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ANIMAL LIFE IN THE YOSEMITE 



Skelling, altitude 250 feet, Lower Sonoran Zone, riparian association ; January 6, 

 1915, 9:30 a.m.-12:00 m. ; rain the night previous, the morning somewhat cloudy; dis- 

 tance covered about 3 miles, within a mile east of the town. 



Pied-billed Grebe I 



California Great Blue Heron 4 



Mudhen 1 



American Sparrow Hawk 2 



Black Phoebe 6 



Interior California Jay 8 



Brewer Blackbird lOO-f 



California Linnet 10+ 



Willow Goldfinch 6+ 



Green-backed Goldfinch 4 



Intermediate White-crowned Sparrow 10 



Golden-crowned Sparrow lO-l- 



Total: species 24, individuals 237-f. 



Song Sparrows (2 subsp.) 12-f 



Northwestern Lincoln Sparrow 2 



Sacramento Spurred Towhee 8 



Northern Brown Towhee 4 



California Shrike 2 



Orange-crowned Warbler 2 



Tule Yellowthroat 10 



Western Mockingbird 6 



San Joaquin Bewick Wren 1 



Western House Wren 1 



California Bush-tit 15-1- 



Western Ruby-crowned Kinglet 12 



Snelling, 250 feet. Lower Sonoran Zone, riparian association; May 26, 1915, 6:00- 

 9:00 A.M.; warm, sunny; distance covered about 3 miles, close to Merced River, within 

 a mile east of the town. 



California Great Blue Heron 3 



Black-crowned Night Heron 1 



Killdeer 2 



Valley Quail 4 



Western Mourning Dove 40-f 



Turkey Vulture 1 



Red-bellied Hawk 1 



American Sparrow Hawk 2-1- 



California Woodpecker 2 



Lewis Woodpecker 1 



Red-shafted Flicker 12-1- 



Western Kingbird 10 



Ash-throated Flycatcher 6+ 



Black Phoebe 6 



Western Wood Pewee 12 1- 



Traill Flycatcher 10-t- 



Interior California Jay 4 



Western Crow 2 



Bicolored Red-winged Blackbird 87-h 



Western Meadowlark 12-I- 



Bullock Oriole 20 



Total: species 41, individuals 427-I-. 



Brewer Blackbird 8 



California Linnet 50-1- 



Willow Goldfinch 40-1- 



Green-backed Goldfinch 6 



Western Lark Sparrow 1 



Western Chipping Sparrow 1 



Sacramento Spurred Towhee 10+ 



Northern Brown Towhee 7 



Pacific Black -headed Grosbeak 10 



California Blue Grosbeak 6 



Lazuli Bunting 10+ 



Barn Swallow 4 



Western Warbling Vireo 1 



California Least Vireo 4 



California Yellow Warbler Si 



Tule Yellowthroat 8+ 



Long-tailed Chat 6+ 



Western Mockingbird 1 



San Joaquin Bewick Wren 6 



Russet-backod Thrush 2 



