350 NOKTH AMEHICAX BIRDS. 



In Wasliinj^tnn Territory tliis biril appears to \)v somewhat more common 

 tliau in other jtortion.s of the I'nited States. Dr. Siickk'y (►litained a s])eci- 

 intii at Fort Steihicooni. .July ll>, 1S5G. It was not very almndant about 

 I'liuet Sound, and slu>wed a preference l"or sliady thickets and (hjiise lohaj^e, 

 where it was n(.»t easily shot. I )r. Cooper speaks ot" it as very eonnnon, 

 arriving' early in May and t'reipientin;:: the h<»rders of woods, where, stationed 

 on tlie iopsof tall dead trees, it re[»eats a loud and melancholy cry through- 

 out the day, during the whole of summer. It frecpuuits small pine groves 

 along the coast, and also in the interior, and remains until late in September. 



In California Dr. Cooper found this species rather common in the Coast 

 K;'nge towards Santa Cruz, where they had ne.sts in May; but as these were 

 laiilt in high inaccessible branches, he was not able to examine them. He 

 also found it at Lake Tahoe in September. 



This sj)ecies was only met with by Mr. Kidgway in the pine woods high 

 n[) on the East Humboldt, Wahsatch, and Uintah Mountains. There it was 

 ])reeding, but was nowhere abundant, not more than two pairs being ob- 

 ser\ ed within an area of several miles. They preferred the rather open pine 

 woods, and were shot from the highest branches. Their common note was a 

 mellow ^)/(t'/-, much like one of the whistling notes of the Cardinal Grosbeak 

 {Cardinal is rinfin ian kh). 



Mr. Dresser states it to be not uncommon near San Antonio in the winter 

 season. Dr. Heermann mentions that two s])ecimens of this species were 

 olitained, to his knowledge, on the Cosumnes liivei, in California. It has 

 been taken in winter, in the State of Oaxaca, Mexico, by Mr. Uoucard, and 

 has been met with at Jalajia, and even as far south as Guatemala. 



A single s])ecimen of this bird was taken, August 2'J, 18-i(), at X' trtali. , 

 Greenland, and .>^ent to Copenhagen. 



The eggs of this species measure .80 of an inch in length by .62 in breadth, 

 and ;. ,' rounded at one end and sharply ta})ering at the other. The ground- 

 color is a rich cream-color with a roseate tint. They are beautifully marked 

 around the larger end with a ring of continent spots of lilac, purple, and 

 ied-]»rown. These vary in number and in the size of this crown, but the 

 markings are invarial)ly al)Out the larger end, as in Contopus vArens. 



Contopus pertinax, Cabaxis k Heine. 



MEXICAN OLIVE-SIDED FLTCATCHEB. 



Clnntopiis jyrfiiui.r, V xw. e\ Hein. Mns. Hein. 11, p. 72. — Sclater, Catal. Am. V>. 1S62, 

 'IW. — roiKs, Pr. Ac. riiil. 18fi6, 60. - Ei.i.ioT, Illust. B. Am. L j)!. viii. — CooiM-n, 

 rj.'ol. Sii.v. Calif, (^ni. I. .'V24. — CooPEn, Oni. Cal. I, 1870, 324. Contopus horclis, 

 S. lATEH, P. Z. S. IS.'iS, 301 : 18r>9, 43 ; llii.s, 1859, 122, 440. 



Sp. Ciiau. Xcaily nnilormly olivo-uray. liirliter on tlio throat awd alxloniinal rofrion, 

 where is a strong tiiiire of ochraceous-yellow ; feathers of the wiiig.s with faintly ligiiter 





