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Dr. Davenport, of Stockton, has ten specimens, which he got about 

 June 1 at Camp Seco, Calaveras County. 



The people of Camp Seco say that these birds visit that place only 

 when the cherries are ripe, when they come down from the mountains. 



Camp Seco. 

 do 



\ Last of 

 5 May, 1878* 



Family TAlSAGRIDiE : The Tanagers. 



*56. Pyranga ludoviciana, (Wils.). — Western Tanager. 



This handsome bird is a common summer resident of Big Trees, where 

 it is generally distributed through the forest. It is quite common at 

 Soda Springs in August and September, less common in the latter than 

 in the former month. About September 1, 1 noticed several flocks or 

 families of three or four, all of them females or young of the year, at 

 Murphy's. These were in the scattered oaks in the chaparral, feeding 

 on the " wild coffee." It breeds but little below Big Trees. 



73982 cf ad. Murphy's Apr. 30, 1877 



73983 cf ad. *Big Trees June— ,1877 



73984 (f ad do Juue— , 1877 



73985 ? ad do June— ,1877 



Family FBINGILLIDJE : The Finches. 



57. Loxia curvirostra, [3. americana, Wils. — American Bed Crossbill 



October 7, 1877, I saw at Summit Meadows what I am tolerably cer- 

 tain was a flock of these birds, and shot one, which I did not get, as it 

 lodged in a tree; do not think I have seen it at any other time. 



58. Hesperiphona vespertina, (Cooper). — Evening Grosbeak. 



A flock of these birds was observed at Soda Springs, August 25, 1877, 

 and flocks were occasionally seen in September, though they were not 

 numerous. A few years since I saw a tine adult male at Lake Tahoe 

 previous to August 1. Except upon these occasions, I do not remem- 

 I h i- having met with it. 



73538 

 73792 



cf ad. Soda Springs . 

 9 juv. j do 



tScpt.— , 1877 

 Sept. 10, 1877 



* 59. Pinicola enucleator, /3. canadensis, (Briss.). — Pine Grosbeak. 



A few of these birds were at Soda Springs in September, 1877. 

 is the only place where I have seen them. 



This 



73539 



cf juv. 



Soda Springs. 



Sept. 22, 1877 



* These specimens, shot from a flock of 16, were collected by Dr. E. C. Davenport, 

 t The latter parti of the month. 



