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Sitta pygmaea leuconucha Anthony 

 White-naped Nuthatch 



A common species in the Transition zone and upwards. In 

 the Santa Rosa Mountains it was noted from the Garnel Queen 

 Mine up, being abundant in the open pine forests on the 

 higher slopes of Santa Rosa and Toro peaks. In the San Jacinto 

 Mountains proper it was encountered at Schain's Ranch and 

 Fuller's Mill, and in greater numbers in Strawberry Valley, 

 Tahquitz Valley and Round Valley. At the time we entered 

 the altitudes frequented by this nuthatch, the third week in 

 June, the young had already left the nest, and small Hocks of 

 parents and young together were met traveling through the 

 woods. One or two small flocks were seen at Ilemet Lake the 

 middle of August. 



Nineteen specimens were collected, as follows: Puller's Mill. 

 four (nos. 1982 1985), Strawberry Valley, live (nos. 2631 2635 . 

 Tahquitz Valley, one (no. 2748), Round Valley, three (nos 

 2105, 2180, 2181 i, Santa Rosa Peak, four (nos. 2439 2442 . Ton. 

 Peak, one (no. ii44:J . Ilemet Lake, one (no. 3005 . 



The San Jacinto pygmy nuthatches clearly exhibit the size 

 characters of leuconucha. Compared with typical pygmaea from 

 Monterey Bay they are larger, with especially larger bill. The 

 birds from all of the southern California mountain ranges, at 

 least from the Sierra San Gabriel southward, resemble in their 

 dimensions the Lower California form rather than the northern 



subspecies. 



Baeolophus inornatus murinus Ridgway 

 San I Jiego Titmouse 



Most abundant on the desert slopes, but occurring also on 

 the western side of the mountains, where it was encountered at 

 various points up to 6000 feet. At Kenworthy, June 3, a pair 

 of the birds were seen carrying insects into an old woodpecker 

 hole thirty feet above the ground in a dead pine. At Garnel 

 Queen Mine, the last week in June, flocks of old and young 

 together were feeding in the trees. Other points of record are 

 Vandeventer Flat, Schain's Ranch. Strawberry Valley and 

 Vallevista. 



