1913] Grinm U-Swarlh : Birds and Mammals of San Jacinto 241 



Ceryle alcyon (Linnaeus) 

 Belted Kingfisher 

 Seen at but one point, at Cabezon. where, on May 22. an 

 adult female, undoubtedly a migrant, was secured (no. 2130). 

 The stomach of this bird contained grasshoppers and the bones 

 of some small vertebrate. There are no fish in the small streams 

 of the vicinity. 



Dryobates villosus hyloscopus Cabanis & Heine 

 Cabanis Woodpecker 



Abundant throughout the timbered portions of the moun- 

 tains; seen in some numbers at every point visited, from Hemet 

 Valley up to the summits of San Jacinto and Santa Rosa peaks. 

 Points of record are: Kenworthy. Hemet Lake, Thomas Moun- 

 tain. Schain's Ranch, Strawberry Valley. Tahquitz Valley. Round 

 Valley. San Jacinto Peak, and Santa Rosa Peak. Nine speci- 

 mens were preserved, two adults, six juvenals, and one immature 

 in first winter plumage (nos. 2075. 2282, 2580-2582, 2866-2868, 

 2951). 



After the first of July the young birds were much in evidi oce 

 everywhere. The one immature (no. 2151.5), taken at Hemet 

 Lake, August 7, has quite completed the molt from the juvenal 

 to the first winter plumage. 



Dryobates scalaris cactophilus Oberholser 

 Cactus Woodpecker 

 Of general distribution on the lower slopes of the desert 

 side of the mountains, though apparently nowhere very abund- 

 ant. The only breeding species of woodpecker in the region it 

 inhabits. Observed at the following points: Snow Creek, Cab- 

 ezon, Dos Palmos, Palm Canon (up to 3500 feet), all in the 

 Lower Sonoran zone. It was conspicuously associated with the 

 agave belt, the dried stalks of this plant and the yucca affording 

 nesting sites in a region that is practically treeless. The birds 

 forage freely on low bushes and cactuses, and are thus inde- 

 pendent of trees, but require some larger woody growth in which 

 to bore their nesting holes. An unoccupied cavity was found at 



