182 PricE, Description of a New Pine Grosbeak. Awa 
But since they are such large birds, and find so little of their favorite 
sage-brush cover, it is doubtful whether any remain in the county at 
present. . 
7. Coccyzus americanus occidentalis. CALIFORNIA Cuckoo. — Unmis- 
takable Cuckoo notes were twice heard, but the birds were not discovered. 
8. Corvus corax sinuatus. AMERICAN RAVEN. — Some strange croaks 
heard and a brief glimpse obtained at Hallowe’en Basin (elevation 6500 
feet) entitle this bird to a place on the list of suspects. 
g. Helminthophila ruficapilla gutturalis. CALAVERAS WARBLER.—A 
troop of Warblers seen in the spring migration seems referable to this 
species. 
Io. Dendroica nigrescens. BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER. —I 
believe I heard a song of this bird above Graham Harbor on Lake 
Chelan. 
DESCRIPTION OF A NEW PINE GROSBEAK FROM 
CALIFORNIA. 
BY WILLIAM W. PRICE. 
Pinicola enucleator californica, new subspecies. CALIFORNIA 
PINE GROSBEAK. 
General characters. —‘‘ Very similar to P. e. kodiaka, but differs in the 
very much narrower bill, and the less extensive red in the plumage.” ! 
It differs from P. e. canadenszs in the much larger, more hooked and less 
turgid bill, and in the almost entire absence of dark centers to the feathers 
on the back and scapulars. The difference in size and shape of the bill 
is as distinct as the difference between Carpfodacus purpureus and C, 
CaSStNt. 
Type, & ad. (No. 3429,.Museum Leland Stanford, Jr., University ; Pyra- 
mid Peak, near Echo Post Office, El Dorado Co., California, altitude 
about 7500 feet, July 18, 1896; collected by W. W. Price and C. S. Dole). 
General color light vermilion varying on head to intense vermilion, 
slightly tinged with yellowish and madder-pink, and changing to ash gray 
on scapulars, flanks, belly and under tail-coverts. The plumage is every- 
where of this color beneath the surface, giving a general appearance of 
1 Mr. Robert Ridgway in letter, to whom a series of the California Picola 
was sent for determination. 
