182 Price, Description of a New Pine Grosbeak. I April 



But since thej are such large birds, and find so little of their favorite 

 sage-brush cover, it is doubtful whether any remain in the county at 

 present. 



7. Coccyzus americanus occidentalis. California Cuckoo. — Unmis- 

 takable Cuckoo notes were twice heard, but the birds were not discovered. 



8. Corvus corax sinuatus. American Raven. — Some strange croaks 

 heard and a brief glimpse obtained at Hallowe'en Basin (elevation 6500 

 feet) entitle this bird to a place on the list of suspects. 



9. Helminthophila ruficapilla gutturalis. Calaveras Warbler. — A 

 troop of Warblers seen in the spring migration seems referable to this 

 species. 



10. Dendroica nigrescens. Black-throated Gray Warbler. — I 

 believe I heard a song of this bird above Graham Harbor on Lake 

 Chelan. 



DESCRIPTION OF A NEW PINE GROSBEAK FROM 

 CALIFORNIA. 



BY WILLIAM W. PRICE. 



Pinicola enucleator californica, new subspecies. California 

 Pine Grosbeak. 



General characters. — "Very similar to P. e. kodiaka, but differs in the 

 very much narrower bill, and the less extensive red in the plumage." ' 

 It differs from P. c. canadensis in the much larger, more hooked and less 

 turgid bill, and in the almost entire absence of dark centers to the feathers 

 on the back and scapulars. The difference in size and shape of the bill 

 is as distinct as the difference between Carpodacns purpureiis and C. 

 cassini. 



Type, $ ad. (No. 3429, Museum Leland Stanford, Jr., University ; Pyra- 

 mid Peak, near Echo Post Office, El Dorado Co., California, altitude 

 about 7500 feet, July 18, 1896; collected by W. W.Price and C S. Dole). 

 General color light vermilion varying on head to intense vermilion, 

 slightly tinged with yellowish and madder-pink, and changing to ash gray 

 on scapulars, flanks, belly and under tail-coverts. The plumage is every- 

 where of this color beneath the surface, giving a general appearance of 



' Mr. Robert Ridgway in letter, to whom a series of the California Pinico/a 

 was sent for determination. 



