ocr., 1899.] BIRDS. 1 
50. Chetura vauxi(?). Vaux Swift. 
A couple of miles below Wagon Camp a small black swift was seen 
by Vernon Bailey about July 24. At Sisson numbers of swifts were 
seen September 1 and September 10 by R. T. Fisher, and on Septem- 
ber 3 by Florence A. Merriain, but they flew too high to be shot. 
51. Aéronautes melanoleucus. White-throated Swift. 
Several were seen high up on Mud Creek Canyon early in August 
by W. H. Osgood. 
52. Calypte anna. Anna Hummingbird. 
Apparently breeding at Wagon Camp, where one was shot July 22 
by John H. Sage. Breeds on the lower McCloud River (Townsend). 
53. Selasphorus rufus. Rufous Hummingbird. 
The commonest hummingbird of Shasta, breeding, apparently, from 
the lower edge of the Shasta firs to timberline, though it is possible 
that those seen at high altitudes had moved up to feed from the painted 
cups in the heather meadows after the breeding season was over. At 
Wagon Camp, where they were abundant in July and early August, 
they seemed to feed chiefly from the scarlet painted cup (Castilleja 
minwta). 
54, Stellula calliope. Calliope Hummingbird. 
Nearly as abundant as Sclusphorus rufus, and the commoner of the 
two at high altitudes. In early August both species were constantly 
hovering over the superb flowers of the scarlet paint brush (Castilleja 
miniata) in the heather meadows near timberline. They were seen also 
visiting the large yellow blossoms of Mimulus implecus, which singular 
species forms mucilaginous beds in the little streams at and below tim- 
berline. Walter K. and R. T. Fisher found them abundant in Ash 
Creek Canyon about the first of August, particularly among the painted 
cups and delphiniums. 
[Trochilus alexandri is recorded by C. H. Townsend as breeding along 
the lower McCloud, but was not obtained by us. In this connection 
it should be remembered that we did not collect hummingbirds in the 
low country, either at Sisson or in Squaw Creek Valley. | 
55. Tyrannus verticalis. Arkansas Kingbird. 
At Gazelle, on the west side of Shasta Valley, Vernon Bailey saw 
three on telegraph wires October 31. C. H. Townsend records the 
species as breeding on the lower McCloud River. In July, 1899, Wal- 
ter K. Fisher found this kingbird common in Shasta and Little Shasta 
valleys. 
56. Sayornis saya. Say Pheebe. 
One was seen about an old windmill in Shasta Valley September 19 
by W. H. Osgood. 
