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Calyfte coste was also secured, which extends its recorded range some- 
what to the north in California. A number of Szellula calliope, 86, 
were collected in April, the result of a bird wave. These birds are in the 
mounted collection of Mr. Walter E. Bryant, who kindly furnished me 
these data.— RIicHARD C. McGreGor, Palo Alto, Cal. 
Authority for the Name Myiarchus mexicanus.— The A.:O. U. List, 2d 
ed. 1895, No. 453, cites Myzarchus mexicanus Baird, B. N. A., 1858, p. 179, 
as the tenable name for the Tyraxnula mexicana of Kaup, P. Z.8. 1851. 
p- 51. This isan error; for Baird’s WZ mexzcanus of 1858 is MW. cznerascens, 
as shown by the synonymy he adduces, the habitat he assigns, and the 
description he gives. Baird’s mexzcanus has also been almost universally 
considered a synonym of czzerascens, as by Dr. Sclater in many places; by 
myself in my monograph of AZyzarchus, and in the ‘ Key,’ 2d—4th eds., 1884— 
go; and such reference of his name is implied by Baird himself, Hist. 
N. A. Birds, II, 1874, p. 331, where “ Myzarchus mexitcanus, KAuP, LAwWR.” 
appears, to the exclusion of AZ. mexzcanus Bd. 
The A. O. U. List, 1st ed., 1886, No. 453, cites as authority forthe name 
Mytarchus mexicanus Lawr. Ann. Lyc. N. Y., IX, May, 1869, p. 202. 
This is probably correct; for MW. mexicanus Dresser, Ibis, 1865, p. 473; 
though referring to the Texas bird, is undoubtedly czzerascens, as indicated 
by the locality, San Antonio, where czzerascens is known to occur.— 
ELiiott Coues, Washington, D. C. 
Hepburn’s Leucosticte (Leucosticte tephrocotis littoralds) in Summer, 
in Okanogan County, Washington.-—While engaged in exploring Wright’s 
Peak (alt. 9,310 feet), in the high ranges west of Lake Chelan, our 
party made camp on a mountain shoulder at the foot of a glacier, at an 
elevation of about 8,000 feet. Here amidst the ice and snow was to be 
seen a pair of the Leucostictes feeding their brood of full grown young. 
On account of their rosy, warm coats they seemed utterly disregardful of 
the bitter winds, and flitted freely from point to point on the morainic 
piles or hopped about on the snow. The parent birds appeared to forage 
two or three thousand feet down the mountain side — there was nothing 
above but rock —and when they appeared over the edge of the mountain 
wall,in returning from their excursions, the young would set up an eager 
clamor. The ashy hood to be seen in the adult birds was entirely absent 
in the young. Otherwise there was no marked difference in appearance 
at a slight distance. The birds were observed Aug. 5 to 8, 1896.—WiL- 
LIAM L. Dawson, Oberlin, Ohio. 
Ammodramus (Passerculus) sanctorum.— This bird is described in 
the ‘Key,’ 1884, 2d ed., p. 364, as Passerculus sanctorum, but has been 
ignored by the A. O. U., perhaps on account of my expressed doubt as to 
its validity. The type specimen, from San Benito Island in the Gulf of 
California, and another, also collected at the same time by Dr. T. H. 
Streets, U. S. N., are both in the Mus. Smiths. Inst. They were not in 
