260 njuith amkimcan i;iiii>s. 



near F(»rt Stciljicoom, i^'ciici-.iny met with on oaks, mid very inncli rosenihliiii,' 

 Viiidiinra uutinhoni in its lial>its. Its :ii rival there he irives as ocenrriiii; 

 in the first week in Ajiril, or a nmnth earlier than stated hy Xuttall. 



I'r. Cooper met with a jtair at I'n^et Sound that appeared to have a nest, 

 thoui^di he son^lit lor it in vain. He desc ri I )es its note as taint and unvaried. 



IM-. Cones met with tliis AVarl>ler in the vicinity ot" F(»rt Whipple, Arizona. 

 He sjK'aks of it as common there as a s]>rinu and autumn nii^^nint. He thinks 

 that a few reniain to breed. It arrives in that T»'rritorv alxuit Ajtril 20, and 

 is found until hue in Sej»tend>er. It is most common anuai;.; the ]>ine-trees, 

 and in its ^'neml huhits is stated to resemhle the new s]»ecies /A f/ri'ritc. 



I )i-. Heermann found a few hirds of this species near Sac'amento, and also 

 on the ranue of mountains dividing the Calaveras and the Moktdumne Iiivers. 

 l)urinL: the survey hy Lieutenant Williamsons ])arty, Hr. Heermann nu;t 

 with a sin^K' sjtecimen amon^ the mountains, near the summit of the Tejon 

 Pass. It was in company with other small hirds, minrating southward, and 

 gleaning its food from among the to])Hiost branches of th" tallest oaks. He 

 states that its notes clo.selv resemhle the sounds of the locust. 



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Dr. Coo])er states that these hirds ap]»ear at San Diego hy the 2()th of 

 April, in small Hocks migrating n(»rthward, and tlu?n uttering only a faint 

 cliirj). They fretpient low hushes along the coast, hut as they pi-oceed farther 

 nortii they take to the decidu(Uis oaks as the leaves hegin to exj>and, early 

 in May, at which time they reach the Cohnnhia Iliver. He has never met 

 with any in Calif()rnia after April. 



Mr. liidgway ohservi'd this si)ecies only in the ]»ine and cedar woods of 

 the East HundmMt Mountains, -wherein all proliahility, they were breeding. 

 He observed numerous families of young birds following tlieir jiarents in 

 the months of July and August. He met with them only among the cedars 

 and the woods of the nut-pine, and never among the brushwood of the canons 

 and ravines. He states that the common ni»te of this bird greatlv resendd ?s 

 the sharp chirp of the Ihndruint ioronatii, and is louder and more distinct 

 than that of D.aiuhihoni. 



]\Ir. A. Houcard obtained s])ecimens of these birds at Oaxaca, Mexico, 

 • luring the winter months. 



Dendroica chrysopareia, S( l. ik salv. 



TELLOW-CHEEKEB WABBLEB. 



Dendrowf cli r if s,.j„ >,•,", S« i.atkh & S.m.vin, I'. Z. S. ISfiO, 2v*8. — In. I1)is, 1860. 273 

 (Vera Paz, Guatemala). - In. ISfJ.'t. - I)uf>.'<er, Ibi.s 1865, 477. — Baiud, Ktv. Am. 

 B. 1864, 183. — CnoPEH, Orn. Cal. I, 1*^70, 03. 



Sp. Cn.\R. r2'21>. Salvia collection.) Head and Ixxly above black, the feathers with 

 olive-ffreen edges, especially on the Ijack, obseiirintr the ^round-eolor ; rump clear black. 

 Entire side of head (extendinjcr to nostrils and on lowei- jaw), and the partially concealed 

 liases of the feathers on the median line of the forehead, veilow. with a narrow black line 



