptions of this bird. It had some resem- 

 blance to Deiidi-oica a/uluboni, but the conspicuous white throat distin- 

 guished it in an instant. 



89. Dendroica auduboni. Audubon Warbler. — This highly colored 

 warbler is, next to Dendroica asliva, the most abundant species in the 

 valle}', and in some districts is even more common. A nest found with 

 four almost fresh eggs on June 17, 1902, at Bijou, was placed 25 feet up 

 against the main trunk of a tamarack. Another at Emerald Bay, on the 

 lake shore, in a pine four feet up, held five eggs, four well incubated and 

 one perfectly fresh. This was on June 27, 1902. Both sets are heavily 

 and richly marked, as is usual with the eggs of this species. The nests 

 are similar, of hemp fibres, fine rootlets, bits of bark, and lined very pro- 

 fusely with feathers, and can be distinguished by their large size from 

 those of D. (Estiva at a glance. 



90. Dendroica townsendi. Townsend Warbler. — A male was shot 

 near Gilmore Lake, on the slope of Mt. Tallac, at 8500 feet, early in 

 August, 1900, by Mr. Chas. Merrill and is recorded by Mr. Price. 



91. Dendroica occidentalis. Hermit Warbler. — Mr. Price notes it 

 as rather rare, except late in July and early in August, about Silver Creek 

 when the migration of the young takes place. 



92. Geothlypis tolmiei. Tolmie Warbler. — Mr. Price states it is 

 rather common up to 8000 feet, both in the Silver Creek region and on 

 Mt. Tallac. 



93. Geothlypis trichas occidentalis. — Western Yellow-throat. — 

 Mr. Price observed a yellow-throat in the marshes about Tallac referable 

 to this species, but secured no specimens. 



. 94. Wilsonia pusilla pileolata. Pileolated Warbler. — This war- 

 bler is not uncommon in the willow thickets along streams and about 

 Rowlands. Mr. Price records it as common in Glen Alpine, where a nest, 

 placed on the ground under a fallen aspen, at Lily Lake, was found in 

 July, 1S98, with five eggs. Mr. Barlow also saw this bird on the summit 

 on June 14, 1901. 



