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96. Cyanospiza amona. Lazuli Bunting. 
Common at Sisson (where it was seen feeding young July 15 by 
Miss Merriam), and ranging thence up through the chaparral of the 
Transition zone all the way to Wagon Camp, where a nest was found 
and the parent secured July 17 by W. H. Osgood, who obtained 
another in Mud Creek Canyon August 3. 
07. Piranga ludoviciana. Mountain Tanager. 
One of the commonest, as well as handsomest, birds of the Shasta 
fir forest. At Wagon Camp, at the lower edge of the Canadian zone, 
these tanagers were seen every day from the middle of July uutil 
August 10, when that camp was temporarily abandoned. They were 
very tame, and spent much time in camp, drinking from our little spring 
and peering at us from the lower branches of the firs. On July 21 I 
saw several picking caterpillars from the leaves of the buck brush 
(Ceanothus velutinus) in an opening in the firs. Walter K. Fisher 
states that one sang continuously at his camp in Mud Creek Canyon 
at the mouth of Clear Creek about the end of July. At Sisson this 
tanager was seen July 15 by Miss Merriam. 
98. Progne subis hesperia. Western Martin. 
Not observed by us, but recorded by C. H. Townsend, who, in 1883, 
noticed a few “about some buildings at the west base of Mount Shasta 
in midsummer.” One seen about 6 miles northwest of Edgewood by 
Walter K. Fisher. 
99. Petrochelidon lunifrons. Cliff Swallow. 
Common at Sisson, where it was noted by Miss Merriam tae middle 
of July, and by R. T. Fisher the first half of September. Abundant in 
Shasta Valley (W. K. Fisher). 
100. Hirundo erythrogastra. Barn Swallow. 
Common at Sisson, and seen in Shasta Valley September 17 to 20 by 
W. H. Osgood. Common in Shasta Valley in July (W. K. Fisher). 
101. Tachycineta thalassina. Violet-green Swallow. 
Common at Sisson, and seen once or twice flying over the chaparral, 
nearly up to Wagon Camp. 
102. Tachycineta bicolor. Tree Swallow; White-bellied Swallow. 
Swallows believed to be this species were seen several times between 
Wagon Camp and Sisson, and C. H. Townsend records them as abun- 
dant breeders on the lower McCloud. 
103. Stelgidopteryx serripennis. Rough-winged Swallow. 
Walter K. Fisher saw some swallows at Edgewood in July, 1899, 
which he believed to be this species. 
