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resident breedin^f in Jellersoii Cnunty, in tliiit Stiite. This is its most east- 

 ern kudwii occniTeiice. In the Sniitiisoniiui Museum are skins from Fort 

 .StoiLacouni, Fort Tejon, and Mexico, Tliis species is ])r(ilpiiiily identical with 

 tlio Litthi Tyrant Flyeatclier, descrilied liy Swainson in tiie Fauna I'xireall 

 as both IVdui Mexico and i'nun the Arctic r(\L,d()ns. I)r. liichardson was not 

 nblo to sujiply anytliinj,' in re;j;ard to its habitn. Th(!y were lirst seen l>y 

 liim at the Carlton House on the 19th of May. For a tew days they were 

 found llitiini,' aluiut anions; low bushes on the l)aidvs of the rivt'r, alter which 

 thoy retired to moist shady woods lyinj,' fartiter north. 



Mr. Jfid^way menti(jns the E. jiksH/hk as tiie mo.sl common of the Empi- 

 (hnnrvH in the (Jreat jjasin, as well as in California and tla; lloeky Moun- 

 tain.s. It is eliielly, if not entirely, confined to the willows alon;; streams, 

 but it is as common in the river valleys as in the mountain " [larks." In all 

 resi)ects it is a (!ounteri)art of the E. tniilli ; its notes, as well as its manners, 

 being tlie sarae. In Farley's Park, in the Wali.satch Mountains, at an ele- 

 vation of over 7,00(1 feet, tlu'y were breeding,' alauidantly ; about nightfall 

 they became ))articularly active, (diasing each other, with a merry twitter, 

 through the willow thickets, or, as they perched upon a dry twig, uttered 

 frequently, with swelling throats and raised crest, their odd but agreeable 

 enunciation oi pirlt// dear, as their notes were translated l)y the peojde of 

 the locality. 



In the Department of Vera Cruz, INIexico, Mr. Sumiclirast gives thi.s spe- 

 cies as a summer resident witiiin the temperate region. He found it (|uite 

 common around Orizaba in the months of June and July. 



It was also met with on the Mexican lioiuidary Survey in summer, hav- 

 ing been taken in June at Los Xogales by Dr. Kennerly, and at Itio Nasas, 

 in Duvango, by Lieutenant Couch, the same month. 



Dr. Cones mentions it as moderately plentiful as a summer resident in 

 Arizona. None of this genus were very connnon at Fort Whipide, but this 

 one was by far the most characteristic species. It arrives there about the 

 nuddle of April, and remains through Se])teinbor. 



Dr. Suckley found this species (piite al)undant in the vicinity of Fort 

 Steilacoom, where it arrives early in May. It seems to prefer the vicinity 

 of bushes and low trees at the edges of dense forests. Tiiis sjjecies, he adds, 

 is rather less jjugnacious than others of the group, and in habits generally 

 more resembles the Vireo family. Its notes are said to be short but sweet, 

 and just after sundown on warm summer evenings particularly low, plain- 

 tive, and soothing. 



1 )r. ( "ooper s])eaks of it as found by him freciuenting the dark and gloomy 

 sjiruce forests, which it seems to prefer to more ojien jdaces. He fomid it 

 most inimerous near the coast, but also saw a few at Puget Sound, where 

 it arrived about the l.'.")th of A])ril, He s]ieaks of its song as lively but 

 monotonous. He found it very diHicult to get a sight of this bird among 

 the upper branches of the tall spruces, its color making it almost invisible in 



