1899.] VAX DENBURGII — BIRDS OF SANTA CLARA CO., CAL. 177 



Geothlypis trichas occidentalis. Western Yellow-throat. 



A number of these birds breed in the marshes south of San Jose. 



Icteria virens longicaiida. Long-tailed Chat. 



This beautiful bird is not uncommon along the watercourses, 

 but is so shy that it is rarely seen. It nests in May and June. 



Anthus pensilvanicus. American Pipit. 



This larklike bird is a very abundant winter resident, arriving 

 usually in October. 



Cinclus mexicanus, American Dipper. 



One not infrequently meets this bird when wandering along 

 streams in the rougher parts of the county, though it does not 

 breed here in nearly such numbers as among the redwoods of Santa 

 Cruz county. 



Minus polyglottos. Mockingbird. 



On February 17, 1893, ^ shot a male mockingbird that had been 

 living for some weeks in a small grove of peppers and cypresses 

 near Stanford University. This is the only one I have seen. It 

 bore no evidence of having been caged. 



Harporhynchus redivivus. California Thrasher. 



This common resident begins nest building usually in the first 

 week in April. Its eggs — which sometimes are without markings — 

 vary from two to four in number and may be found from the middle 

 of April until the middle of May. The song is clear and power- 

 ful, and so frequently includes snatches from the songs and calls of 

 other birds (among which are the flicker, housefinch, quail, gold- 

 finch, black-headed grosbeak, etc.) that this species is often spoken 

 of as the mountain mockingbird. 



Thryomafies bewickii spilurus. Vigor's Wren. 



Vigor's wren, is a resident species, very common in winter and 

 moderately common in summer. I have found fresh eggs as late as 

 June 18 (1890). 



Troglodytes aedon parkmanii. Parkman's Wren. 



Tne earliest of these wrens usually arrive at Los Gatos about tlie 

 -middle of March. By the end of that month they are common 



