266 -NOKTil AMEIJR'AX JJIJiD.S. 



in tlie tops „f the loftiest tirs i.u.l >a]wv evergreens of the forests, where it is 

 almost iiujiossilile to iwociire them. 



i)r. Cooper .•hserved one of this species at Shoalwater J5av, December l'(t 

 1.S..4. It was iu compMiiy with a iiuck of Titmice and other small birds' 

 'J he l..lh,wuig year, in Xovemher, he saw a small tlurk iu California iro- 

 •Hientni- tlie wiUonns in a low wet meadow, and was so fortunate as to 

 ]»rocure a [laii'. 



Kid-way met with it in the Kast Humboldt Mountains, where it was 

 rather common ni Septeniber, inhabiting the thiclvets of as].ens, alders, etc., 

 along the streams. 



Mr. I". L. Sclater obtained several fine specimens of this Warbler from 

 the west coast of Central America, and Mr. Salvin found it a winter visitant 

 at J)ueua.s, where he na-t with it even more IVe.iueutlv than the I).„/rnir„ 

 virais, with winch he f.amd it associnted. Skins were found amon- the 

 birds taken by Dr. \-au I'atten in Ciuatemala. A single .specimen has-been 

 taken m Tennsylvania. 



Mr. A. JJoucard obtained s].ecimens of this .species in the mountainous dis- 

 trict ot Totontepec, in the State of Ua.vaca, Me.vico. 



Dendroica occidentalis, Maiud. 



.VESXERN WARBLEB. 



-V 



na n,ri,ln,Udis, Townskn,., ,I. A. \. .S,.. VH, ,,. lS;i7, ILO (C.lu.nl.ia River). - In 

 Namtiv.., ]8;i!., :U0. -Al I,. On,, lii,,;;. V, ,,1. Iv. ,synV„;„ ,„r. 1!„n, ; a.m. Hints 

 Am. H, 1.1. xciu. Ilnulmi,;, „„■. \^MM^, MiiiLs X. Am. IS.'.S -'(is • Rev 1S.3 — 

 nM„.K,i &_S,VKLl.v, I!. H. K..,,. XII. ,,, IS.-,!,, irs (X. W. ,.„Jst). -'(■,.,„•".:.!,' (in,. 

 < 111. I, 18/(1, !!:>, Ih'inlroini cliritsni„nrl,i, ,S,i.at,.:|!, |'. /. s ISii-) 1<I (] „ P-h-mIi, 

 Mr.x.) (nntot IV Z. .S. ],S(iO, 1!.) : ll,is, is,;.",, ,si, ; is<i,;, V.n. I„n,lr„l,;, nirnnntrh 

 S.u.viN, I". Z. S. .May 2(i, 1803, 187, pi. .x.xiv, li^. -1 ((!.iatcn,ala). 



Sr. Cn.Mi. Spriwj mak. Crown witii .vi,|,..^ „r |1„. I„.a.l ami nock coMtinucHi.s liri,.],, 

 yellow, fcallif.-,. of tlR. ionner (.(Igcl narrowly wilh hlack ; ro.st or„|,|„.r parls ,l,-,rk hrowi, 

 edged with hliiisli-gray. so .inirh so on the hack .-nid nnnp leathers as t,. oh.sciire the hrown' 

 and with an ,,livarcous .sha.l,.. Chin, throat, and forepart ot hrcasi (ciidin- e.mvexly Ir.- 

 hindina s„hcrescc,nic ontlinc). with th.. nape, hhiek ; rest of under parts white'vcrv 

 fanitly streaked „„ the sides with hlaek. Two whit.' haii.ls on the win.i;-. two outer taij- 

 H'Mlh,Ts. and the n.nuinal p„rtion of a third, while ; the .shafl.s and an iulernal streak 

 towards the end, dark lin.wu. Hill jct-hlaek ; k-s hrown. Lcn-th. 1.70 ■ win- •'70- 

 tail. 2.;!0. ■ r.> - , 



SpriiKj frmah. Similar, hut duller gray above ; tlw yellow of the head le.s.s oxten.lcd, 

 and the throat whiti.sli sp.ilteil with dn.skv. 



Hai,. \V..stern i'rovine.^ of Unitcl .'States and Mexico (Moyapain, winter, S.'.MieitHASi,) 

 to (luateniala. N<it seen at Cape St. l,uea.s. 



^ An nutumnal ti.hilt male (.".n.dSI, (Jnaiemala, Decemlw, received from Mr. 

 Salvin, and a tyiie specimen of his " /;/n //v,(/r/.s") is much like (he .sju'lno- 

 male, having the tiiroat wliolly lilack, the ieatiiers, however, laintly margin.'d 



