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and I rarely saw it anywhere else: one was observed on the bare ground, 

 moving deliberately about the end of a decayed log. In its movements 

 it somewhat resembles the Nashville Warbler, and it is not shy, com- 

 pared with most birds. At Soda Springs it was quite common, keeping 

 generally under forty or fifty feet from the ground, though they some- 

 times go from the lower to the upper limbs of tall trees by short flights, 

 especially if the sun is shining only on the tree-tops. 



I recognized but two at Stockton : these were in the willows on the 

 natural levee of the San Joaquin Eiver. 



73039 

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9 juv. 



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Stockton 



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May 20, 

 May 20, 

 May 20, 

 May 20, 

 Autumn, 

 May 9, 

 May 18, 

 July 8, 

 Aug. 24, 

 July 17, 

 July 5, 

 July 25, 

 July 16, 



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37. Dendroeca townsendi, (Nutt.). — TownseiuVs Warbler. 



I have not noticed anything peculiar in the habits of this bird. Those 

 I have seen were unsuspecting, and rather slow in their movements, 

 being much like Z>. nigrescens in this respect. 



I shot what J supposed was a female of this species near Stockton, 

 June 3, 1878, but did not find it. 



The specimens in the collection are all I positively identified at Stock- 

 ton in the spring of 1878. 



73919 — ad. Soda Springs Autumn, 1877 



74251 (f ad. Stockton Apr. 29,1878 



74437 1 cT ad. [ do Apr. 29,1878 



74438 j ? ad. | do May 17,1878 



*38. Dendrceca nigrescens, (Towns.). — Black-throated Gray Warbler. 



This bird arrived at Murphy's April 15, 1877 ; at Stockton April 17, 

 1878. It is a summer resident of Big Trees, though far from abundant 

 there or at any of the places where I have found it. It was more nume- 

 rous in August than in July, though it seemed to be constantly present 

 during both months. It disappeared from Soda Springs about the mid- 

 dle of September, 1877, or rather it w as not seen after my return from 

 the Summit, September 22, and was rare when I left on the 15th. 



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Fall, 1877 

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