2(iG Nnirni amkkkax iukds. 



ill the t<)]»s of tilt' lottii'st tirs ami oIIkt evergreens of the forests, wliere it is 

 almost iinpossihle tn lU'ocure them. 



Dr. Cooper oliserve«l one (»f this species at Sh«»al\vater Day, Deeemlter lM>, 

 isr)4. It was in eompaiiy with a lloek of Titmice and other small Itirds. 

 The following year, in Xovemher, he saw a small Mock in California, fre- 

 (iuenting the willows in a low wet meadow, and was so fortunate as to 

 j>rocure a i>air. 



Ifidgway met with it in the Kast Humboldt Mountains, where it was 

 rather common in September, inhabiting the thickets of asjjens, alders, etc., 

 alonii" the stream.s. 



Mr. V. L. Sclater obtained several fine specimens of this Warbler from 

 the west coast of Central America, and ^Ir. Salvin found it a winter visitant 

 at Dueiias, where he met with it even more fietiueiitly than the Dnnlroho 

 cireiis, with which he found it associated. Skins were huind anuuig the 

 birds taken by J)r. Van Tatten in CJuatemala. A single specimen lias been 

 taken in IVnnsylvania. 



^Ir. A. Boucard obtained specimens of this species in the mountainous dis- 

 trict of Totontepec, in the State of Oaxaca, .Mexico. 



Dendroica occidentalis, IJaikd. 



WESTERN WABBLES. 



S]ih'in n,ridcntalis, Townskm), J. A. N. Sr. VII, ii, 1S:57, li»0 (Colmnlna Ki\ ri>. — Ib. 

 Nanativf, 1S:V.'. :{4(t. -Ari». Ov\\. i>ii><i. V. i>l. Iv. Siilvi'-fho mr. lioN. : Ari>. Binls 

 Am. II, ]»1. xriii. Ihiuh-niiii m-r. IJ.Mitit, HinLs N. Am. 18."»8, 20s : Ktv. 183. — 

 Cooi'Ki: it Sr« KLF.v, K. K. K«'i». Xll, ii, is.'>;t, 17S (N. \V. coast). - Cooi-kk, Oni. 

 Tal. I, lvS7<i, S>2. Ihiiih-iiini i-hi-jisniMiri in, ScLATKK, r. Z. S. lS»>-i, 11> (La Tai ida, 

 ;Mtx.) oiot of r. Z. S. ISOO, \Vi) : II. is, 18<;ri. 81> : 1S«)H, ll»l. lhndi->noi iiireivcntris, 

 Sai.vin, r. Z. S. May 2C, 1863, 187, pi. xxiv, ti<,'. 2 ((Uiatt-niala). 



Sp. Char. Sprinfj male. Crown with sides of the licad and nock continuous Vtrig'ht 

 yellow, feathers of tlic foiiner cdijcd nairowly '.vith black; rest of upper paits tjark l»i(»\vn, 

 edged with hhiish-trray, so much so on th<' l>ack and rump leathers as t<> olisciiic tlic hrown. 

 and with an olivaceous shade Chin, throat, and forepart of hr<'ast (cndinir convi'xly l>c- 

 hind in a suhcrescentic outline), \\ith the nape. Mack; rest of ujuler parts white, very 

 faintly streaked on the sides with hlack. Two white bands on the winti". two outer tail- 

 feathers, and the terminal portion of a third, white; the shaft.s ami an internal streak 

 towards the end. dark brown. Bill jet-l)lack; legs )>rown. Length. 4.70; wing, 2.70; 

 tail. 2.30. 



Spj'inf/ feriKtle. Similar, but duller gray above ; the yellow of the head less extended, 

 ami the throat whitish spotted with du.^ky. 



Hais. Western Province of United States and Mexico (Moyapani, winter, Si'miciikast) 

 to Guatemala. Not seen at Cape St. Lucas. 



An autumnal adult male ':'»(>,(mS1, (iuatemala, December, received from Mr. 

 Salvin, and a type s]M'cinien of his " ;///v //v /////s") is much like the s])rinu' 

 male, having' the throat wholly black, the feathers, liowever, faintly inarLrined 



