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as high as Strawberry Valley and. later in the summer, the 

 summit of Thomas Mountain. A young bird taken in Round 

 Valley. 9000 feet. July 11. and a flock seen on the ridge above 

 Tahquitz Valley, 8000 feet, July 30. were undoubtedly summer 

 wanderers from lower altitudes. At the San Gorgonio Pass 

 side of the range they wore found down to the very base of the 

 mountains, but not out on the floor of the desert. Near Valle- 

 vista. at the western base, they were of common occurrence during 

 the first week in September. 



A nest was found ;it the base of the mountains near Cabezon, 

 .May (i. presumably with eggs, as one of the parent birds was 

 occupying it. At Dos Palmos, .May 28, and at Kenworthy, June 

 4. Mocks of old and young together were seen foraging through 

 the shrubbery. 



Twenty-one specimens were collected: Cabezon, eight (nos. 

 ITML' 1735, 212] 2124 . Banning, one no. 2050), Hurley Plat, 

 two (nos. 1806, 1807 . Kenworthy, two (nos. 2280, 2281), Dos 

 Palmos, four nos. 2529-2532), Strawberry Valley, two nos. 

 2650, 2651 i, Round Valley, one (no. 2185 . Vallevista, one (no. 

 3132 . 



Auriparus flaviceps flaviceps (Sundevall) 

 Verdin 



A feu verdins were .seen daily al the mouth of Palm Canon 

 and on the desert below, June 14 to 17. Several nests were 

 discovered in mesquite thickets at this point, some of them with 

 the birds close at hand, hut none containing either eggs or young. 

 r fhe species was not observed at Dos Palmos during our visits 

 there in May and June, but later in the season, in August, several 

 were encountered in the shrubbery along the creek'. These two 

 deserl localities were the only record stations in the region. 



Four specimens were collected, an adult male (no. 3083) 

 and a non-sexed juvenal (no. •'!< i^li from the mouth of Palm 

 ('anon. June 15, and two juvenals from Dos Palmos, Augusl 23 

 and 26 (nos. 2527, 2528). The two latter are in the midst of 

 the post-juvenal molt, with the yellow head and chestnut wing 

 coverts partly acquired. 



