1924] Swarth: Birds and Mammals of the Skeena River Region 361

month. Last seen September 3. Fight specimens collected, five adult

males, and two males and one female in first winter plumage (nos.
42455-42462).

Vermivora celata celata (Say). Orange-crowned Warbler

An orange-crowned warbler in juvenal plumage (no. 42463), col-
lected on the summit of Nine-mile Mountain, July 31, is either of the
subspecies celata or orestera. The young of these subspecies are
difficult to distinguish, but as no undoubted examples of orestera were
taken I am ascribing this individual to the race celata, of which other
specimens were collected. Celata may well have been breeding on
Nine-mile Mountain, but the presence of this young bird cannot be
taken as proof, for a juvenile Jutescens also was collected during the
same week. It is most unlikely that both subspecies were breeding
there, but which (if either) was nesting, and which the migrant, was
not ascertained.

Migrating celata first appeared in Kispiox Valley on August 26,
and until September 14 was of daily occurrence. Hight specimens
collected (nos. 42464-42471), three males and five females, all
immatures in first winter plumage.

Vermivora celata lutescens (Ridgway). Lutescent Warbler

A young lutescent warbler (commented upon above), in juvenal
plumage throughout (no. 42472), was collected at the summit of Nine-
mile Mountain, July 24, an immature female in first winter plumage
(no. 42473), in Kispiox Valley, August 28. These are all that were
seen of this subspecies, and presumably they were migrants from the
coast. It is possible, however, that lutescens occasionally breeds this
far inland, at high altitudes. A bright colored warbler of this species
(subspecies uncertain) was seen near Hazelton on May 27, among the
last of the spring migrants to pass through.

Vermivora peregrina (Wilson). Tennessee Warbler

A rare summer visitant. A male bird was seen singing near
Hazelton on June 2, and another observed in a garden in the town on
July 19. On June 22, in Kispiox Valley, a male (no. 42474) was
collected, and his mate seen. On July 10, at the same place, a pair of
Tennessee warblers was discovered making a great fuss over some
young hidden in a thicket nearby. These were the total of records for
the summer.

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