1915 BIRDS OF CALIFORNIA ; 153 
472 (697) Anthus rubescens (Tunstall) 
AMERICAN PIPIT 
Synonyms—Anthus ludovicianus; Anthus pensilvanicus; Titlark. 
Status—Common winter visitant to the lowlands throughout the state. Some 
widely scattered record stations are: Mono Lake (W. K. Fisher, Condor, tv, 
1902, p. 11) ; Colorado River (J. Grinnell, Univ. Calif. Publ. Zool., xm, 1914, p. 
206) ; San Diego (Belding, Land Bds. Pae. Dist., 1890, p. 222) ; San Clemente 
Tsland (Linton, Condor, x, 1908, p. 86) ; Trinidad, Humboldt County, and Bes- 
wick, Siskiyou County (Ferry, Condor, x, 1908, p. 43). Most abundant in 
marshy areas coastwise. Mount Shasta, in Alpine-Arctie zone, ‘“‘heard’’ July 
17 (C. H. Merriam, N. Amer. Fauna no. 16, 1899, p. 130). 
473 (701) Cinclus mexicanus unicolor Bonaparte 
AMERICAN DIPPER 
Synonyms 
Water Ouzel. 
Cinclus americanus; Cinclus mexicanus; Hydrobata mexicana; 
Status—Fairly common resident along streams in the Transition and Boreal 
zones: San Jacinto, San Bernardino and San Gabriel mountains; both slopes of 
the Sierra Nevada from South Fork of Kern River (A. K. Fisher, N. Amer. 
Fauna no. 7, 1893, p. 125; Mus. Vert. Zool.) northward; Warner Mountains, 
Modoe County (Mus. Vert. Zool.) ; the coast belt from the Oregon line south to 
Big Creek, Monterey County (Jenkins, Condor, vim, 1906, p. 129); also, per- 
haps casually, or at any rate not at the present time, vicinity of Santa Barbara 
(Streator, Orn. & Ool., x1, 1886, p. 51), and in Ventura County (Evermann, 
Auk, 1m, 1886, p. 185). 
474 (702) Oreoscoptes montanus (Townsend) 
Sace THRASHER 
Synonyms—Mimus montanus; Mountain Mockingbird. 
Status—Common winter visitant to the deserts of southeastern California, 
and in small numbers to the San Diegan district, northwest to Santa Paula 
(Evermann, Auk, m, 1886, p. 185). Summer visitant to the Artemisia tridentata 
belt of northeastern California, and south along the eastern border of the state 
along the desert ranges through the Panamint Mountains (A. K. Fisher, N. 
Amer. Fauna no. 7, 1893, p. 126). Also recorded in summer from Bakersfield 
(Swarth, Condor, xm, 1911, p. 161), and vicinity of Walker Pass (Mus. Vert. 
Zool.). A probably isolated breeding colony in Lockwood Valley, 5000 feet alti- 
tude, Ventura County, where nests and eggs have been taken (Willett, Pac. Coast 
Avif. no. 7, 1912, p. 99). This valley is sage-brush high Upper Sonoran. 
475 (703a) Mimus polyglottos leucopterus (Vigors) 
WESTERN MOCKINGBIRD 
Synonyms—Mimus polyglottos; Mimus caudatus. 
Status—Common resident of the Lower Sonoran zone. Abundant in the 
