1889. ] jerrrizs, Birds observed at Santa Barbara. 223 
which date we rode to the Ojai Valley not finding any new spe- 
cies; Quails, Jays and Woodpeckers were much more numerous 
than at Santa Barbara. In the Ojai we were detained by heavy 
rains one day. The second day, the rain falling heavier than 
ever, we rode back over a badly washed road; frequent patches 
of adobe clay proved slippery even for California horses. 
After the storm new birds began to arrive. March 30 7yran- 
nus verticalis and 7. voctferans appeared simultaneously in 
small scattered flocks, each species keeping a little away from the 
other. Males and females were taken that day from the same 
flock. TZ. voctferans passed through before April 22. 7. ver- 
ticalzs settled down in several places. March 31 our only 
specimen of SAzzella soctalis artzone was taken, as also S7tta 
carolinensis aculeata. 
Icterus bullockt,Turdus aonalaschke auduboni, Sylvania 
pusilla pileolata came April 2, Stelgidopteryx serripennts 
April 4, Vzreo gtlvus April 5, Helminthophila celata lutescens, 
Dendroica nigrescens, and Spinus lawrencet April 6, Geothly- 
pis trichas occtdentalis April 7. April 5 our type specimen of 
Trochilus violajugulum* was taken. April 10 we first found 
Vireo solitarius casstntz which, very possibly, had up to this 
date escaped our attention ; also on this day, just above the Mis- 
sion in the mouth of the canon, our sole AZyzarchus cinerascens. 
Large flocks of Wamentus hudsonicus came to the mud flats on 
the 11th, Recurvirostra americana, Totanus melanoleucus, and 
Anas cyanoptera, all sparingly, on the roth. Zrénga minutilla 
from March 17 to April 4 was common; later on much less so. 
Pipilo maculatus megalonyx April 16, Petrochelidon lunifrons 
April 17, Ardea candidissima April 24, completes our list of 
species taken. April 21 the Shore-birds came in large numbers, 
as also a few Terns, but as we had packed up for the North we 
could not preserve skins, and hence did not collect. 
More than once during our stay a hot morning was followed by 
squalls from the north, which on clearing left the peaks of the 
Coast Range slightly whitened with snow. The fall of tempera- 
ture in the valley was very sudden and sharp. After such squalls, 
and on very windy days, A@¢crofus melanoleucus came down to 
the lower lands in numbers. 
* Auk, Vol. V, p. 168. 
