356 NORTH AMERICAX 13IKDS. 



In "Wiisliington Territory lliis bird appeavs t(i lii^ somewhat more common 

 than ill other ijortioiis of the United .Stales. Dr. Suekkiy obtained a S])eci- 

 iiieii at Koit Steilaeooiii, July 111, 185(3. It \va.s not very almndant about 

 I'liget .Sound, and .showed a prei'erenee I'or siiady thieivets and dense I'oliage, 

 where it was nut easily shot. Dr. Cooper speaks ol' it as very common, 

 Miriviiij;- early in Jlay and I'reiiuentinjf the borders of woods, where, stationed 

 on tiie tups ol' tall dead trees, it rei)eals a loud and melanehuly ery tIirou<ih- 

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

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



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

 IJange tow..ri;s Santa Cruz, where they had nests in May ; but as these were 

 liuih ill high inaece.ssilile branches, ho was not able to examine them. He 

 who found it at Lake Talioe in September. 



Tliis sjjecies was only met with by Mr. Kidgway in the pine woods high 

 u[i on the East Humboldt, AVahsatch, and Uintah Mountains. There it was 

 breeding, 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 ^)«t7', much like one of the whistling notes of the Cardinal Grosbeak 

 {CdrdUmlis virjiin ictnua). 



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

 season. Dr. neermann mentions that two specimens of this species were 

 obtained, to his knowledge, on the Cosumnes Itiver, in California. It has 

 lieen taken in winter, in the State of Oaxaca, Mexico, by Mr. Boucard, and 

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



A single s])eciinen of this bird was taken, August 21t, 1840, at Xenortalik, 

 CiriH'iilaiid, and sent to Copenhagen. 



Tliii eggs of this species measure .8(; of an inch in length by .62 in breadth, 

 and are rounded at one end and sharply ta])ering at the other. The ground- 

 color is a rich I'ream-color with a roseate tint. They are beautifully marked 

 aiDUiid the larger end with a ring of contluent spots of lilac, ])uri)le, and 

 ivd-brown. These; vary in number and in the size of this crown, but the 

 markings are invariablv about the larger end, as in Contopus vireiis. 



Contopus pertinax, Cabanis & Heink. 



UEXICArr OLIVE-SIDED FLTCATCHEB. 



Cniitnpn.t prrliiiii.f, (\\n. ot Ilr.iN. Mils. ITi'in. 11, p. 72. — Sci.ATEll, Tatnl. Am. 15. 1S()L>, 

 •J^il. - Cori-.s, Tr, Ac. I'liil. ISm!, 60. — Ki.i.ior, Illu.st. H. Am. I, pi. viii. — CodPrni, 

 (!c()l. Srrv. Cilif. din. I, :!'2t. - Cdopi:;!, Oni. Ciil. I, 1870, .324. Contopus hnirnlis, 

 S([,.vn'.!i, I'. '/,. S. \>^:,'H, :i01 ; 18.19, 4:i ; Ibi.s, IS."")!), 122, 440. 



Sp. Ciiat!. Xi'.'iily iiiiiConnly olivc-^jfriiy. lifrlitor on the tlivn.it anil aluloniiiiiil rcfrion, 

 where i.s a .^trmij,' liiijro of ochraceous-yellow ; I'eallier.s of the wiiig.s with Ihintly lighter 



