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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 as a 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 cassini. 



Pciic<sa rujiceps. 



Melospiza fasciata heermanni. 



Passcrella iliaca megarhyncha. 



Troglodytes dcdon 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 albociliatzis, was seen at San Telmo, ten miles from the coast, 

 April 30. 



Ajias 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 

 verj^ 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 region, as it is subject to 



