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singers that I have met with. It often visits the spruce woods of the 

 higher zone, a few perhaps breeding there. 



Dendroica olivacea. Olive Warbler. — I did not see this Warbler in 

 the San Francisco Mountains, save one that was doubtfully identified on 

 Mt. Kendrick, though it is a common summer resident in the adjacent 

 portion of the Mogollon range, becoming still more abundant to the 

 southward. It rises to the level of the firs, but is most numerous in the 

 upper pines. At Baker's Butte it sang sweetly in July. 



Dendroica auduboni. Audubon's Warbler. — A common summer 

 resident throughout this region, ranging upward to the highest timber. It 

 is never found, in summer, below the level of the pines. It is an excel- 

 lent singer. 



Dendroica graciae. Grace's Warbler. — This beautiful Warbler is 

 preeminently a bird of the pines. It is found as soon as the pine belt is 

 entered, and continues almost to its upper limit; but I did not meet with 

 any in the aspens, firs, or spruces above the pines. In Clark's Valley, be- 

 tween Flagstaff and Mormon Lake, it was seen engaged in nest building 

 on the last of May ; it gathered materials for the purpose on the ground, 

 in which situation its nest, when discovered, will perhaps be found. Its 

 song is a sweet warble, frequently uttered from the lower pine boughs. 

 It is very gentle and unsuspicious. 



Setophaga picta. Painted Redstart. — This brilliant Warbler inhab- 

 its the pine-forested portion of the Mogollon Mountains, descending, after 

 the breeding season, to the streams of lower regions. In Tonto Basin, 

 during August, it was found in considerable numbers in the dark cafion 

 of Weber Creek, among the gigantic alders (A/nus oblongifolia} border- 

 ing that stream. It seemed fond of watching and conversing with its own 

 bright reflection in the inky pools. 



Cardellina rubrifrons. Red-faced Warbler. — A summer resident 

 from near the lower border of the pine belt to the summit of the Mogollon 

 Mountains. It was not seen on the San Francisco Mountains, but was 

 found breeding about thirty miles south of them. 



In 'Birds of the Colorado Valley,' Dr. Coues thus concludes his remarks 

 on this species : "The birds thus introduced by Mr. Henshaw with some 

 particularity to American ornithologists as one of the newest acquisitions, 

 is left, as found, to my readers, — some one of whom, perhaps, may here- 

 after have his own story to tell of its nest, its eggs, and its nuptial song." 

 Though this story has since been told (see this journal, Vol. V, p. 385), I 

 will narrate my experience in finding the first nest of the Red-faced War- 

 bler that ever fell into the hands of any naturalist. 



On the 19th of June, 1886, I was encamped on a southern slope of the 

 Mogollon Mountains, about five miles within the pine belt, in what has 

 been designated the Great San Francisco Forest. Following a small 

 stream- into a little canon between whose rocky walls stood groups of 

 towering spruces and of aspens, the ground beneath thickly sprinkled 

 with violets, strawberries, honeysuckles, and columbines, I entered a side 

 ravine and had stooped to gather some flowering honeysuckles when a 



