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Family MNIOTILTIDJE : The American Warblers. 



*31. Helminthophaga ruficapiila, (Wils.). — Nashville Warbler. 



This Warbler arrived at Murphy's April 11, 1877, and was rather 

 common the remaining portion of the month, frequenting the deciduous 

 oaks on sunny hillsides, outnumbering at that time any of the Warblers 

 except B. aiiduboni. In the pine forests it frequents low bushes. 



A nest found at Big Trees in May was built on the ground in a thick 

 growth of an evergreen shrub. It was formed of pine-root fibres, and 

 contained five eggs, white, thickly spotted with reddish brown, mostly 

 concentrated on the large end, forming a prominent ring. 



It does not breed much below Big Trees — I have not seen it in the 

 vallej', its range extending from 2,500 feet upward. 



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Apr. 1, 1877 

 Apr. 1, 1877 

 May —1877 

 Autumn, 1877 



July 1M878 

 July 16.1878 



*32. Helminthophaga celata, ft. lutescens, Ridgw. —Califorman Orange-crowned 

 Warbler. 



This bird was first noticed at Murphy's on the 20th of April, 1877, and 

 was rather common until about May 1. A few were seen at Stockton 

 April 22, 1878, al ter which time it was rarely seen — in no instance after 

 May 10.* 



A few were seen on different occasions in January and February, 1878, 

 in the wild-grape and brier patches of the bottom-lands near Marys ville. 



In spring it feeds among the deciduous oaks. Later in the season, in 

 the pine forest, it is confined to low shrubbery. 



It is a common summer resident of Big- Trees,f and is abundant at 

 Soda Springs in fall. 



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'33. Dendrceca eestiva, (Gmel.). — Yellow Warbler. 



This well-known species is common in the valleys and foot-hills in. 

 summer, and is often me1 in the pine forests during the same time, where 

 it is principally confined to the willows and aspens in and around 

 meadows. It an iyed at Murphy's April 26, 1877, and at Stockton April 

 15, 1878, at which time Mt. Diablo and the "Coast Range?' were white 



*Under date of December 28, 1878, Mr. Belding writes that it was then found at 

 Stockton, but was rare. — R. R. 

 tits breeding range scarcely extends below this altitude. 



May —,1877 

 Jan. 8, 1878 

 Autumn, 1877 

 Autumn, 18T7 

 May — , 1877 

 Feb. 1?, 1878 

 Apr. 22,1878 



