1922] Swarth: Birds and Mammals of the 8tikine Region 299 



Regulus calendula calendula (Linnaeus). Euby-cr owned Kinglet 

 Occurred in about the same manner as the golden-crowned kinglet. 

 A few were seen between Telegraph Creek and the Summit during the 

 last week in May and the first week in June. Then on July 18 an adult 

 female was collected on a mountain slope near Doch-da-on Creek, at 

 about 4000 feet altitude, presumably upon its nesting ground. This 

 bird (no. 40281) is in very worn plumage, but, even so, there is no 

 doubt that it does not belong to the coastal subspecies, B. calendula 

 grinnelli. It is of a paler colored race of the interior. Whether or 

 not this is the same as the ashy colored subspecies, B. c. cineraceus, 

 of the mountains of California, the material at hand does not suffice 

 to determine. 



Regulus calendula grinnelli "W. Palmer. Sitka Kinglet 

 A few migrating ruby-crowned kinglets were seen at Great Glacier 

 on August 10, 11, and 13, and four specimens were collected (nos. 

 40282-40285). At Sergief Island a single bird was seen on Septem- 

 ber 1. The four obtained are all young birds molting from juvenal 

 into first winter plumage. They are clearly of the subspecies grinnelli. 



Myadestes townsendi (Audubon). Townsend Solitaire 

 Fairly common at low altitudes in the upper Stikine Valley. There 

 were at least three pairs nesting within half a mile of the town of 

 Telegraph Creek, and others were seen down the river as far as Doch- 

 da-on Creek. The solitaires had already reached the region when we 

 arrived, on May 23; in fact, nesting activities must have been well 

 under way by that time. On June 7 a nest was found containing five 

 eggs, just hatching ; the next morning it held three young birds. Two 

 of the eggs were apparently not fertile. This nest, close to town and 

 by the side of a road we traversed almost daily, was kept under obser- 

 vation until the family departed. On the morning of June 20 the 

 young were gone, having left since the previous evening. 



The nest was placed under the overhanging bank on the upper 

 side of a wood road. The slope was south facing and the nest well 

 exposed to the sun's rays. This exposure, advantageous as far as 

 warmth was concerned, placed the bulky structure conspicuously in 

 view of anyone passing along the road, for there was no concealing 

 vegetation on the bare, dirt bank. 



