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specimen taken by F. S. Dag-gett near Pasadena, August 26, 1896 (Grinnell, 

 Pub. 2, Pasadena Acad. Sci., 1898, 49). Noted by F. E. Blaisdell at Poway, 

 San Diego County, in January, and by L. Belding at Campo and Escondido, in 

 January, and in Santa Margarita Canon, in April (Land Bds. Pac. Dist., 1890, 

 236). Seen in the ^^olcan Mountains, San Diego County, by W. O. Emerson. 

 By March 1, it was mated and seemed about to breed (Bull. Cal. Acad. Sci. ii, 

 1887, 424). Found by J. Grinnell to be rather common around Dry Lake, 

 9400 feet altitude in the San Bernardino Mountains, in June and July. Several 

 nests containing young were found (Univ. Calif. Publ. Zool. v, 1908, 123). 



357. (728) Sitta canadensis Linnaeus. Red-breasted Nuthatch. 

 Resident in limited numbers on the higher mountains, south to San Gorgonio 



Peak ; also on the pine timbered hills of Santa Cruz Lsland. Occasional visitant 

 to the lower country in fall and spring. Winters south to Lower California. One 

 bird seen by H. Robertson near San Pedro, Los Angeles County, September 8, 

 1898. Noted by H. S. Swarth as common near Los Angeles from September 16 

 to about the middle of October, the same year. One specimen secured September 

 16 and another a few days later (Bull. Cooper Orn. Club i, 1899, 95). Male 

 taken by Mr. Swarth on Mt. Wilson, May 21, 1898. ' Found by J. Grinnell to be 

 one of the rarest birds in the San Bernardino Mountains. "Their peculiar nasal 

 call note was heard at Dry Lake (9000 feet), June 21, 1905 ; on the north side of 

 San Bernardino Peak at 7500 feet, July 12. and on several occasions during July 

 at Bluff Lake (7500 feet). On September 2, a single specimen was shot from a 

 tall pine at the latter place" (Univ. Calif. Publ. Zool. v, 1908, 123). A. B. 

 Howell and A. van Rossem found this bird fairly common in the pine timber on 

 Santa Cruz Island from April 24 to May 2, 1911. About two dozen birds were 

 seen and six taken. One bird was watched for half an hour while she was pre- 

 paring a nesting site (Condor xiii, 1911, 210). C. B. Linton took three speci- 

 mens on Santa Cruz Island, October 3, 4, 1908. 



358. (730) Sitta pygmaea pygmaea Vigors. Pygmy Nuthatch. 

 Common resident of coniferous forests above 4000 feet. Occasional to the 



foothills and mesas in winter. One bird seen by H. E. Wilder at Riverside 

 in October, 1898. Noted by F. E. Blaisdell several times during January at 

 Poway, San Diego County (Belding, Land Bds. Pac. Dist., 1890, 238). I found 

 several nests containing young in the San Bernardino Mountains in June, 1906, 

 and J. Grinnell took seven slightly incubated eggs at an elevation of 7000 feet in 

 the same mountains. June 12. 1906 (Univ. Calif. Publ. Zool. v, 1908. 123). 



359. (733) Baeolophus inornatus inornatus (Gambel). Plain Titmouse. 

 Common resident from the oak covered foothills up to about 6000 feet in the 



mountains. More widely distributed in wanter. Breeds mainly in April. Ex- 

 treme nesting dates are: Four eggs, fresh, taken by H. J. Lelande at Arcadia. 

 Los Angeles County, March 3, 1897, and six eggs, slightly incubated, taken by 

 J. Grinnell near Pasadena, May 12, 1894 (Pub. 2, Pasadena Acad. Sci., 1898, 49). 

 I found a nest containing newly hatched young at Seven Oaks, 5200 feet in the 

 San Bernardino Mountains, June 10, 1906, and W. O. Emerson noted the birds 



