TA\.\<:iiii).i: Till. T.\\A<:i:i:s. 4;]«| 



ill the soii!<nii tlicv were to Itc s«'»'ii tl\ iiiu v«'iv iirtivt'ly iilxiut in (pU'-t of 

 insect Inud lor llu-ir vnnnLi. < Mi llir hUli nf 'hily he s;i\v nnr canvinn u 'Vdi in 

 ill its ui<nii!i, slinwinn that its youiiLj were thm hatdictl mit. iMiiiin; the 

 lutM'dinLr-^^^'usnn thevan' niudi h'ss shv, lh«' males Ircniuiillv sittini^ on sunie 

 low limit, reiulerinLT the neiLihhorhnod joyniis with their tleliLchtl'iil melody. 



Tln'ii' stomach'^ were I'oiiinl tillecl with inject-;, ehietly eoleojitrra ; aiiioiiLj 

 these were many Ira^meiits of lln- larj^e ^^leen JJt'iu-t.sfis, tuund on the 

 I)oUL,dass til-trees. 



I)r. ('oo]»er adds to this account, that this hird arrives at T'nuvt Sound 

 ahout May lo, and hcionies a coniiiion summer resident in \Va>hin;^ton Ter- 

 ritory, especially near the river-hanks and anionti; the ]irairies, on wiiich arc; 

 lound deciduous trees. lie com]iares its soul: to ijiat of it-; hlack-winmd 

 relative {I\ ri'hrtf), hein;_; of a h*\v notes only, whistled in the manner of 

 tlie llohin, and sonndiuLr ax .!' the hird were »iuit<' distant, w hen in reality 

 it is very near. He met wiili these hirds east of the IJocky Mountains and 

 up to the VMh parallel. 



In California the same ohservor mitiood their arrival near San l>ii'Lr(», 

 in small parties, ahout the L'4th of Aj>r:l. The males come in advance of 

 their mates, and are more l»old and c(Hispicuous, the femah's heimi rarely seen. 

 lie saw none of them in the Coast IfanL^o toward Santa Cm::, (a- at Santa 

 liarhara, in sunimer. He also found them in Septeniher, lS(»(i, in the higher 

 Ifocky Mountains, near the sources of the C<»lumhia, in latitude 47 . In the 

 fall the younu and the old associate in families, all in the same <lun-L;reenisli 

 l>lumaL;e, feedini;- on the herries (jf the elder, and other sliruhs, without the 

 timidity they manitest in sprinn'. 



Mr. J. K. Lor<l states that he did Ufit once moot with this s]>ecies west of 

 the Cascade Mountains. He found them on the Spokan Plains and at ( 'ol- 

 ville, where they arrive in June. Male hirds were the tirst to he seen. On 

 their arrival they perch on tlie to])sof the highest pine-trees, and continually 

 utter a hiw pieninu' chirp. They soon after ]>air, and disappear in the forest. 

 Where tliey hreed, Mr. Lord was not ahle to discover, though he souL^ht h'\\s,\i 

 and low for their nests. As he never succeeded in findinii them, he conjec- 

 tured that they nnist hreed on the tops of the loftiest pine-trees. They all 

 leav(.' in Se])tenil)er, hut do not assemhle in tlocks. 



These Tanaixers hreed at least as far to tlu^ s(^uth as Arizona, Dr. Cones 

 haviuLj found tliem a sununcr resident near Fort AVhijijtle, thou<_:li rare. 

 They arrive there in the middh^ of A])ril, and leave late in Se]»temher. 



Ml'. Salvin states that this Tana^er was found hetween the volcanoes of 

 A_mia and Fue^o, at an elevation of ahout five thousand feet. Specimens 

 were also received i'rom the Vera Paz. 



Specimens of this species were taken near Oaxaca, Mexico, hy Mr. Boucard, 

 where tliev are winter residents. 



Mr. liiduwav writes that he first met with these Tanat-ers in Julv, ainnncr 

 the ])ines of the Sierra Xevada. There its sweet song first attracted his 



