. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds -- North America; Ornithology -- North American; Oiseaux -- Amérique du Nord; Ornithologie -- Amérique du Nord. TIIK HI'MMIXll ntliPS. 4t7 Pr. Cooper tliinks that lio met witli tliis species in Au^nist, 18r»:», on tlu^ suniniit of tiie Casciule MouiiUiins, luit mistook lliu specimens tor llie young Vjix\\\ in June, ;>'.), Mr. John Feilner tbund these birds breedin"' near I'itt lliver, CuUiornia, and obtained their nests. Tliis species was obtained by Mr. Kidj^way only on the Kast IIund>ol(lt M
. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds -- North America; Ornithology -- North American; Oiseaux -- Amérique du Nord; Ornithologie -- Amérique du Nord. TIIK HI'MMIXll ntliPS. 4t7 Pr. Cooper tliinks that lio met witli tliis species in Au^nist, 18r»:», on tlu^ suniniit of tiie Casciule MouiiUiins, luit mistook lliu specimens tor llie young Vjix\\\ in June, ;>'.), Mr. John Feilner tbund these birds breedin"' near I'itt lliver, CuUiornia, and obtained their nests. Tliis species was obtained by Mr. Kidj^way only on the Kast IIund>ol(lt Mountains, in Eastern Xevada. The two or three specimens sliot were females, obtained in Aui,Mist and Se])iember, and at the time mistaken tbr the youn<4 of ^V^^sy;//o/•/^s yyA<///^'r«.s', whicli was abundant at tliat hK-ality. Dr. W. J. lloltman writes, in rehition to this species, that on the 20tli of July, 1871, bein^' in cam]) at liij; Tines, a jdace about twenty-seven miles north of Camp Indei>endence, Calitbrnia, on a mountain stream, the banks of which are covered with an underj^Towth of cnttonwood and small bushes, lie frequently saw and heard Hunimin«x-I»irds ilyini,' around him. He at length discovered a nest, which was perched on a liml) directly over the swift current, where it was S(tmetimes subjected to the spray. The limb was but half an inch in thickness, and the nest was attached to it by nu'ans of thin fibres of ve^jjetable niaterisd and hairs. It contained two ei:'rs. The parents were taken, and ])roved to be tliis species. There were many" birds of the same kind at this point, constantly on the tops of the small pines in search of Genus TROCHILTTS, TrocliUuSy LiNX^us, Natura?, 1/48 (). Gen. Char. Metallic fjorn-ot of throat neailv even all round. Tail forked; the feathers lanceolate, acute, becoming gradually narrower from the central to the exterior. Inner six primaries abruptly and an
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