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during the breeding season as the very close examination that the 

 other nesting birds permitted showed not the slightest variation 

 from the specimen in hand. 



During the joming winter I expect to collect others in order to 

 ascertain if this is not the resident form, and whether or not P. c. 

 eris satis occurs here at all. 



Western Tanager (Piranga ludovictana) . — Recorded as nesting 

 in southern California only in the high mountains. 



Although the elevations where I have seen them at Santa Barbara 

 were at most only 600 feet, these tanagers might be found at any 

 time during the summer of 1910 in the little canons just outside of 

 town. They were undoubtedly breeding, although lack of time 

 prevented my locating a nest in the dense live-oaks which they 

 frequented. 



Purple Martin (Prognc subis subis). — Given in the Check- 

 List, "North and South America, except Pacific coast region." 



The martins found in the vicinity of Tacoma and Seattle are all 

 unquestionably of this form. I felt convinced of it when I first 

 saw the living birds, and a female taken by myself at Tacoma was 

 identified as typical subis. They are rather common summer 

 residents, breeding entirely in buildings in the business portions 

 of the cities, so far as I have seen. It seems more than probable 

 that this is the form to be found throughout northwestern Wash- 

 ington, but just how much further south is still uncertain. 



Red-eyed Vireo (Vircosylva olivacea). — Not recorded as occur- 

 ring on the west side of the Cascades. 



Although a rather common summer resident in eastern Washing- 

 ton, it is only during the past few years that I have noticed this 

 vireo west of the Cascades. I have recorded them once during 

 migration in the vicinity of Tacoma, but the only locality where 

 I have found them regularly is around the outskirts of Seattle. 

 Here for the last few years it has been a not uncommon summer 

 resident. I have seen several nests containing young or eggs, all 

 of which were found by Miss Jennie V. Getty, near Kirkland, a 

 suburb of Seattle. 



Orange-crowned Warbler (Vcrmivora cclata cclata). — Not 

 recorded in the Check-List from the Pacific States. 



It seems possible that this warbler is much more commonly 



