j8 pacific coast avifauna [No. 2. 



104. Helminthophila celata lutescens (Ridgzv.). Lutescent Warbler. 

 Kaeding. — Fairly common, breeding in cavities of banks or in ferns 



along small streams. Fresh eggs were taken May 6 and June i. Emer- 

 son. — Noticed all through the mountains and canyons. Skirm. — A com- 

 mon sunmier resident on the San Lorenzo River, where they nest in wild 

 blackberry bushes.^ 



105. Dendroica aestiva Morcomi Coale. Yellow Warbler. 



Taken at Santa Cruz by Hoover. Kaeding.— Very common, breed- 

 ing. Emerson. — One was seen in a migration wave September 12, 1884, 

 with the three species next following. Cooper.-— First s'een April 12, 1865.* 



106. Dendroica auduboni ( 7^(?zf^«^.). Audubon Warbler. 



Emerson.— Common in the fall and spring migrations. Kaeding.— A 

 few were seen throughout the month, undoubtedly late migrants. Inger- 

 soll records a flock seen October 1,1885.3 Cooper.— Arrives September 

 25; leaves April 15. '^ 



107. Dendroica nigrescens (777a 7/ j-.j. Black-throated Gray Warbler. 



108. Dendroica townsendi (7c'7i 7/5.). Townsend Warbler. 



In a letter to Coues, Wm. A. Cooper writing from Santa Cruz, says of 

 this species: "Mv first specimen, taken November 3, 1878, was feeding in 

 company with Parus rufesccus, I'ireo hutfoni, Psaltrjpariis minimus, and 

 Regulus, in willows, alders, and sycamores on the bank of a river. Novem- 

 ber 14 I shot eight specimens, and could readily have obtained thrice the 

 number, as I saw fully a hundred feeding in a similar location. "-^ * * 

 January i, 1879, I shot my last specimen, not having been out since. "5 



109. Dendroica occidentalis (77?&"?«.). Hermit Warbler. 



Fiske records taking the eggs of this warbler from a nest in black- 

 berry vines on May 20, 1890. I consider this a mistake in identification. 

 Emerson.— This and the two next preceding species were seen in the oaks 

 feeding as they moved along, 

 no. Seiurus noveboracensis notabilis i'^zV^Tt'. (irinnell Water-Thrush. 



Ingersoll. September 25, 1885, I took a female at Santa Cruz and I 

 have another female that was taken by Mr. J. R. Chalker who was with 

 me hunting a few days before I shot mine.^ 



111. Geothlypis tolmiei (TTjk'w.?.). Tolmie Warbler. 



Emerson noted this form once at the summit on May 11, 1889. 



112. Geothlypis trichas arizela O/^ffr//.'' 



Emerson. — Seen at Santa Cruz among the rushes along the river in 

 May, 1889. McGregor and Fiske. — Rare summer resident. 



113. Icteria virens longicauda {Laior.). Long-tailed Chat. 



McGregor and Fiske. — Common summer resident near Santa Cruz. 



1. Belding, op. cit., p. 207. 



2. Proc. Nat. Mus., 1880, p. 245. 



3. Belding op. cit. p. 212. 



4. Proc. Nat. Mus., 18S0, p. 245. 



5. Bull. Nutt. Ornith. Club, IV, 1S79, p. 117. 



6. Belding, op. iiL, p. 216. 



7. Oberholser, Auk.. XVI; 1899. p. 256. 



