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parents showed mild solicitude, by uttering their kitten-like mew, 
varied with the sharp ‘‘peep,’’ from a neighboring bush. 
These birds were quite plentiful at Bluff lake among the 
brush patches, where many small young were noted in July. 
They were also noted at Doble, and Saragossa springs (at the 
northeast and northwest sides of Gold mountain) ; and they were 
actually abundant at the north base of Sugarloaf, 7500 feet 
altitude, from August 19 to 23, 1905. Here they were feeding 
on service-berries in company with many other birds. Specimens 
taken at this time were in various stages of the fall moult. Some 
individuals, both adult and young, had completed the fall moult 
by August 21. When we left Bluff lake September 4, green- 
tailed towhees were still in evidence, though quiet and less notice- 
able than in July. Thirty-eight skins in all were obtained. 
Zamelodia melanocephala capitalis (Baird). 
Pacific Black-headed Grosbeak. 
The black-headed grosbeak was common along the Santa Ana 
near Seven Oaks in June and July. A nest was found there 
June 13, 1905, ten feet above the ground in a willow. It con- 
tained four eges in which incubation was far advanced. Another 
nest was found June 14 containing three fresh eggs. Grosbeaks 
were also seen in the breeding season along the upper Santa Ana 
as high as the mouth of the South Fork, 6200 feet altitude. They 
also became quite common in that section after the middle of 
July. The species was not met with elsewhere until late sum- 
mer. On the desert side of the mountains migrants, presumably, 
were fairly common in August, 1905. They were noted from the 
11th to the 16th at Cactus Flat, and Cushenbury springs. The 
species was also noted at the north base of Sugarloaf, 7500 feet, 
on August 21. Eight specimens were obtained. 
Passerina amoena (Sav). Lazuli Bunting. 
All along the Santa Ana eanon from its mouth near Mentone 
up to Big Meadows, 6800 feet altitude, nearly at its head, lazuli 
buntings were conspicuously common. Seyeral nests were found 
in the vicinity of Seven Oaks and Fish creek. One on June 16, 
1905, contained three fresh eges, and another on July 10 (1907) 
