42 General Notes. 



extent of white on the primaries and lateral tail-feathers, the specimen 

 resembles P. "arcticus." Nothing is wanting, in fact, to make it a typical 

 " ardicus " but the spots on the wing-coverts. Another specimen, sliot 

 by the same gentleman in the same locality, also shows a trace of white 

 on the scapulars. Examples intermediate between erythrophthalmus and 

 "ardicus" have long since been noted by Baird, myself, and others, but 

 all such hitherto known, so far as I am aware, have been from localities 

 Avhere the respective habitats of the two forms adjoin. The present case 

 oflfers additional and very strong evidence against the specific distinction 

 claimed for P. "ardicus." — Elliott Coues, Washington, D. G. 



[A considerable proportion of the specimens of P. crythrophthalmus taken 

 by me in 1871, in the vicinity of Leavenworth, Kan. (mainly in East 

 Leavenworth, Mo.), showed white spots on the scapulars and more white 

 on the wings than eastern examples, thus exhibiting a decided tendency 

 toward the characters of P. " ardicus" the eastern limit of the range of 

 which, in its tj^pical aspect, is the eastern base of the Rocky Mountains in 

 Colorado, some six hundred miles west of Leavenworth. — J. A. Allen.] 



VlREO viciNiOR IN CALIFORNIA. — I have fouud this Vireo to be not 

 uncommon in the vicinity of Campo, San Diego Co., Cal., fifty miles east 

 of San Diego Bay. It ranges through the mountains from the lower limit 

 of the pines down to about an altitude of three thousand feet. It is found 

 in thick low brush, very seldom going into or near trees. I have never 

 met with more than three together, having generally met with them singly. 

 They are shy and active, keep near the ground, and usually search a bush 

 thoroughly before leaving it, although not always going to the top. On 

 leaving the bush they commonly fly several yards before alighting in an- 

 other. They sing pretty steadily, the song consisting of a couple of syl- 

 lables repeated with different inflections, something like chu-wee, chu-we'e 

 chu-we'e, generally pausing a little after three or four notes. Sometimes 

 the order is reversed. This seems to be the song of the male, as the only 

 female that I am positive of having heard, sung more like V. fusillus. 

 Sometimes when alarmed they will scold like a Wren. When near to 

 them, as they are singing, a sort of whistling sound can be heard between 

 the notes. I have never seen them catching insects in the air, as some other 

 Vireos do, but have observed them scratching on the ground like a Pipilo. 



The colors are not so bleached as in specimens I have seen in New 

 Mexico, nor do the birds frequent the trees so much as those. I had hoped 

 to get a nest, as it is unknown, but have failed so far. They first ap- 

 peared about March 24, and as their numbers seen have varied but little 

 since the beginning of April till the present time (middle of June), they 

 probably do not go much farther north, which may account for their not 

 having been found in California before. — F. Stephens, Campo, Cal. 



Nest and Eggs op Zonotrichia coronata. — The ne-st and eggs of 

 this species have hitherto escaped the notice of collectors, and are, so far 



