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329. (668) Dendroica townsendi (J. K. Townsend). Townsend War- 

 bler. 



Fairly common migrant, occasionally remaining through the winter. Spring 

 migration, April and early Alay ; fall migration, October and early November. 

 H. S. Swarth has noted the species frequently during migrations in the vicinity 

 of Los Angeles. He took a male in the Arroyo Seco, near Pasadena, as late as 

 May 18 (1899). He also took a female in Santa Monica Canon, Los Angeles 

 County, December 21, 1900, and another female in the Cahuenga Hills, February 

 14, 1902. T- Grinnell found the birds fairly common near Pasadena from April 

 22 to May 13, 1897, and took one specimen in the same locality, October 7, 189.^. 

 He also saw several birds on Mt. Wilson, December 12, 1896, and took a speci- 

 men in that locality, January 27, 1894 (Pub. 2, Pasadena Acad. Sci., 1898, 46). 

 W. P. Taylor found it common at Pasadena during January, 1909 (Condor xi, 

 1909, 69). 



F. O. Johnson took a specimen at Riverside, December 31, 1888 (Swarth, 

 Condor xii, 1910, 108). N. S. Goss noted it at Julian, San Diego County, April 

 17, 1884, and L. Belding took a male near San Diego, April 20, the same year 

 (Land Bds. Pac. Dist., 1890, 213). F. Stephens found it in small numbers at 

 Campo, San Diego County, April 27, 1877 (Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club viii, 1883, 188), 

 and, according to J. G. Cooper, small flocks arrived at San Diego about April 20. 

 1862 (Land Bds. Cal., 1870, 92). J. Grinnell and H. A. Gaylord took two females 

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

 and C. B. Linton took a specimen on San Clemente in December, 1908 (Condor 

 XI, 1909, 194). 



330. (669) Dendroica occidentalis (J. K. Townsend). Hermit Warbler. 

 Fairly common migrant, though irregularly so. Most plentiful in spring. 



Noted by J. Grinnell at Pasadena from April 22 to May 17, and one bird seen by 

 H. S. Swarth near Los Angeles, September 10, 1897 ( Pub. 2, Pasadena Acad. 

 Sci., 1898, 46). Mr. Swarth has also noted it in the spring near Los Angeles 

 from April 17 (1904) to May 16 (1900). He also saw one or two birds on Mt. 

 Wilson, May 20, 1898. G. F. Morcom took a female near Redondo, Los Angeles 

 County, May 10, 1901. J. Grinnell took an adult male at Bluff Lake, 7500 feet 

 altitude in the San Bernardino Mountains, September 3, 1905 (U^niv. Calif. Publ. 

 Zool. V. 1908, 115), and PL E. Wilder saw a flock at Little Bear Valley in late 

 July, 1910. It was noted commonly in migration at Campo, San Diego County, 

 by F. Stephens, April 27, 1877 (Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club. viii. 1883, 188). N. S. 

 Goss found it plentiful at Julian, San Diego County, April 25, 1884, and L. Beld- 

 ing saw three or four birds at Tia Juana, on the Mexican boundary, April 30 

 and May 2, 1885 (Land Bds. Pac. Dist.. 1890, 215). During the last week in 

 April, 1872, J. G. Cooper found it quite common in company with the two pre- 

 ceding species, in tlie Cuyamaca Mountains, San Diego County, between 1500 

 and 4000 feet aUitude ( Baird, Br. & Ridg., N. Am. Land Bds. iii. 1874, 506). H. 

 A. Gaylord took a female on Santa Barbara Island, May 14, 1897, and saw several 

 more the same day (Grinnell, Pub. 1, Pasadena Acad. Sci., 1897, 7). 



331. (675a) Seiurus noveboracensis notabilis Ridgway. Grinnell 

 W.\ter-Thrush. 



