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226. Vireo belli! pusillus (Coues). LEAST VIREO. 

 Breeds rather commonly at Marysville and Stockton. 



First seen at San Diego, April 19, 1884; a male shot. 

 First seen at San Diego, April 2, 1885; several. Rather 

 common summer resident in the willows near San 

 Diego. L. B. 



Poway. F. E. Blaisdell. First seen April 28, 1884; 

 May 21, nest and four eggs. First seen April 6, 1885. 

 Last seen in 1884, October 5. 



San Bernardino. F. Stephens. Common summer 

 resident of the valley; tolerably common summer resi- 

 dent of the foothills. 



Agua Caliente. F. Stephens. Two April 1; one 

 April 6; several April 14 and 15, 1886. 



Henshaw. The most abundant of its tribe about Los 

 Angeles in June. It seems to be a counterpart of V. 

 bellii. 



Cooper, 1870. Rather common along the upper part 

 of Mojave River in June, 1861, and in the following 

 spring about April 20 they began to arrive at San Diego 

 in considerable numbers. 



Ridgway. This vireo was the characteristic and most 

 abundant species at Sacramento City. Its notes are 

 somewhat different from those of V. bellii. 



[I have heard both and could not detect any differ- 

 ence. Their nests are usually if not always a few feet 

 from the ground in dense thickets]. L. B. 



Baird, Brewer and Ridgway, Appendix, vol. 3. "Dr. 

 Cooper found this species near San Buenaventura as 

 early as March 26, 1872, where it was quite common. 

 On the 23rd of April he found a nest." 



227. Vireo vicinior Coues. GRAY VIREO. 



F. Stephens. Very rare summer resident of the foot- 

 hills of San Bernardino County, also of Campo and 



