230 Birds of San Pedro Martir. [ZOE 
does from a sea of barren dry hills and reaching an elevation 
higher than any point south of Mt. Whitney, California, it is not 
strange that its fauna should be unusually interesting although 
its relationship is with that of the northern mountains. 
The birds observed in the pine belt were limited as to species, 
but abundant individually. A few species were limited to cer- 
tain localities and were not plenty, but asa rule all were gen- 
erally distributed. The list has been somewhat extended to 
embrace a few species not belonging to the mountain region, but 
unless otherwise stated, all species were found on or about the 
mountain. 
The following species are for the first time recorded from the 
peninsula: 
Carpodacus cassiné. 
Peuceéa ruficeps. 
Melosprza fasciata heermanni. 
Fasserella tliaca megarhyncha. 
Troglodytes aedon aztecus, 
Phalacrocorax penicillatus. BRANDT’S CORMORANT. In April, 
1889, I was told of a cormorant that had been about my camp at 
Valladares, six miles from the base of San Pedro. A short time 
afterwards I found its body in the creek. It had evidently 
strayed from the coast and followed up the stream until, unable to 
find its way back, it had starved. A single bird of this species, 
or albociliatus, was seen at San Telmo, ten miles from the coast, 
April 30. 
Anas boschas. MALLARD. Quite a number were nesting in 
the large meadows on top of the mountain when we arrived, 
May 13. A nest of eggs, on the point of hatching, was found 
by my brother, W. W. Anthony, May 17; the nest was placed 
in a hole under a pile of boulders by the side of the stream and 
very well hidden. 
Anas cyanoptera, CINNAMON TEAL. A few pairs were 
: nesting in La Grulla meadows, May 13. In October, 1887, 
this meadow was visited and large flocks of ducks of several 
species were found in shallow ponds formed by the early rains. 
They cannot, of course, winter in this Tegion, as it is subject to 
