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certainty that the bird was of this species and not the somewhat 

 similar F. mexicanus. At Hemet Lake one was secured on 

 August 8, and another seen on August 10. 



The specimen taken (no. 2941) is a male in immature 

 plumage. The stomach contained the remains of a small finch, 

 apparently Amphispiza belli, swallowed feathers and all. 



Falco sparverius sparverius Linnaeus 

 Sparrow Hawk 



A fairly common species in the mountains, through Upper 

 Sonoran and into Lower Transition, sparingly a1 higher eleva- 

 tions. On the Pacific slope it was seen al various points in 

 Hemet Valley, Schain's Ranch. Poppet Flat. Thomas Mountain. 

 Strawberry Valley, and one bird at Round Valley on July 11. 

 At the San Gorgonio base a few were seen aboul Banning and 

 Cabezon, in May and June. At the desert base they were rare. 

 A noisy pair was seen hovering aboul a rocky cliff at the month 

 of Palm Canon. June 15. Later in the season. Augusl 23 to '21. 

 when birds were scattering more widely, several were met with 

 in the vicinity of Dos PalmOS. 



Three specimens were preserved: no. 177(i. adult male. 

 Schain's Ranch; no. L'oTT adult female. Strawberry Valley; 

 and no. 2575, immature male. Strawberry Valley. The two 

 adults, shot on .Line 27 and duly ID. respectively, are in exces- 

 sively worn plumage; the immature, shot -Inly 16, is full grown, 

 and in fresh first annual plumage. 



Aluco pratincola (Bonaparte) 



Barn Owl 



At the Banning camp, on June 7 and again on June 10, barn 



owls were heard calling at night. At Nonet Lake. August fi to 



16, barn owls were frequently heard at night, and on Augusl 11 



one was Hushed from a pine tree near the upper end of the lake. 



Asio wilsonianus (Lesson 

 Long-eared Owl 

 Seen but once, at Round Valley. !)()<><) feet, on duly 27. when 

 a family of four was routed out of a dense clump of willows at 



