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Kingfisher as a resident near San Diego, though not numerous (Land Bds. 

 Pac. Dist., 1890, 58). 



184. (393d) Dryobates villosus hyloscopus Cabanis & Heine. Caba- 

 \is Woodpecker. 



Common resident of the mountains up to at least 10.000 feet. Less com- 

 mon, locally, in the lower country. Quite numerous in the oak regions during 

 severe winters. Breeds mostly in April and early May. S. Peyton took four 

 slightly incubated eggs near Sespe, Ventura County, April 12, 1907. Antonin 

 lay took four fresh eggs near El Monte, Los Angeles County, March 25, 1900, 

 and G. F. Morcom took three slightly incubated eggs near Compton, May 2, 

 1897 (Grinnell, Pub. 2, Pasadena Acad. Sci., 1898, 25). In June, 1907, T 

 found several nests of this species in the San Bernardino Mountains from 6000 

 to 8000 feet altitude. They contained young of various ages. 



185. (394e) Dryobates pubescens turati (Malherbe). Willow Wood- 

 pecker. 



Common resident in the willow regions of the lower country. Breeds in 

 April and May. I took a set of seven eggs, about two-thirds incubated, near 

 Los Angeles, April 23. 1906, and J. E. Law took five fresh eggs near Pomona, 

 May 18, 1902. 



186. (397) Dryobates nuttalli (Gambel). Nuttall Woodpecker. 



This woodpecker, originally described from specimens taken near Los An- 

 geles ( Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. i, 1843, 259), is a common resident of 

 the mesas and foothills, and up to at least 5000 feet in the mountain canons. 

 It breeds mostly in April and early May. I took five fresh eggs near Mon- 

 rovia. Los Angeles County, May 6. 1905. B. T. Gault took six eggs, ad- 

 vanced in incubation, near Kedlands, San Bernardino County. April 24, 1883 

 ( Bull. Ridg. On. Club 2, 1887, 79). J. G. Cooper took a set of five eggs near 

 San Diego, April 20, 1862 (Land Birds Cal, 1870. 379). 



187. (399) Xenopicus albolarvatus (Cassin). White-headed Wood- 

 Pecker. 



Common resident of the Transition zone in the mountains, from 5000 to 

 8000 feet altitude. South to San Diego County. Occasional to lower levels in 

 winter. Breeds mostly in May. J. Grinnell found this woodpecker moderately 

 common on Mt. Pinos, Ventura County, in the summer of 1904 (Auk xxii, 

 1905, 383). During June, 1907, 1 found it very plentiful at Bear Valley in the 

 San Bernardino Mountains, and examined several nests, all of which contained 

 young birds. F. Stephens found it breeding in the Cuvamaca Mountains, San 

 Diego County, from 5800 to 7000 feet altitude. On June 19, 1893, he noted 

 a nest containing three young birds ( Bendire, Life Hist. X. A. Bds., 1895, 

 71). L. B. Bishop has a male taken by H. W. Marsden at Julian, San Diego 

 County, November 8, 1906, and E. E. Blaisdell noted it in the Volcan Moun- 

 tains, August 21, 1884 (Belding, Land Bds. Pac. Dist., 1890, 63). 



188. (402a) Sphyrapicus varius nuchalis Baird. Red-naped Sapsucker. 

 Occasional in winter. H. A. Gaylord took a specimen near Pasadena De- 



