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Auk 

 Oct. 



were suggestive of the Slate-colored Junco. During the two 

 following months similar companies were found commonly 

 distributed in the more open places throughout the pine woods. 

 Though late in the season, I heard a number sing, and their 

 songs recalled to my mind the eastern bird as I have heard it at 

 the opening of the first song season during the early northward 

 migrations in upper South Carolina. 



The presence of the Point Pinos Junco in this region has long 

 been a matter of record, but as comparison had never been made 

 with specimens from the northwest coast and from the Sierras, 

 its strongly marked characters remained unrecognized in nomen- 

 clature until January, 1893, when the writer set them forth in 

 'The Auk', under the name Janco pinosus. Since, the A. O. U. 

 Committee of Nomenclature has ranked it as a subspecies, its 

 name now standing as yunco hyemalis pinosus. 



That a representative of the yu?ico hyemalis group and other 

 birds of the Cold Temperate Subregion, as the Blue-fronted Jay, 

 should be found breeding on this coast so far south at sea level 

 is not surprising, owing to the peculiar climatic conditions pre- 

 vailing. The mean temperature (according to local information) 

 is about 6o° F. during each of the summer months. Heavy fogs, 

 that almost amount to rain, are also frequent during summer. 



The Juncos reported as breeding at Santa Cruz on the oppo- 

 site side of Monterey Bay and in the mountains of Santa Clara 

 County probably belong to this race. It will be interesting to 

 learn how far south along the coast and how far north in the 

 mountains, in the typical form, its range extends. 



A LIST OF THE BIRDS OF THE WET MOUNTAINS, 

 HUERFANO COUNTY, COLORADO. 



BY WILLOUGHBY P. LOWE. 



To ornithologists, the avifauna of high altitudes may be said 

 to always possess a peculiar interest on account of the light it 

 throws on problems of geographical distribution. The following 



