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no. Icteria virens longicauda (Lawr.). {Long-tailed 

 Chat), Two $ were taken at Yuma. They are occasional at San 

 Bernardino. 



in. Sylvania pusilla pileolata (Pall.). (Pileolated 

 Warbler). But six of this species are noted. Four from Cohuilla 

 Valley, one from Banning, and one from Yuma. 



112. Anthus pensilvanicus (Lath.). {American Pipit). 

 One taken in Cohuilla Valley April 9th. was moulting. They are 

 rather common Winter residents in Southern California. 



113. Oroscoptes montanus (Towns.). {Sage Thrasher). 

 A young $ was shot at Rabbit Springs June 6th. It was most 

 probably raised in the immediate vicinity. Several more were seen 

 but they were too shy to admit of an approach within gunshot. 



114. Mimus polyglottos (Linn.). {Mockingbird). A com- 

 mon resident. 



115. Harporhynchus redivivus (Gamb.). {Calif ornian 

 Thrasher). Common in the San Bernardino Valley. A $ shot 

 May 1st was incubating. 



116. Harporhynchus lecontei (Lawr.). {Leconte's 

 Thrasher). On April 10th a young $ was taken from a nest in 

 Cohuilla Valley. The brood consisted of four but the others were 

 left a few days 



A nest containing four eggs was also found on the same day, 

 It was built in a cholla cactus about 2,y 2 feet from the ground. It 

 was an old nest which had been relined and was so rotten as to fall 

 to pieces while I was trying to get it out of the cactus. The eggs 

 contained feathered embyros. The $ flew from the nest on my 

 approach I tried fully half an hour to get a shot at her but had to 

 give it up as she finally got so wild that she hid. 



Today I must have driven ten miles through country well 

 suited to the wants of this species and where they should be found, 

 if they are in the country with the above results. I also found 

 several old nests, some of which must have been made many years, 

 ago. 



I have seen but one nest built in anything but a cholla cactus 

 {Opuntia), this was placed in a "turpentine tree," a peculiar, 

 almost leafless shrub with dense, thorny branches. 



To find the nest of this bird one needs to drive about in the 

 sage bush, greasewood, and other chaparrel, where it grows sparsely 

 and has a cholla interspersed here and there. A glance at each 



