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winter or summer, below the Canadian life zone, a record like the present one 

 demands the severest test. The California Pine Grosbeak is a species the 

 occurrence of which anywhere under such zonal conditions as the 'hills of 

 Santa Barbara County,' to be thoroughly established would have to be backed 

 up by the taking of specimens at the very least" (Condor xiii, 1911, 141). 



14. (18.1 Hyp. List). Piranga rubriceps Gray. Gray Tanager. 



A South American species, a specimen of which is said to have been se- 

 cured at Dos Pueblos (Naples), Santa Barbara County (Bryant, Auk iv, 1887, 

 78). Probably an escaped cage bird (A. O. U. Check-List, 1910, 373). 



15. (625) Vireosylva flavoviridis Cassin. Yellow-green Vireo. 



W. W. Price records a specimen taken by him in the Santa Ana river 

 bottom near Riverside, October 1, 1887 (Auk v, 1888, 210). I have endeav- 

 ored to locate this specimen, but have been unable to do so. Mr. Price writes 

 me that he disposed of it some years ago and has forgotten who obtained it. 



16. (664) Dendroica graciae Baird. Grace Warbler. 



B. W. Evermann records taking a male of this species near Santa Paula, 

 Ventura County, May 3, 1881 (Auk in, 1886, 185). This specimen was later 

 destroyed by fire. The locality seems an unlikely one, and Mr. Grinnell in- 

 forms me that he believes it was probably an immature Dendroica townsendi. 



17. (730a) Sitta pygmaea leuconucha Anthony. White-naped Nut- 

 hatch. 



Transition zone from San Diego County south to San Pedro Martir 

 Mountains, Lower California (Anthony, Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., ser. 2, ii, 1889, 

 77). F. Stephens informs me that he believes this form is strictly Lower 

 Californian and does not occur north of the United States boundary. 



18. (742) Chamaea fasciata fasciata (Gambel). Wren-Tit. 



A female collected by J. H. Bowles at Santa Barbara, February 18, 1910, 

 was identified by H. C. Oberholser as typical of this species (Auk xxvin, 1911, 

 178). It seems improbable that this form should occur at Santa Barbara, and 

 Mr. Bowles' specimen is probably a case of individual variation of Chamaea 

 fasciata henshawi. 



