598 HISTORY OF PASADElNA. 



Rock Wren — Salpinctes obsoletus. 



Canyon Wren — Catherpes mexicanus conspersus. 



Vigor's Wren — Thryothorus bewickii spilurus. 



Parkman's Wren — Troglodj^tes aedon parkmanii. 



Western Winter Wren — Troglodytes hiemalis pacificus. 



TuLE Wren — Cistothorus palustris paludicola. 



Californian Creeper — Certhia familiaris occidentalis. 



Slender-Billed Nuthatch — Sita carolinensis aculeata. 



Plain Titmouse — Parus inornatus. 



Mountain Chickadee — Parus gambeli. 



Wren Tit — Chamaea fasciata. 



CAI.IFORNIAN Bush-tit — Psaltriparus minimus californicus. 



Western Golden-Crowned Kinglet — Regulus satrapa olivaceous. 



Ruby-Crowned Kinglet — Regulus calendula. 



Western Gnatcatcher — Polioptila caerulea obscura. 



Black-Tailed Gnatcatcher — Polioptila californica. 



Townsend's SolETAire — Myiadestes townsendi. 



Russet-Backed Thrush — Turdus ustulatus. 



Dwarf Hermit Thrush — Turdus aonalaschkae. 



Western Robin — Merula migratoria propinqua. 



Varied Thrush — Hesperocichla naevia. 



Western Bluebird — Sialia mexicana occidentalis. 



Mountain Bluebird — Sialia arctica. 



This list contains no water birds, and only such land birds as have been 

 positively identified within a radius of eight miles of Pasadena. There are 

 between twenty and thirty species of water birds, such as ducks, geese, 

 herons, sandpipers and rails, which have also been observed in the area ; 

 but these are almost without exception identical with those found in any 

 American marsh. The total variety of birds found in lyos Angeles county 

 amounts to over 200 species. 



Note. — The above is the fir^t complete list or catalogue of our native 

 Pasadena birds that was ever prepared for print, and I am much indebted 

 to young Mr. Grinnell for his zeal and good work in preparing it specially 

 for this volume.- — Edr. 



will wakeley's specimens. 

 W. H, Wakeley came to Pasadena in 188 1 and was the first taxidermist 

 ever here. He was an enthusiastic student and collector of our native 

 birds, and for ten years was looked to as authority on an}^ question as to 

 their species, habits, range, markings, etc. The authority which he fol- 

 lowed in this branch of science was "North American Birds," by Baird, 

 Brewer and Ridgway. Boston: I,ittle, Brown & Co., 1874: — a work of 

 high standing. In January, 1887, Mr. Wakeley founded the Natural History 

 Store, now owned by Frank A. Healy & Co. [1894] ; and later he founded 

 "Wakeley's Novelty Works." [See page 460.] And since engaging so 

 largely in this line of business he has been obliged to neglect his favorite 

 study of birds, so that younger students have come forward and occupied 

 the field, such as Masters Joseph Grinnell, Ralph Arnold and Horace Gay- 

 lord, who have each made excellent collections, exceeding Mr. Wakeley's 



