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northern base of the mountains, at Whitewater, Snow Creek, 

 Cabezon and Banning, this was one of the most common birds. 



Nests containing eggs or young were found at Dos Palmos, 

 Cabezon, and Snow Creek in May, and at Vallevista at the end 

 of August. One discovered on the steep side of Deep Canon, 

 .May 30, was on the ground under the shelter of an overhanging 

 agave. The nest was a collection of fine twigs, built up at the 

 Lower side so as to form a shelf on the steep slope, and con- 

 tained two incubated eggs. Others were found, as follows: two 

 at Cabezon, May 5, built in low bushes three or four feet from 

 the ground, each with two eggs; two at Snow Creek, one, May 

 27, in a sycamore, seven feel up, the other May 29, on the ground, 

 imiler a bush, each with eggs; and two at Vallevista, August 30, 

 both in low bushes in the chaparral, and each containing small 

 young. 



At Dos Palmos, though only a few individuals were breeding 

 in the vicinity, the scattered springs and seepages attracted many 

 more, some probably from a long distance. One shot May 29 

 contained undigested barley in its crop, which must have been 

 eaten many miles away. 



Seven specimens were preserved: Cabezon. three (nos. 1606- 

 1608); Snow Creek, three (nos. 2163-2165); and Dos Palmos, 

 one (no. 2493). 



Cathartes aura septentrionalis Wied 



Turkey Vulture 



Not a common species in the mountains. A few were seen 

 at different times in Hemet Valley, at Kenworthy in May, and 

 at Ili'iin't Lake ill August. At the northern base of the moun- 

 tains, the eastern slope of Sun Gorgonio Pass, they were rather 



i v numerous, as at Whitewater, Snow Creek, Cabezon and 



Banning. A few were observed at Dos Palmos in May and June. 

 In the San Jacinto Valley, about Vallevista and Hemet, large 

 flocks were noted in August and September. 



The two examples preserved (nos. 2345, 2346) were both 

 caught in steel traps set for carnivores, and baited with meat, 

 the bodies of skinned birds and mammals. The first (no. 



