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slope, and in the Yosemite Valley, on the west slope of the Sierra, in July and August. Mr. Stephens 
found them common at Independence Creek, where a nest and four young were found at the edge of 
the creek June 18-23, at Bishop Creek, where they were feeding on a red berry locally known as 
buffalo berry, August 4-10, and at Menache Meadow, nearly to timber-line, May 24-26. They were 
common also at Big Cottonwood and Whitney Meadows; among the pines above Walker Basin, 
July 14; in the Sequoia National Park, among the pines and firs, and in the meadows, the first week 
in August; at Horse Corral Meadows, August 9-13; in King's River Cañon, August 13-16, and 
near Mineral King, September 9—12. In the western foot-hills of the Sierra they were seen as early 
as July 30 at Three Rivers, and Mr. Nelson found a few in the San Joaquin Valley, October 5-27, 
reported them as common about San Luis Obispo, October 28 to November 4, and he found them 
generally distributed along the route from San Simeon to Carpenteria and Santa Paula in November 
and December." 
Mr. Beckham found the Robin abundant at Pueblo, Colorado, during the nesting-season (Auk, 
ii. p. 140); and Mr. Drew, in his paper on the vertical range of birds in Colorado, gives the following 
elevations for the present species :—10,000 feet in spring, 11,500 feet in summer, and 13,000 feet in 
autumn (Auk, ii. p. 15). Mr. Goss has recorded it from Kansas in October, when he saw a small 
flock (Auk, iii. p. 115). 
In Arizona Mr. Mearns says that it is an abundant summer resident from the beginning of 
the pine-belt upwards, but does not occur below the pines in summer. It ranges high at times, 
but is not common above the pine-zone, though he found nests with young birds on the upper line of 
the pine-timber on the Ist of June (Auk, vii. p. 264). Mr. W. Е. D. Scott observes :— This form 
of the Robin I found to be a regular fall, winter, and early spring resident in the Catalinas (altitude 
3500 to 6000 feet). They arrive here in the fall about November 1, and are soon quite common in 
small flocks or companies. All through the winter they are more or less common, but towards 
spring their numbers seem to be very considerably increased, and they are quite common until late 
in March, and are to be seen sparingly during the first week in April. 1 have frequently heard the 
males beginning to sing before they left this point, and on one occasion a single Robin was noted 
on Мау 5, 1885. I have observed the species in the pine-forests of the Catalinas in November, and 
on the San Pedro River in January. They are, though regular visitors, much more abundant some 
seasons than others, and were especially common during the winter of 1885-86 " (Auk, v. p. 167). 
Mr. Henshaw says that the present species is common in autumn in New Mexico (Auk, ii. 
p. 930), апа Mr. Stevens observes that it winters abundantly in that State, and that a few pass the 
summer in the high mountains (Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, iii. p. 92). 
In Texas the two races of the Robin occur in winter, as already noticed in the account of 
T. migratorius. Mr. Lloyd says that 7. propinquus is а rare bird in Concho County in the autumn, 
and a few winter in Tom Green County, but it is abundant in winter to the west of the latter 
(Auk, iv. p. 298). In South-eastern Texas it is said by Mr. Brown to be “irregularly abundant" 
(Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, vi. p. 34). 
The present species is fully represented by the series of Mexican specimens in the British 
Museum, and it is evidently a resident in most parts of Mexico, breeding in the mountains and 
receiving a large accession of numbers in the winter months. The following is a list of the localities: 
represented by the specimens now before те :—Casa Colorada, Concepcion, March 7; Temosachio, 
March 15 (W. Lloyd: Salvin-Godman Coll.) Ciudad Durango, July (A. Forrer: 8-6. Coll). 
Sierra of San Luis Potosi, July (W. В. Richardson: S.-G. Coll.). Sierra de Valparaiso, Zacatecas, 
July to Sept., 8000 feet (ЈУ. В. R.: S.-G. Coll.). Real del Monte, Hidalgo, Oct. 21 (W. B. R.: 8-6. 
Coll.) Rio Frio, Iztaccihuatl, Sept. 24 (ЈУ. В. R.: S.-G. Coll.). Sierra Nevada de Colima, Dec. to 
April (W. B. R.: S.-G. Coll.). Sierra de Bolaños, Jalisco, Feb. to March (W. В. R.: 8-6. Coll.). 
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