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181. ANNA HUMMINGBIRD. Calypte anna. 
Common winter residents from the sea to the foothills, and 
present in fall and spring in smaller numbers. After the breeding 
season in the coast region many migrate to the mountains, re- 
maining there to the end of the season of bloom of flowers. 
182. RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD. Selasphorus rufus. 
Common spring migrants in the coast region and common late 
summer and fall migrants in the mountains. None breed here. 
I took a nest and we eggs in Alaska in June. Quarrelsome, even 
driving hawks aw: 
183. ALLEN HUMMINGBIRD. Selasphorus alleni. 
Rather common spring migrants in the coast region. Common 
Sm So in the mountains. Residents in the Santa Barbara 
slands. 
184. CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD. Stellula calliope. 
Rather common spring migrants through the foothills. Our 
smallest hummingbird. 
Order PASSERES. Perching Birds. 
The largest order of birds, containing many families of medium 
or small sized birds. 
Family TYRANNIDA. Flycatchers. 
A large family of wide distribution. The Flycatchers are of 
small size. Their food is insects, mostly caught in flight. Some 
of the species frequent shrubbery; others occur in forests, or in 
more or less open country where they can watch for passing in- 
sects from some perch. All are beneficial, with the exception of 
certain species that catch honey bees at times. 
185. WESTERN KINGBIRD. Tyrannus verticalis. 
Common summer residents except in the higher mountains. 
Eats drone bees occasionally. 
186. CASSIN KINGBIRD. Tyrannus vociferans. 
Rather rare residents of the coast region. 
187. ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER. Myiarchus 
cinerascens. 
Rather common summer residents of the foothills and lower 
mountains. Occasional in the coast region. Nests in knotholes 
in trees. 
188. SAY PHBE. Sayornis sayus. 
Common winter residents of the coast region, rare summer 
residents there but more common in the lower mountains, parti- 
cularly on the desert slope. Nests are built on ledges of rock walls 
in canons, usually but a few feet from the bottom. 
189. BLACK PHBE. Sayornis nigricans. 
Common residents from the sea to the pine forests. Most 
often found near water. The nests, made principally of mud, 
are placed under bridges, on beams in barns, etc. 
190. -OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER. Nuttalornis borealis. 
Summer residents of high mountains. Rare in this county be- 
