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in nil tho northern nnd wcstoni parts nf tlic Stiitc of Califoniia. About September 

 20, \f>7'2, this si>eeies came in great nunihers to the vicinity of San iJiiena- 

 ventura ami remained there all winter, going to tho mountains northward by 

 March I'O. 



Folioptila melanura (I, HI). Dr. (J()0])er informs me that while he found 

 I', oini/tii eonunon in September, he saw none of this species near San llueua- 

 ventnra until November ll', when small parties ajjpeared moving westward fnmi 

 the colder desert regions east of the mt)untaius. They kept entirely in the arte- 

 misia thickets among the sandy and dryest tracts, never going into the high trees 

 like /'. iMrnlea. In form, color, restless habits, and scolding mew, this species is 

 said to 1)0 a perfect miniature and mimic of the Catbird. 



According to Captain Ueudii'e the species is not connnon in Arizona, where he 

 met with three nests. "One before nic, found July iT), 1872, fastened in a bunch 

 of mistletoe, or rather suspended in it, is composed of a species of wild hemp fibres 

 nicely woven together, and lined with a few feathers and exceedingly fine grass. 

 The nest is ver\- neatly made : Outer diameter, 2 inches ; inner, 1.(10 ; depth, 1.50. 

 The mnnher of eggs is tivc, ground-color pale green, with spots of light reddish- 

 brown color scattered over the egg. Measurement, .TO by .40 of an inch. Their 

 notes are a rather harsh twitter, kept up for some time. They arc active little 

 birds, and arc ver^' restless. 



Chameea fasciata (I, si). Mr. Allen thinks that he saw this species in Col- 

 orado Territory. See Am. Nat. VI, June, 1872, and Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Ill, 

 No. (■). p. 181. 



Lophophanes inornatUS (I, 91). Mr. Aiken has obtained this species in 

 Kl I'aso Comity, Colorado, where it is connnon, while Mr. Ilenshaw, the naturalist 

 of Lieutenant Wheeler's expedition, foimd it abundant in Southern I'tah. These 

 Kocky Momitain specimens are much grayer and somewhat larger than those from 

 California. 



Farus rufescens (I, 104). Nests and eggs of a Pomx which undoubtedly 

 belong to this species were found by Mr. Will'am A. Coci])cr, at Santa Cruz, Cal. 

 One of these nests, sent to the Smithsonian Institution, was found about four 

 miles from Ssinta Cruz, April 22, 187-"?. The nest was composed of moss and fine 

 bark, largely inti'rmingled witii the fur of ral)bits and other uiall (|uadrupeds. It 

 was built in a hole in the liranch of a tree about ten feet from the gromid. The 

 branch was about half a foot in diameter and was partially decayed. Tho cavity 

 was about a foot in length from the nest to the j)lace where tho bird gained an 

 entrance, which was a small hole about an inch and a ipiarter in diameter. The 

 eggs were seven in niunber and contained ]Kirtially formed end)ryos. They 

 measure .04 of an inch in length by .-vl in breadth, resemble tiie eggs of the 

 atrial jiilhif, but are more sparingly marked witii s])ots, rather more minute and 

 of a lighter shade of reddish-brown, on a white ground. 



Sitta pygmsea (I, 120). This bird is ijrobably a geographical form of S. pii- 

 silla, as suggested l)y Mr. Allen (Hull. Mus. Comp. Zoiil., Vol. Ill, No. G, 

 p.] I-.). 



Sitta pusilla (I, 122). Young s))ccimens collected at Aiken. S. C, by Mr. 



