194 AMERICAN MIDLAND NATURALIST 
Species that bathe by dipping are the Warbling Vireo, King 
Bird, Kingfisher, Purple Martin and Barn Swallow. 
The Warbling Vireo flies from a perch near the water, dips 
once and then flies back to the perch. This performance is repeated 
twice. The bird then preens its plumage. The writer witnessed 
this bathing process but once. Further observations may show ~ 
. some variation in this vireo’s method of bathing. 
Somewhat like the Warbling Vireo, the Kingbird may fly 
from a perch and dip twice or thrice, but it does not return to 
the perch until after the last dipping. Or the bird may be flying 
over the water when it will suddenly dip three times and then 
continue its flight. These facts were obtained from two observa- 
tions. Is a similar method of bathing common to all flycatchers? 
The Purple Martin bathes while flying over the water. To 
watch a number of them, late in the afternoon as they come from 
a long flight, dipping again and again and splashing the water, - 
is one of the prettiest sights one may see in bird-life. This method 
of*bathing is, doubtless, common to the swallow family. 
The Kingfisher, whose well-known habit of striking the 
surface of water in obtaining small fish for food, incidentally does 
its bathing at the same time. Usually the bird makes but one 
effort to catch a fish, but occasionally two dips are taken before 
returning to a perch. 
A NEW GUTIERREZIA FROM OREGON. 
: : BY J. LUNELL. 
Gutierrezia ionensis sp. nov. 
De summo caudice valido, 4 cm. longo, ligneo, rami numerosi 
graciles, sed rigidi, 1-1.5 dm. longi, vel 1-10 capitula gerentes vel 
steriles, axillis foliorum dimidiae partis inferioris gemmis glutinosis 
vestitis, exeunt, rami omnes tempestivi una cum involucris et 
foliis insigniter glutinosi. Folia lineari-filiformia, 2.5—4 cm. longa, 
1 mm. lata vel minus, I-nervia. Capitula solitaria ramulos fasti- 
giatos vel inflexos terminantia, inflorescentiam apice plano pauci- 
capitatam, I-2.5 cm. altam, in extremitatibus summis ramorum 
definitam formantia. Glomeruli capitulorum 3-5 sessilium vel 
subsessilium absentes, Involucra turbinata, 5-6 mm. alta vel in- 
