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300 (491) Nucifraga columbiana (Wilson) 
CLARKE NUTCRACKER 
Synonyms—Picicorvus columbianus; Clarke Crow. 
Status—Common resident of high Transition, Canadian and Hudsonian 
zones of the Sierra Nevada along their whole length, on the Panamint, Inyo and 
White mountains (A. K. Fisher, N. Amer. Fauna no. 7, 1893, p. 72), and on the 
high mountains of southern California from Mount Pinos, Ventura County (A. 
K. Fisher, loc. cit.) southeast to the San Jacinto and Santa Rosa mountains (Mus. 
Vert. Zool.). At the north, common on the Warner Mountains, Modoe County 
(Mus. Vert. Zool.), west to the Siskiyou Mountains (M. P. Anderson and J. 
Grinnell, Proce. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1903, p. 10), head of Bear Creek, Trinity 
County (Mus. Vert. Zool.), and south on the highest of the northern inner coast 
ranges as far as South Yolla Bolly Mountain (Ferry, Condor, x, 1908, p. 42; 
Mus. Vert. Zool.). Although there is a temporary vertical movement to slightly 
lower altitudes in late summer, the species is remarkably stationary. There are 
but two records of casual occurrence away from the near vicinity of its breed- 
ing range: Point Reyes, Marin County, November 19, 1900 (J. Mailliard, Condor, 
m, 1901, p. 16), and Laguna Mountain, San Diego County, as a possible tran- 
sient (Willett, Pac. Coast Avif. no. 7, 1912, p. 69). 
301 (492) Cyanocephalus cyanocephalus (Wied) 
Pinyon JAy 
Synonyms—Gymnokitta cyanocephala; Maximilian Jay. 
Status—Common resident locally of arid Upper Sonoran and Transition 
chiefly along the eastern base of the Sierra Nevada and ranges of southern 
California, and on the desert ranges of the Inyo district. Recorded north to 
Fort Crook, eastern Shasta County (Townsend, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., x, 1877, 
p. 213), and north base of Mount Shasta (C. H. Merriam, N. Amer. Fauna no. 
16, 1899, p. 121) ; south to San Jacinto Mountains (Mus. Vert. Zool.), and La- 
guna Mountain, San Diego County (Willett, Pac. Coast Avif. no. 7, 1912, p. 69). 
Its permanent habitat is closely coincident with the presence of the pinyon 
(Pinus monophylla) and juniper (Juniperus occidentalis). But the species is 
disposed to undertake wanderings, when flocks appear sporadically in remote 
places irrespective of season or faunal conditions. In this category are the oc- 
currences at. Pasadena in fall of 1894 (Gaylord, Nidologist, m1, 1896, p. 106), 
in San Bernardino in October, 1914 (Wall, Condor, xvm, 1915, p. 59), Pacific 
Grove, near Monterey, in December, 1895 (J. Mailliard, Auk, xv, 1898, p. 198), 
Berkeley, October 5, 1911 (J. Grinnell, Condor, xv1, 1914, p. 33), Clipper Gap, 
Placer County, in December, 1908 (Adams, Placer Co. Inst. Res., 1909, p. 36), 
and Eureka, Humboldt County, February 2, 1912 (specimen taken by F. J. 
Smith, in Mus. Vert. Zool.). 
302 (494) Dolichonyx oryzivorus (Linnaeus) 
BoBoLinkK 
Status—Rare transient; four records: Redwood City, female taken Sep- 
