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less numerous. The species was not observed in Strawberry Val- 

 ley, low Transition and practically the same elevation as the 

 Garnet Queen Mine, though found at Puller's Mill nearby; two 

 thousand feet higher, in Tahquitz Valley, and from there 

 upwards, it was a very common species. Some of the birds were 

 seen but a few hundred feet below the summit of San Jacinto 

 Peak. 



In Round Valley during the first two weeks in July they 

 were common. A nest was found here on July 10, containing on 

 this date four newly hatched young. It was placed in a goose- 

 berry bush, about two feet above the ground, and was imper- 

 fectly concealed. In Tahquitz Valley toward the end of July, 

 the birds were abundant, the broods of young being now out of 

 the nests, and perched in the trees and bushes, attended by their 

 parents. 



Specimens were collected as follows: Cabezon, one (no. 1695) ; 

 Garnet Queen Mine, Santa Rosa Mountains, three (nos. 2462- 

 2464); Fuller's Mill, three (nos. 2003-2005); Tahquitz Valley, 

 sixteen (nos. 2828-2832, 2834-2836, 2838, 2839, 2843-2845, 2856- 

 2858) ; Round Valley, twelve (nos. 2106-2109, 2218-2221, 2837, 

 2840-2842), San Jacinto Peak, one (no. 2833), thirty-six in all. 

 Twenty-one of these are adults, fifteen in juvenal plumage. 

 One of the adults, no. 2841. Round Valley. July 27, has begun 

 the annual molt, patches of new feathers appearing on the 

 breast, dorsum and crown, and the new plumage is noticeably 

 dark in coloration, very different indeed from fall specimens of 

 E. griseus. 



Empidonax griseus Brewster 

 Gray Flycatcher 



The collection includes four small flycatchers taken near Cab- 

 ezon, at the northern base of the mountains, which we have, with 

 some hesitation, placed in a different category from the breed- 

 ing E. wrighti of the higher elevations. These birds (nos. 1692- 

 1694, 1696) were collected, the first three on May 4, the last on 

 May 16, and were, of course, transients at this locality. In 

 pale coloration and color of bill they are referable to grist us, 



