138 Anthony, Birds of San Fcniandth L. Cal \_^is. 



were seen in the candle-woods that had sent out branches, and occasionally 

 one was seen in a cardoon, but not often. 



9. Buteo borealis calurus. Western Red-tail. — About as common 

 as the preceding species. 



ID. Aquila chrysaetos. Golden Eagle. — Only a single bird was seen, 

 at the water tank south of the mine. 



11. Falco peregrinus anatum. Duck Hawk. — In 18S7 I found a pair 

 nesting in a cliff near the coast, below San Fernando, and upon visiting 

 the spot in January, 1S94, a pair flew from the same ledge. None were 

 seen in the interior. 



12. Falco sparverius deserticolus. Desert Sparrow Hawk. — I refer 

 the San Fernando Sparrow Hawk to this race with some hesitancy, no 

 specimens from that region being in my collection. I have taken true 

 deserticolus from as far south as Ensenada. Sparrow Hawks were not 

 common in the San Fernando region, only a few being seen about the 

 mission and on one or two occasions at the mines. 



13. Strix pratincola. American Barn Owl. — In 18S7 I found a pair 

 of Barn Owls perched on a timber in one of the old wells in the lower 

 San Fernando valley. I think none were seen elsewhei"e in that locality, 

 nor were any seen during the past season. This species was not 

 uncommon on the upper part of the Rosario water-shed, fifty miles north 

 of San Fernando. They were nesting in the adobe banks along the 

 arroyos and were frequently seen and heard. 



14. Bubo virginianus subarcticus. Western Horned Owl. — Rare 

 in the i-egion here embraced. One seen between the mine and the coast, 

 in June, and one or two heard, complete my record. 



15. Speotyto cunicularia hypogaea. Burrowing Owl. — A few in 

 the more open valleys between the mines and the coast. I closely 

 questioned the Indians of the San Fernando and El Rosario valleys 

 regarding small Owls that might be found living in the holes in the 

 cardoons, hoping to hear of Megascops or Glauciditim, as everything 

 seemed favorable to their presence, but none of them had seen any small 

 Owls, nor could I find any indications of them. 



16. Geococcyx californianus. RoadRunner. — Qiiite common about 

 the mines, and much more so near the water holes near the mission. 



17. Dryobates scalaris lucasanus. St. Lucas Woodpecker. — Abun- 

 dant about the cardoon and cirio trees but very shy. Young were seen 

 in families of four or five, June 10-20. This species was also not 

 uncommon along the coast and lower foothills as far as San Telmo 

 at least, living in the thickets of pitahaya cactus ( Cereus gummosus^ and 

 nesting in the dry flower stalks of the mescal agave which grows with 

 the cactus. San Fernando and San Telmo skins are indistinguishable 

 from those from Cape St. Lucas. 



18. Melanerpes uropygialis. Gila Woodpecker. — The range of this 

 species along the Pacific slope is exactly coextensive with that of Cereus 

 pringlei, becoming common with that cactus a short distance below 



