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This description is applicable to a great part of this region, 

 both south and north of Clear Lake. Dr. Fisher's visit, how- 

 ever, was in the early fall, extended over a much longer period 

 than ours, and evidently covered much more territory. Ours 

 was in the spring, too early for many of the summer visitants, 

 and was confined to the Transition zone. Fisher listed 57 

 species of birds, while we noted but 35, not counting some 

 others met with at our next stopping place, which was two 

 miles further on and could be said to be still a part of Mt. St. 

 Helena. On the other hand, we noted 14 species not mentioned 

 by him, as follows: — Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter velox), 

 Cabanis Woodpecker (Dry abates villosus), Western Flycatcher 

 {Etnpidonax difficilis dMcilis), Western Crow (Corvus 

 hrachyrhynchos hesperis), California Purple Finch (Carpo- 

 dacus purpureiis calif ornicus) , Golden-crowned Sparrow (Zono- 

 trichia coronata), Western Chipping Sparrow {Spizella pas- 

 serina arizoncB), Sierra Junco (Junco oreganus ihurheri), 

 Shumagin Fox Sparrow {Passer clla iliaca unalaschcensis) , 

 Yolla Bolly Fox Sparrow (Passer ella iliaca brevicauda) , Barn 

 Swallow (Hirundo erythrogaster), Lutescent Warbler (Ver- 

 mivora celata lutescens), Audubon's Warbler (Dendroica 

 auduboni) , and Monterey Hermit Thrush (Hylocichla guttata 

 slevini). Of these the Golden-crowned Sparrow, Shumagin 

 Fox Sparrow, and Yolla Bolly Fox Sparrow were only linger- 

 ing or passing migrants, but the others either bred there or not 

 far away, in all probability. The Monterey Hermit Thrush, 

 however, must have been merely a wanderer, a few miles only 

 to the eastward of its known breeding ground. 



Of Fisher's list the Toxostoma is evidently the Sonoma 

 Thrasher (Toxostoma redivivus sonomce Grinnell), and the 

 Chamaea mentioned is Chamcea fasciata henshawi, a change in 

 name only. While he was right in saying that this latter form 

 resembles that of southern California, it is hardly typical, 

 being somewhat intermediate toward riifida. His remarks 

 concerning the Blue-fronted Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri frontalis), 

 are of interest in view of our present knowledge that these two 

 forms extend down the Russian River valley to the actual sea- 

 coast (Sierra Forms on the Coast of Sonoma County, Cali- 

 fornia, J. Mailliard, The Condor, X, 1908, p. 133). His Cali- 

 fornia Jay does not seem to me to be separable from the 



