1913] Grinnell -Swarth: Birds and Mammals of San Jacinto 311 



Twelve specimens were collected: Schain's Ranch, three (nos. 

 1784, ITS."). 1972), Strawberry Valley, three (nos. 2696, 2698 

 Kenworthy, one (no. 2278), Garnet Queen .Mine four (no.s 

 2391 2394), Palm Canon, one i no. 3090 - 



Penthestes gambeli baileyae (Grinnell) 

 Bailey Mountain Chickadee 



Tn the Transition zone and upwards, this was one of the 

 most abundant species of birds in the mountains. By the time 

 we first reached their haunts, during the last week in June, the 

 young were already flying about, and. attended by their parents, 

 were conspicuous everywhere in the woods. In the Santa Rosa 

 Mountains, both at the Garnet Queen Mine and at the summit 

 of the range, this chickadee was the commonest species of bird. 

 In the San Jacinto Mountains proper, from about 5000 feel 

 upwards, they were also exceedingly numerous, being noted in the 

 hills above Kenworthy, and at Fuller's Mill, Schain's Ranch, 

 Strawberry Valley. Tahquitz Valley, Round Valley, and Thomas 

 Mountain, and it was one of the species noted on the summit 

 of San -Jacinto Peak (10,700 feel I, July 27. An immature male 

 taken on Thomas Mountain, August 17. has completed the post- 

 juvenal molt. 



Forty specimens were preserved, as follows: Garnet Queen 

 Mine, six (nos. 2363 2365, 2376, 2381, 2382), Santa Rosa Peak, 

 four (nos. 2377-2380), Fuller's Mill, five nos. 1973-1977), 

 Schain's Ranch, five (nos. 1931-1935), Strawberry Valley, eighl 

 (nos. 2596 2603), Tahquitz Valley, five (nos. 2796-2800), Pound 

 Valley, six -nos. 2116, 2117. 2202-2205), Thomas Mountain, one 

 (no. 3025). 



Psaltriparus minimus minimus (Townsend 



( !alifornia Bush-tit 



A common species in the scrub oak and chaparral of the 

 lower parts of the mountains. On the desert side they were 

 fairly abundant on Pinon Flat and at Dos Palmos. On the 

 Pacific side we saw many at Kenworthy: and in the Santa Rosa 

 Mountains as high as the Garnet Queen Mine, in the San Jacintos 



