THE AUK : 



A QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF 



ORNITHOLOGY. 

 vol. xi. October, 1894. no. 4. 



POINT PINOS JUNCO {JUNCO HTEMALIS PINO- 



SUS). 



BY LEVERETT M. LOOMIS. 



Plate VII. 



Point Pinos, the locality from which the type series of the 

 Point Pinos Jnnco was secured, forms the southern headland of 

 Monterey Bay, California. Its outer extremity is guarded by a 

 number of rocky, bastion-like islets, against which the sea is 

 continually battling. Passing crafts are warned from these danger- 

 ous rocks by a whistle buoy set far out in the deep water, and 

 by a light situated some distance back from the shore on gently 

 rising ground, which is largely overgrown with 'lupine.' The 

 white light-house is a conspicuous object at sea, standing out in 

 bold relief against the dark green background of Monterey pines 

 that clothe a portion of the mountainous ridge that separates 

 Monterey Bay from Carmelo Bay. 



It was among these pines, June 21, 1S92, on the light-house 



reservation that I first saw this Junco — a little company of old 



and young. They were feeding on the ground, but as I 



approached they flew into the pines. Their manner and notes 



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