178 Random Bird"- Notes. [zoe 



Two spurred towhees {Pipilo maculatus viegaloyiyx) were 

 seen. 



That most beautiful swallow, the violet- green, {Tachycineta 

 thalassina) was seen to pass one morning on its way to the 

 oak flats. 



Audubon's warbler [Dendroica auduboni) 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 occi- 

 dentalis); all were feeding in low bushes along the mountain 

 streams. 



The California creeper [Certhia familiaris 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 {Sltta carolinensis aculeata) was 

 seen but once. 



I saw one Townsend's solitaire {Alyadesies townsendii) the 

 day we arrived in camp at the grove. I collected a specimen at 

 Hay wards some ten or twelve years ago, the only one I have 

 heard of being taken so near the Coast. 



A ruby-crowned wren {Reguhcs calendula) was observed feed- 

 ing in a fir tree. 



The notes of small thrushes {Tiirdus) 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 20th 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 {ALgialitis vocifera) were seen along the Merced 

 River banks. 



The day we entered the valley, June 19th, a bevy of downy 



