BIRDS OF THE PACIFIC DISTRICT. 101 



109. Empidonax pusillus (Swains.) Little Fly- 

 catcher. 



Campo, May 7-9 rare. — L. B. 



Poway. F. E. Blaisdell. — May 6, first. 



San Bernardino. F. Stephens. — Rare migrant in 

 valley and foothills. 



Henshaw, 1876. Abundant in southern California, 

 especially so in the swampy thickets about Los Angeles. 

 Specimens at Los Angeles and Santa Barbara in June; 

 Fort Tejon and Tejon Mountains in August. 



L- B. — Very common summer resident in willows of 

 ■Central California, most so along the valley rivers; eggs 

 taken at Blood's, altitude 7,200 feet; breeds at many 

 localities in the Sierra, as at Summit; Butte Creek 

 House; Sierra Valley and at Hermit and Hope valleys 

 farther south; arrives at Stockton about May 1 (April 

 30, 1878, May 4, 1880, the latter a backward spring); 

 May 7, 1889, two shot; at this date several seen but all 

 were silent. 



Beaverton. A. W. Anthony. — May 22, first; com- 

 mon June 7; in the last week in July I found two nests 

 and eggs on large ferns. 



0. B. Johnson, 1880. Quite common'in summer. 



Walla Walla. Dr. Williams. — June 16, 1885, six miles 

 from the post (identification correct). 



British Columbia. John Fannin. — Common summer 

 resident. 



Burrard Inlet, B. C. John Fannin.— May 26, 1885, 

 first; May 28 next; common June 6; breeds. 



Henshaw. Numerous summer resident well up into 

 Oregon. 



Bendire. I saw a number May 8, 1876, on Rattle- 

 snake Creek. 



Ridgway. The most abundant and generally dis- 

 tributed of the Empidonaces. Specimens at Sacramento, 

 Ruby Valley and other localities. 



