62 • Bulletin No. 16. 



Bluebird. Sialla slab's. — Nearly equal to its former numbers, but 

 not singing. 



Green-crested Flycather, Emfido7iax virescens. — Abundant in 

 all woods, and nesting plentifully. Its note was one of the ceaseless 

 sounds of the woods. Lynds Jones, Oberlin, Ohio. 



Ruby-throated Humming-bird Breeding in the Same Location for 

 Ten Consecutive Years. — On May 29, 1897, I collected a nest and two 

 fresh eggs of the little Ruby-tbroat from a pair of birds which have an- 

 nually nested in the same locality. The bird remained on the nest while 

 I severed the branch on which it was placed. The locality in which this 

 pair of birds have nested so long, is a small group of sugar maples near 

 a brook in a ravine on the border of a large wood. The first time I 

 found them nesting here was May 29, 1897, when. I took a nest and two 

 fresh eggs from a neighboring tree. On the same branch, and only six 

 inches away, was an old nest, showing the bii'ds had used the locality in 

 previous years. J. Warren Jacobs, Wayne sburg, Pa. 



Abundance of Dendroica in California. — For about a week prior to 

 January 21, 1897, I noticed a number of Warblers along a creek that 

 ran near a road, over which I passed daily. They were very active and 

 could be heard chirping as they searched for insects in the trees and on 

 the ground. I thought they were Audubon's, but on the 22nd I thought 

 the note sounded different from Audubon's, so I returned earlier than 

 usual (about 4:50 p. m.) and found them quite common, and they allowed 

 me to approach within from six to eleven feet, when to my surprise I saw 

 they were Myrtle. The creek was quite low and they would sit on the 

 rocks in water or search along the bank. On the 23rd I found about fifty 

 and shot one. On the 2nd of February I shot two more, and they ap- 

 peared to be old birds, though I could not say for sure. (One of the birds 

 was named by Mr. R. Ridgway of the Smithsonian.) I had not met the 

 Myrtle at any place except along the creek, but after February nearly all 

 the birds I noticed seemed to have the white throat patch. I could not 

 see any difference between this bird and Audubon's except there seemed 

 to be a slight difference in the note, and in the latter part of February I 

 could generally tell by note whether it was Audubon's or Myrtle. A small 

 note-book in which I kept my rough notes after March was lost, so all I 

 have is as follows : February 6, about twenty in oaks on hills. February 

 14, more common than Audubon's. March 7, about equally divided. 

 March 20, still common in hills. April 4, common as Audubon's. Al- 



