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trip was seen at Doble (7000 feet), August 25. All of these 
August birds were in either female or young plumage. Two 
specimens were taken. 
Euphagus cyanocephalus (Wagler). Brewer Blackbird. 
At Big Meadows (6800 feet), which is at the head of the 
Santa Ana, a colony of Brewer blackbirds were evidently breed- 
ing, June 14, 1905. July 4, adults were seen there feeding nearly 
erown young; and the species was again in evidence there in 
July, 1907. A lone young male was shot from the border of Dry 
lake, 9000 feet altitude, June 18, 1907, evidently a straggler from 
somewhere far below. Around Bear lake in the latter part of 
July and in August large flocks of adults and young were feeding 
along shore, where insects, snails, and tadpoles were abundant. 
A few were seen at Knight’s ranch, between Baldwin lake and 
Sugarloaf, at about 7000 feet elevation, August 25. 
Carpodacus purpureus californicus (Baird). 
California Purple Finch. 
This species impressed me as being one of the rarer birds of 
the region. In fact I failed to detect it at all im 1905. Im 1906 
I saw a male at Schneider’s ranch, below Seven Oaks, June 18; 
and on July 6 and 17 I saw several young in the willows just 
above Seven Oaks, 5100 feet. An adult female was taken on the 
Santa Ana below our South Fork camp, July 14; and on the 20th 
a full-plumaged male was secured on the South Fork, 300 yards 
above its mouth, at about 6300 feet altitude. The latter bird 
was alone, feeding on the ground beneath the willows and cedars 
near the stream, and both individuals had probably wandered up 
the valley from a lower level. On August 4 an adult female and 
a juvenal were taken in a willow thicket on the Santa Ana, at 
about 6000 feet elevation. On June 13 and 22, 1907, I saw and 
heard California purple finches in Mountain Home canon a mile 
or so aboye Skinner’s, 4300 feet, and also about Seven Oaks. 
To summarize, the California purple finch in this region ap- 
pears to be confined to a narrow belt on the Pacific side of the 
mountains at about the line of mergence between Upper Sonoran 
and lower Transition; preference seems to be shown for the near 
