IA2 Anthony. Birds of Sn// Fcrnatido, L. Cal. L April 



45. Tachycineta thalassina. Violet-green Swallow. — During 

 earlj May this species was frequently seen at camp. At the mission it 

 was nesting in the cardoons in May and June. 



46. Phainopepla nitens. Phainopepla. — Very common about the 

 mine in January, and but little less so on my return in April, but they 

 soon became rare about camp and quite abundant at the mission. About 

 camp their food consisted of the fruit of a mistletoe which was abundant 

 on the cat-claw. 



47. Lanius ludovicianus gambeli. California Shrike. — Seen occa- 

 sionally throughout the region but only common at the mission. 



48. Vireo gilvus. Warbling Vireo. — Seen only as a migrant. Rare. 



49. Vireo pusillus. Least Vireo. — A few were met with in the 

 mesquites about camp until about May 15, after which I think none were 

 seen or heard. At the mission they were quite common and evidently 

 nesting in the mesquite thickets. 



50. Helminthophila celata lutescens. Lute,scent Warbler. — A few 

 were seen at camp in late April and the first week in May. 



!;i. Dendroica auduboni. Audubon'.s Warbler. — Everywhere 

 common in winter but nearly or quite all had departed by the time I 

 returned to camp, April 26. 



i;3. Dendroica townsendi. Townsend's Warbler. —A female which 1 

 shot at camp, May 7, is my only record. 



153. Dendroica occidentalis. Hermit Warbler. — At the mission I 

 shot a female May 16 — the only one seen. 



t;4. Geothlypis trichas occidentalis. Western Yellow-throat. — A 

 few were heard in a growth of tules about one of the water holes at the 

 mission. 



155. Sylvania pusilla. Wilson's Warbler. — During the spring 

 migration a few were seen in the mesquites about camp. 



156. Oroscoptes montanus. Sage Thrasher. — The Sage Thrasher 

 winters in comparative abundance in most of this region and was seen in 

 many places between the mines and the coast in January. All were gone, 

 however, upon my return in April. 



157. Harporhynchus cinereus mearnsi. Mearns's Thrasher. — Qiiite 

 common about San Qiiintin and in suitable places as far south as I have 

 collected. (For a fuller account of this subspecies, see Auk, XII, p. 53.) 



158. Harporhynchus redivivus. Californian Thrasher. — The 

 capture of a specimen at the San Fernando mission somewhat extends 

 the known range of the species. Mr. Bryant in his 'Catalogue of Birds of 

 Lower California' records it from El Rosario upon my authority. At 

 this point it is not uncommon, the extensive brushy valley above the 

 freshwater marshes furnishing surroundings exactly suited to its habits. 

 At San Fernando I found it in small numbers confined to the thickets of 

 mesquite near the water. It was very shy and but a single specimen was 

 secured. 



59. Heleodytes brunneicapillus bryanti. Bryant's Cactus Wren. — 

 Not uncommon throughout the region but everywhere noticeable for its 



