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month. Last seen September 3. Eight specimens collected, five adult 

 males, and two males and one female in first winter plumage (nos. 

 42455-42462). 



Vermivora celata celata (Say). Orange-crowned Warbler 



An orange-crowned warbler in juvenal plumage (no. 42463), col- 

 lected on the summit of Nine-mile Mountain, July 31, is either of the 

 subspecies celata or orestera. The young of these su.bspecies are 

 difficult to distinguish, but as no undoubted examples of orestera were 

 taken I am ascribing this individual to the race celata, of which other 

 specimens were collected. Celata may well have been breeding on 

 Nine-mile Mountain, but the presence of this young bird cannot be 

 taken as proof, for a juvenile hitescens also was collected during the 

 same week. It is most unlikely that both subspecies were breeding 

 there, but which (if either) was nesting, and which the migrant, was 

 not ascertained. 



Migrating celata first appeared in Kispiox Vallej'^ on Augiist 26, 

 and until September 14 was of daily occurrence. Eight specimens 

 collected (nos. 42464-42471), three males and five females, all 

 immatures in first winter plumage. 



Vermivora celata lutescens (Ridgway). Lutescent Warbler 



A young lutescent warbler (commented upon above), in juvenal 

 phimage throughout (no. 42472), was collected at the summit of Nine- 

 mile Mountain, July 24, an immature female in first winter plumage 

 (no. 42473), in Kispiox Valley, August 28. These are all that were 

 seen of this subspecies, and presumably they were migrants from the 

 coast. It is possible, however, that lutescens occasionally breeds this 

 far inland, at high altitudes. A bright colored warbler of this species 

 (subspecies uncertain) was seen near Hazelton on May 27, among the 

 last of the spring migrants to pass through. 



Vermivora peregrina (Wilson). Tennessee Warbler 



A rare summer visitant. A male bird was seen singing near 

 .Hazelton on June 2, and another observed in a garden in the town on 

 July 19. On June 22, in Kispiox Valley, a male (no. 42474) was 

 collected, and his ma.te seen. On July 10, at the same place, a pair of 

 Tennessee warblers was discovered making a great fuss over some 

 young hidden in a thicket nearby. These were the total of records for 

 the summer. 



