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ent season. I do Dot know whether this is usually the ease or not, as 

 this was niy first spring and summer collecting here. Nearly every one 

 seems to know the Anna Humming-bird, but I did not see it here last 

 spring. 



T. alcxandri must have been rare at Big Trees, as I did not see an 

 adult male in spring plumage, and was not certain of the species to 

 which the one which I. shot there belonged. 



7+462 <f ad. *Marysville June 21, 1878 



74463 — juv. j do June 22, 1878 



75323 | cf juv. Moran's Meadow July 24, 1S78 



75324 —juv. Big Trees July — , 1878 



"112. Calypte annae, (Less.). — Anna Humming-bird. 



This Hummer is abundant at Murphy's and in the hills below during 

 a large portion of the year. It was seen at Copperopolis * on the 12th 

 of December of the present year. There were no wild flowers, except- 

 ing those of the ••Manzanita." Specimens shot there were very fat. and 

 had been feeding on a sweet gummy substance exuding from perfora- 

 tions made by Woodpeckers in the bark of an evergreen oak. 



74001 



d 



ad. 



74002 



d 



ad. 



74003 





ad. 



74004 





ad. 



75322 





ad. 



*Murplrvs Jan. 30, 1877 



do j Spring, 1877 



do | Spring. 1877 



do ' Spring, 1S77 



Bis Trees I Aus. 1,1878 



*113. Selasphonis rufus, (Gruel.). — Iiufous-baclced Humming-bird. 



This species is common at Big Trees in summer, and abundant at 

 Soda Springs in the fall. I have seen a few at Stockton and Murphy's 

 in spring. 



74267 



$ ad. 





Apr. 30, 1878 



7532G 



— juv. 



Big Trees 



July 25, 1878 



Family CAPRIMTJLGmZE : The Goatsuckers. 



114. "Antrostomus '' nuttalli. (And.). — Poor-iciU. 



. The specimen in the collection is the only one I have seen in two years. 



73978 j — ad. Stockton July — , 1877 



*115. Chordeiles popetue (VieflL) (,3- henryi, Cass. ?). — Night Hawk. 



The Night Hawk is abundant at Soda Springs in July and August 

 and during the first part of September. 



I suppose a few occur at Big Trees in July or August, as (in 187S) I 

 heard of " Whippoor wills n there which roosted on trees, but I could not 

 find any- 



* Copperopolis is in the pine belt, about 1,200 feet above sea-level. 



