114 NOKTir AMKHIOAN FAUNA. [no.16. 



grasshoppers. At the north baso of the mountain one was seen by me 

 on tlie narrow meadows bordering- Shasta Eiver in Shasta VaUey Sep- 

 tember 29, and several were observed farther north in the valley Sep- 

 tember 17-20 by W. H. Osgood and II. T. l-'isher. At Sisson they were 

 seen July 15 by ^liss Florence A. ^lei liam. 



32. Bubo virginianus. Great Horned Owl. 



Rare. Feathers were found at two or three places on the mountain, 

 and at Sisson birds were heard hooting. 



33. Speotyto cunicularia hypogaea. liurrowing Owl. 



Not observed by us, but rei)orted by C. H. Townsend as common '-on 

 the sage-covered districts north of Mount Shasta," about 15 miles from 

 the mountain. 



3-1. Glaucidium gnoma californicum. California Pigmy Owl. 



C. H. Townsend obtained two specimens of the pigmy owl August 7, 

 1883, at the big si)ring, a mile or two north of Sisson Meadows. 



35. Megascops asio bendirei (f). California Screech Owl. 



A screech owl was lieard at Wagon Camp at different times during 

 the season, particularly the latter part of September, but as no speci- 

 men was secured there is some doubt as to the subspecies. 



3G. Coccyzus americanus occidentalis. California Cuckoo. 



One shot and others seen in July, 1899, by Walter K. Fisher, among 

 the alders and birclies on Shasta Eiver east of Edgewood. 



37. Ceryle alcyon. Ivingtisher. 



A common resident in the neighborhood of Sisson, where it was seen 

 repeatedly along Cold Creek, at the tish hatchery, and along the upper 

 Sacramento; seen also along Shasta liiver north of Sisson. 



38. Dryobates villosus hyloscopus. ('abanis Hairy Woodpecker. 

 Eatlier rare. Two or three were seen nc;ir Wagon Camp in July; 



two were collected where the Hudsouian and Canadian zones meet, 

 near S(juaw Creek Camp, in August (August 9 and 17); one was seen 

 there Sei)tember 1, and two were shot in the Transition /one in Sep- 

 tember (one in S(|uaw Cieek Valley September 13, the other at Sisson 

 Septenil)er 30). At Sisson IJ. T. l-'isher saw three or (bar, during the 

 tirst half of Se])tember, in the big lirs west of Sisson Ta\-ern. 



39. Dryobates pubescens gairdneri. Caiidner NN'oodpecker. 

 Obtained at Sisson by C. H. Townsend August •">, 1883. 



40. Xenopicus albolarvatus. White-headed W()odi»e(;ker. 



A common breeder in the upper part of the pine ])elt, and also among 

 the Shasta and wiiite t:i's near Wagon ('amp. where several specimens 

 •were colle(;ted, and where a nest-containing noisy young was found the 

 latter part of -Inly. The nest was in a stub in a l»uni, witli the 



