54 NORTH A.MKRTCAN FACNA. [xo. 16. 



/«///), kangaroo rats [Dipodomiix ca1{/oniirii,s), ])()cket mice {Vcrixitudhus 

 2)arn(Nf), woodrats {yr<>fom(< fuHcipes). coyotes {Canis ochrojju.s), and 

 raccoons {Procyon psora pacijica). 



So little work was done in Shasta Valley that the species mentioned 

 are of course only a fraction of those i)resent. 



.MA.MMAI.S Ol' II'I'EK SONOUAN /OXE (IN SHASTA VALLEY). 



liestrictiil to fjiper Svnuran. 



Lepus calilbrnicns. I'eioj^iiatlius (parvus ^\ 



Lt'j)ns mirtalli. I'eroiiiyscii.s triici. 



Mi( Totns califoiuiciis. Reitlirodontoiiiys klaiiu.thensis. 



Cuiamon to Vpper Sonoran iind TraiisHinn . 



Autilocapra auiericana. Procyoii psora ])a(ilica. 



Cauis Ofhropns. tScapaims californitus. 



Dipodoinys caliroiiiiciis. Spermopliiliis douylasi. 



Mi'pliitis occidental is. Spilogale latifrons. 



M yotis evotis. Taxidea taxns. 



Ncotoiiia fnacipes. Vesjx'rtilio i'liscii.s. 



Peromyscns gaiiibeli. fZapua ]iaciticus. 



BIRDS OF UPPER SOXORAX ZONE (IX SHASTA VALLEY). 

 liextrictcil to Upper Sonoran. 

 Catliprpes luexicanns puurtiilatus. Lanius ludovicianiis excubiforides. 



C'hniidestes graniniacus strinatus. Otocoris alpestris iiierrilli. 



Cyanoceplialns cvanoceplialiis.' Pipilo fnsciis crissalis. 



Falco mexicaims. Psaltrii)anis minimus (alil'oriiicus, 



Coiimion to Upper So no ran mid Transition. 



Apheloconia californica. Melanerpes lorniicivorus l)airdi. 



Astrajialiinis psaltria. Phala'uoptilus niittalli. 



I>iit<() swainsoni. Pipilo macnlatns megalonyx. 



Calyptc, anna. Scolecopbagns cyauoceplialus. 



Carpodacus niexicanns obscnrus. Speotyio cuiiicnlaria liy])0.ua'a. 



Cathartes aura. Spi/.ella socialis arizona'. 



Chondestes granmiacns strigatns. Sturnella magna neglccta. 



Chordeiles virgiuianus. Tbryomane.s bewicld s])iIurnM. 



Cyanospi/a anid-na. Troglodytes ai'doii i).irkni.ini. 



Dendroica a-stiva. Tyrannus verticali.s. 



Geothlypis trichas occidcntalis. Yireo gilvns swainsoni. 



Icteria virens longicanda. Zenaiduia maci nra. 

 Lophortyx caliibi'nicus vallicola. 



TRANSITION ZONE. 



Ex(;e])tin,u- Shasta Valley, the Transition zone covers the whole coun- 

 try about Shasta and i)ushes up over the basal slopes to an altitude of 

 r),()()() or (),()(»() feet. To the northeast and east it reaches and extends 

 beyond the Klamath country and Goose Lake in Oreoon, aiul the 

 .Madeline Plains in extreme northeastern California, interrupted only 

 by narrow ton}>ues of Upper Sonoran in the ui)per Pitt Iviver Valley, 

 and by small islands of Canadian on the lii^liest inouiitaiii summits. 



I The ]»irion jay visits the JnuiptH' Ibrests in Shasta \allcy in I'all to Icrd nn tbo 

 jiinipitr berries, Ijut whether or not it breeds there is not known. 



