PROCEEDINGS 



or THE 



CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 



Fourth Series 



Vol. XI, No. 5, pp. 73-94 July 11, 1921 



V 



NOTES ON THE BIRDS AND MAMMALS OF 

 SISKIYOU COUNTY, CALIFORNIA 



BY 



JOSEPH MAILLIARD 



Curator, Department of Ornithology and Mammalogy 



The fact that but little has been written concerning the birds 

 of Siskiyou County, California, at least for the breeding season, 

 led to a decision to make that county the center of the field 

 work of the Department of Ornithology for the spring of 1920. 



The field party consisted of F. C. Holman, F. G. Gilchrist, 

 and the writer, and remained in the field from May 10 to 

 June 16. 



While it might have been better to have reached this field 

 somewhat earlier than May 10 for the purpose of noting mi- 

 grants on their way to regions further north, this date was 

 about right for the arrivals of those that breed in the region 

 visited. Many of these latter were just coming in and we had 

 the satisfaction of seeing them settling down and pairing off. 



Arriving at Weed on the afternoon of May 11, the party 

 passed the rest of the day in getting located and prospecting 

 about for promising spots to work over. This town is a great 

 lumbering center, and practically all the neighboring forests 

 have been destroyed, the destruction being completed in many 

 places by forest fires which have evidently often swept over 



July 11, 1921 



