BIRDS OF THE PACIFIC DISTRICT. 101 



109. Empidonax pusillus (Swains.) LITTLE FLY- 

 CATCHER. 



Campo, May 7-9 rare. L. B. 



Poway. F. E. Blaisdell. May 6, first. 



San Bernardino. F. Stephens. Rare migrant in 

 valley and foothills. 



Henshaw, 1876. Abundant in southern California, 

 especially so in the swampy thickets about Los Angeles. 

 Specimens at Los Angeles and Santa Barbara in June; 

 Fort Tejon and Tejon Mountains in August. 



L. B. Very common summer resident in willows of 

 Central California, most so along the valley rivers; eggs 

 taken at Blood's, altitude 7,200 feet; breeds at many 

 localities in the Sierra, as at Summit; Butte Creek 

 House; Sierra Valley and at Hermit and Hope valleys 

 farther south; arrives at Stockton about, May 1 (April 

 30, 1878, May 4, 1880, the latter a backward spring); 

 May 7, 1889, two shot; at this date several seen but all 

 were silent. 



Beaverton. A. W. Anthony. May 22, first; com- 

 mon June 7 ; in the last week in July I found two nests 

 and eggs on large ferns. 



0. B. Johnson, 1880. Quite common'in summer. 



Walla Walla. Dr. Williams. June 16, 1885, six miles 

 from the post (identification correct). 



British Columbia. John Fannin. Common summer 

 resident. 



Burrard Inlet, B. C. John Fannin. May 26, 1885, 

 first; May 28 next; common June 6; breeds. 



Henshaw. Numerous summer resident well up into 

 Oregon. 



Bendire. I saw a number May 8, 1876, on Rattle- 

 snake Creek. 



Ridgway. The most abundant and generally dis- 

 tributed of the Empidonaces . Specimens at Sacramento, 

 Ruby Valley and other localities. 



