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Antonin Jay near Compttm, Los Angeles County, May 5, 1895, and three eggs, 

 fresh, taken by J. Grinnell near Pasadena. June 26, 1893 (Pub. 2, Pasadena Aca 1. 

 Sci., 1898,44)." 



325. (655) Dendroica coronata (Linnaeus). Myrtle Warbler. 

 Common winter visitant. South at least to Los Angeles County and San 



Clemente Island. Noted by H. S. Svvarth in the vicinity of Los Angeles, from 

 November 13 (1896) to March 1 (1901). J. Grinnell took an adult female on 

 Santa Barbara Island, May 15, 1897 (Pub. 1, Pasadena Acad. Sci., 1897, 7), and 

 C. B. Linton found the species fairly common in winter on San Clemente ( Condor 

 XI, 1909, 194). 



326. (656) Dendroica auduboni auduboni (J. K. Townsend). Audubon 

 Warbler. 



Summer resident from 4000 to more than 10.000 feet altitude in the 

 mountains. Breeds mostly in June. Very abundant and generally distributed 

 throughout the lowlands in winter. Appears in the lower country about the first 

 week in September and remains well into April. J. Grinnell found a nest con- 

 taining three eggs at about 4000 feet altitude in the San Bernardino Mountains, 

 June 21, 1905, and took four fresh eggs at Dry Lake, 9000 feet altitude, June 14, 

 1906 (Univ. Cahf. Publ. Zool. v, 1908, 112-114). 



327. (657) Dendroica magnolia (Wilson). Magnolia Warbler. 

 Rare migrant. Male taken by J. Grinnell on Santa-Barbara Island, May 15, 



1897 (Pub. 1, Pasadena Acad. Sci., 1897, 7). Immature female taken by H. S. 

 Swarth near Los Angeles, October 21, 1897 (Grinnell, Pub. 2, Pasadena Acad. 

 Sci., 1898, 45), and another immatiire female, taken by Mr. Swarth in the same 

 locality, October 5, 1901 (Condor iii, 1901, 145). So far as I know, these are 

 our only records. 



328. (665) Dendroica nigrescens (J. K. Townsend). Black-throated 

 Gray Warbler. 



Common summer resident of the mountains, from the foothills up to at least 

 6000 feet. Occurs in considerable numbers on the mesas and lowlands during 

 migrations. Spring migration, late March and the month of April ; fall migra- 

 tion, late September and the month of October. Earliest in the spring in Los 

 Angeles County: male taken by J. Grinnell near Pasadena, March 23, 1895 (Pub. 

 2, Pasadena Acad. Sci., 1898, 46). Latest in the fall: female taken by H. S. 

 Swarth near Los Angeles, October 30, 1899 (Condor ii, 1900, 91). J. G. Cooper 

 noted the species in spring migration at San Diego, April 20, 1862 (Land Bds. 

 Cal., 1870, 91), and L. Belding took a male in the same locality. May 3, 1885 

 (Land Bds. Pac. Dist., 1890, 212). In June, 1909. J. R. Pemberton saw this bird 

 frequently along Rincon Creek. Ventura County, from Stanley Park, elevation 

 400 feet, to the summit of the Santa Ynez Mountains, 4900 feet. A nest contain- 

 ing young was found at the summit on June 23 (Condor xii. 1910. 18). Ex- 

 treme nesting records are : Nest containing three small young, noted by J. Grin- 

 nell in the mountains north of Pasadena. May 19. 1895 ; and three eggs, consider- 

 ably incubated, taken by R. Arnold in the same locality, June 26, 1896 (Pub. 2, 

 Pasadena Acad. Sci., 1898, 46). 



