200 PROCEEDINGS OF THE CALIFORNIA 
Cantypre annAa—Anna Hummer—p. 358. This species though mentioned 
by Gould as Mexican, had not been detected in the intermediate territory of 
Arizona until 1874, when Mr. Henshaw obtained them there. Very few of the 
California birds, however, leave the State in winter, if any. 
T have found eggs vary from 0.60 to 0.52 long, by 0.40 to 0.35, and the nests 
vary half an inch in depth, according to the degree of exposure to the wind 
of their locations. The amount of moss put on the outside also varies, from 
almost none to a complete covering, as no doubt is the case with those of 
other species. They lay eggs as early as Feb. Ist, in lat. 38°! 
STELLULA CALLIOPE—Calliope Hummer—p. 363. A male of this species 
was shot at Haywood, Alameda Co., April 17, 1875, the first yet found west of 
the Sierra Nevada, and no doubt a straggler. 
Gerococcyx CaLrrornrANus—Road-Runner—p. 368. At Saticoy, Ventura 
Co.,I found a nest of this species built in a small Chilian pepper-tree (Schinus 
molle), growing in a hedge, containing two eggs, apparently deserted, on April 
12th, 1873. It was only four feet above ground, and not much hidden, built 
of coarse sticks, with lining of straw and dry horse-dung. From seeing only 
Barn Owls about there, I supposed it to belong to that bird, the eggs agreeing 
more nearly with theirs in form than with the one I described, which was laid 
in acage. From Dr. Brewer’s account of the usual size and form of their 
eggs, I am, however, now satisfied that they belonged to this bird. The 
largest measured 1.55 by 1.20 inch. In the appendix to Dr. Brewer’s work 
this nest is mentioned as a Barn Owl’s. 
Picus (PUBESCENS var.) GAIRDNERI—Gairdner’s Woodpecker—p. 377. This 
race of P. pubescens was in 1870 supposed to be absent from Southern Cali- 
fornia; but in 1872-3 I found it a common species in Ventura Co., lat. 359, 
in the cool groves near the mouth of Santa Clara River, where it took the 
place of S. Nuttalli, a species more common in the warmer valleys farther 
inland. The specimens obtained are much nearer like the eastern race than 
those from the north. 
T must here remark that, from the too liberal use of the names of favorite 
saints by the Spaniards, it is necessary to explain that the river above men- 
tioned is over 150 miles south of the ‘‘ Santa Clara Valley’’ near San Fran- 
cisco Bay, mentioned as the southern limit of this species (and elsewhere in 
Orn. of Cal., Vol. 1), which is more often called San José Valley. 
CoLaPres AURATUS--Golden-winged Flicker—pp. 410, 412. It is very re- 
markable that specimens differing from the eastern bird only in the black 
cheek-patches being tipped with red (which is reported also of Florida and 
New Jersey specimens), should occur close to the Pacific coast, where we 
would expect the characters of Mexicanus to predominate even in hybrids, 
On Nov. 21st, 1872, I shot a splendid male specimen near San Buenaventura, 
which can scarcely be supposed to have straggled from Alaska so far south, 
and, like those found near 8. F. Bay, indicates some yet unexplained law of 
distribution. It was considerably smaller than those of Mexicanus shot in 
the same region, and probably not migratory. 
