1913] Grinncll-Swartli : Bints and Mammals of San Jacinto 245 



At the former point an adult female was secured (no. 1997), 

 at the latter an adult male (no. 2854) and two full-grown juvenals 

 (nos. 2853, 2855). Several others were seen in Tahquitz Valley. 

 always in the clumps of willows bordering the marshy cienagas. 

 One such thicket had been worked upon by the sapsuckers until 

 almost entirely destroyed, though the surrounding shrubbery 

 was untouched, a parallel instance to the one described from the 

 San Bernardino Mountains (see Grinnell, 1908. p. 63). Several 

 adults were seen in this thicket, and one of the juvenals secured 

 there, but as a rule the birds quietly slipped out on the far side 

 of the bush before they could be approached closely. For the 

 use of the name daggetti sec Swarth ( 1912, p. 35). 



Sphyrapicus thyroideus (Cassin) 



Williamson Sapsucker 



A very few were seen and heard in Tahquitz Valley, July 19 



to August 5, and in Round Valley, July 6 to 12. They were 



evidently uncommon in the mountains, and the few seen were 



difficult of approach. 



Five specimens were secured, an adult male, two adult females, 

 and a juvenal male from Round Valley, and a juvenal male 

 from Tahquitz Valley (nos. 2077, 2078, 2189, 2190, 2852). 



Melanerpes formicivorus bairdi Ridgway 

 California Woodpecker 

 Seen in moderate numbers at various points, all below 7000 

 feet, and almost invariably in large oak timber. Exact points 

 of occurrence are : Stage road along San Jacinto River, at about. 

 3000 feet. May 19 ; Kenworthy. a few seen in the hills on the 

 west side of the valley. June 4; Vandeventer Flat. June 23, sev- 

 eral; Schain's Ranch, June 17 to 29, seen daily; Poppet Flat, 

 June 20 and 24, numerous; Fuller's Mill, June 30 to July 5, seen 

 daily; Strawberry Valley, July, abundant; Hemet Lake, Augusl 

 5 to 15, a few seen or heard at various times; Thomas Mountain. 

 August 16 to 21, abundant. Thomas Mountain, altitude 6800 

 feet, is the highest point at which the species was noted. 



