1912 



BIRDS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA mi 



ino- records arc as follows: Five eggs, fresh, taken by H. J. Lelande in the 

 Sail I-ernando \'alley. Los Angeles County. March 13. 1897 ( Grinnell. Pub. 

 2, Pasadena Acad. Sci., 1898. 48), and four eggs, incubation commenced, taken 

 by Antonin Jay near Monrovia. Los Angeles County. July 9. 1904. 



345. (713a) Heleodytes brunneicapillus bryanti Anthony. Bryant 



Cactus Wren. 



According to F. Stephens, the habitat of this form is central and northern 

 Lower California. On examination of a large series of cactus wrens taken by 

 A. W. Anthony in southern and Lower California, he found that there were 

 more specimens of coiicsi taken south of the Mexican line than there were of 

 brxanti taken north of it. There were, however, two specimens, a male and fe- 

 male from San Diego, which he assigned to this race (Condor vi, 1904, 51). 



346. (715) Salpinctes obsoletus obsoletus (Say). Rock Wren. 

 Common resident in suitable localities from the coast to the summits of 



the highest mountains. Also resident on all the Santa Barbara Islands except 

 San Nicolas. Breeds mostly in April in the lower country, later in the moun- 

 tains. Noted by J. Grinnell at the extreme summit of San Gorgonio Peak, over 

 11.000 feet altitude, in the San Bernardino Mountains. June 18, 1905 (Univ. 

 Calif. Publ. Zool. v, 1908, 118). O. W. Howard took several sets of eggs on 

 Catalina Island, April 1, 1905. and took seven slightly incubated eggs on Ana- 

 capa Island. April 30. 1906. Antonin Jay took five fresh eggs near Whittier, 

 Los Angeles County. May 7, 1902. 



347. (715a) Salpinctes obsoletus pulverius Grinnell. ?an Nicolas Rock 

 Wren. 



Confined to San Nicolas Island, where it is a common resident. Described 

 by J. Grinnell in Auk xv, 1898, 238-9. On comparing my series of specimens 

 taken on San Nicolas Island with others from the mainland and the other 

 islands of the Santa Barbara group, I must confess that I have been unable to 

 discern any appreciable difiference between them. C. B. Linton noted a pair 

 of these birds carrying nesting material into a crack under the eaves of a 

 store house on San Nicolas Island, April 14 and 15, 1911 (Condor xiii, 1911, 

 109). On the 9th of June, following, I visited this nest accompanied by Mr. 

 Linton. On removing some shingles from the roof of the house, we found 

 that the nest contained four young birds, about half grown. On lune 24. 

 1911, Mr. Linton found a nest in a cavity in a sandstone boulder, containing 

 four eggs on the point of hatching (Auk xwiii, lOH, 489). On the same day 

 I found a nest in a crevice in a sandstone clifi". wliich contained one fresh egg. 

 These were probably second layings, as full-grown young were plentiful all 

 over the island at this date. 



348. (717b) Catherpes mexicanus punctiilatus Ridgway. Dotted 

 C.vnvon Wren. 



Tolerably common resident from the foothills uj) to about 7000 feet in the 

 mountains, .south to Lower California. Most plentiful in the Copper Sonoran 

 zone. Breeds generally from the latter part of April through May. L. B. 



