178 Random Bird-Notes. [ZOE 
Two spurred towhees (Pipilo maculatus megalonyx) were 
seen. 
That most beautiful swallow, the violet- green, ( Zachycineta 
thalassina) was seen to pass one morning on its way to the © 
oak flats. 
Audubon’s warbler (Dendroica audubont) was seen on one 
occasion passing hurriedly through the trees. 
A male black-throated gray warbler was seen feeding amongst 
low bushes early one morning. 
I saw four of the beautiful hermit warblers (Dendroica occt- 
dentalis); all were feeding in low bushes along the mountain 
streams. 
The California creeper (Certhia famtliaris occidentalis) was 
- observed several times running up and down first one tree and 
then another. All were busy hunting food for young. 
The slender-billed nuthatch (Sztta carolinensis aculeata) was 
.seen but once. 
I saw one Townsend’s solitaire (JZyadestes townsendiz) the 
day we arrived in camp at the grove. I collected a specimen at 
Haywards some ten or twelve years ago, the only one I have 
heard of being taken so near the Coast. 
A ruby-crowned wren (Regulus calendula) was observed feed- 
ing in a fir tree. 
; The notes of small thrushes (7urdus) were heard several 
times, but the birds being so shy, I could not get a glimpse of 
them. 
The following birds were observed from June 2oth to 25th in 
the Yosemite Valley. It is a garden spot on a grand scale for 
bird life. I think that the valley is one of the best spots in 
California to spend a season, collecting. Here are found trees 
and shrubs of the white, black and chestnut oaks, yellow, silver 
and sugar pines, red cedar, Douglas fir, willows, cottonwood and 
alders, manzanita, chemise, chaparral, wax-berry, deer-brush, 
wild rose, California azalea, wild coffee, dog-wood, mountain 
mahogany, wild cherry, currant and gooseberry. 
_. Killdeer (2gzalitts vocifera) were seen along the Merced 
River banks. , : 
The day we entered the valley, June 19th, a bevy of downy 
