58 PACIFIC COAST AV^IFAUNA No. 15 



Reg"ulus calendula calendula. liul)y-er()wned Kiiiglef 



One was taken by Uailey, October 28, 1918, in Stone Cabin Canyon. They 

 were abundant throu<ihont the winter of 1920-1921, coming to our camp feed- 

 iii«:- tal)le and hnntini:- through Ihc live oaks and in('S(|uites. Not only the com- 

 mon chattering scold but tlie rippling song was heard occasionally during 

 tilt' winter. After April 20. when apparently the last was seen, a wind storm 

 followed by coolei' temperature seemed to ])i'ing back a few of them, and 

 with cold nights tliey were seen until April 80. 



At Rosemont, January 15, 1928, Taylor found tliem "common all around 

 the ranger station snid fre<piently met M'itli in the oaks from the station to the 

 Narragansett Mine." In the oaks of Barrel Canyon, January 16, perhaps fif- 

 teen were noted ; and they were common, January 17, below the ranger sta- 

 tion. Tn Madera Canyon, February 4, they were "noted at intervals between 

 5,000 and 6,500 feet." At Gardner's Ranch, February 9-10, they were "heard 

 at intervals in the oak's througliout the neighborhood." 



Polioptila caerulea obscura. Western C4natcatclier 



Taken by Stephens, May 20, 1881, in IMadera Canyon, and two by Nelson, 

 June 12 and 22. 1884. at Gardner's Ranch. A pair was taken by Howell. Aug- 

 ust 7, 1918, at 5,000 feet in Madera Canyon, another having been seen the 

 previous day at 4,700 feet. They were found by us in 1920-1921, fairly com- 

 mon in the mesquites and on the open slopes not far from 4.000 feet, at the 

 upper edge of the Lower Sonoran zone. 



Polioptila plumbea. Plumbeous Gnatcatcher 



Seen occasionally by Swartli in June, 1903, "just below the mountains 

 but not ascending' into the canyons at all." Seen by me, on April 8 and 22, 

 1921. in the mesquites below 4,000 feet, wlien the hoarse call note was recog- 

 nized as strikingly different from the tang of cncrnlea. 



Myadestes townsendi. ToAvnsend Solitaire 



Taken by Stephens, May 18, 1881, in Madera Canyon. One was seen by 

 me. March 25, 1921, at about 4,000 feet, in the live oaks of the dry wash lead- 

 ing l)ack to Stone Cabin Canyon. 



At Rosemont (5,000 feet), one Avas taken January 15, 1928, by Taylor. 

 On .January 17. he saw four, three in one place, "feeding on the beri-ies of 

 ('<IHx rcllcuJdfa.'' In IMadera Canyon. FebiMiary 4. they were lie.-ird on the 

 sunny southwest wall. \c;ir Gardnei-'s Ranch, Fel)ruary 9. one \v;i^ noted at 

 6.000 feet in Stetson l);im Canyon, near several junipers wliicli wei'c hiden 

 with the berries the Solitiiirc feeds on in the juniper and nut pine country on 

 coming down from its breeding grounds. In Stone Cal)in Canyon. F(d)ruary 



=*The Arizona form has been referred to under the name !,''^niilu>< ((ilrinlula r/«- 

 eracnis, Western Ruby-crowned Kinglet. 



