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Mniotilla occidental^, Gray, Genera. 
Dendroica occidentalis, Baird, Gen. Rep. Birds, p. 268. 
Sp. Ch.— Crown, with sides of the head and neck, continuous bright yellow, feathers of the former edged narrowly with 
black ; rest of upper parts dark brown, edged with bluish gray, so much so on the back and rump feathers as to obscure the 
brown, and with an olivaceous shade. Chin, throat, and fore part of breast, (ending coavexly behind in a sub-crescentic 
outline,) black ; rest of under parts white, faintly streaked on the sides with black. Two white bands on the wing, two 
outer tail feathers, and the terminal portion of a third, white, the shafts, and an internal streak towards the end, dark brown. 
Bill jet black. Length, 5.75; extent, 8; wing, 2.75. 
Hab .—Pacific coast. 
I obtained two specimens of this bird in June, 1856, at Fort Steilacoom. They are a shy 
bird, feeding and spending most of the time in the tops of the highest fir trees, thus rendering 
it exceedingly difficult to reach them with fine shot. Unfortunately, both of my specimens 
were lost while being sent to Washington city. They therefore were not examined by 
Professor Baird while making up the general report. 
The specimens I obtained both differed in their measurements from those of the bird obtained 
by Mr. Samuels in California. The color of the legs differed from that included in the list of 
specific characters given by Professor Baird. 
Specimen No. 392 of my collection, a male, killed June 14, 1856, at Fort Steilacoom, 
measured 5.75—8—2.75. 
Iris hazel, bill black, legs grayish black. This bird, in plumage, agreed exactly with that 
described by Nuttall. 
Another, marked 449, also a male, measured 5.50—8.12. 
I do not think that this species is rare on the Pacific coast; but from the inaccessible nature 
of its favorite resorts it will be a long time before enough are obtained to make it common in 
cabinets of natural history.—S. 
DENDROICA TOWNSENDII, Baird. 
Sylvia townsendii, (“Nuttall,”) Townsend, J. A. N. Sc. Ph. VII, n, 1837, 191.— Ib. Narrative, 1839, 341.— Aud. 
Orn Biog V, 1839, 36 ; pi. 393. 
Sylvicola lownsendii, Bonap. List, 1838.— Ib. Consp. 1850, 308.— Aud. Syn. 1839, 59.— Ib. Birds Am. II, 1841,59; 
pi. 92.— Nuttall, Man. I, 2d ed. 1840, 446. 
Dendroica lownsendii , Baird, Gen. Rep. Birds, p. 269. 
I saw, on December 20, 1854, at Shoalwater bay, a warbler, in company with a flock of 
titmice and other small birds, which I have no doubt was that named by Audubon in honor 
of Townsend, its discoverer. Nuttall speaks of it as early a passenger through Oregon on its 
way northward, and as frequenting only the summits of the trees. It may, therefore, winter 
in the Territory in small numbers, and probably mostly in the interior. In November, 1855, I 
saw a small flock of this species in California, frequenting the willows in a wet low meadow, 
and obtained a pair.—C. 
Mr. Philip Lutley Sclater, of London, has several excellent specimens of Sylvicola townsendii , 
obtained from the west coast of Central America. It probably extends in summer as far north 
as Russian America, thus having a very extended range along the Pacific coast. In Oregon, 
according to Mr. Townsend, it frequents the almost inaccessible tops of the Douglas fir, from 
whence it is very difficult to be obtained. It probably has many habits in common with the 
preceding species.—S. 
