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Icterus bullocki (Swainson) 

 Bullock Oriole 



Common nearly everywhere, up to the lower edge of Tran- 

 sition. Abundant at Cabezon in May, migrating early in the 

 month and found breeding a little later. At Kenworthy they 

 were also numerous in May and June, feeding in the sagebrush 

 to a great extent, and also frequenting the scattered clumps 

 of yellow pines. On June 10 after a high wind, a nest with four 

 broken eggs was found under a pine tree. Also seen at Van- 

 deventer Flat, Banning, Schain's Ranch, and Strawberry Valley, 

 probably breeding at all these points. Single birds noted in Tah- 

 quitz Valley, July 25 and 29, were undoubtedly wanderers from 

 lower down. 



Eleven specimens were preserved, as follows: Cabezon, three 

 (nos. 1729-1731), Banning, one (no. 2047). Schain's Ranch, one 

 (no. 1786). Kenworthy, four (nos. 2286-2289), Dos Palmos, one 

 (no. 2508), and Strawberry Valley, one (no. 2616). 



Euphagus cyanocephalus (Wagler) 

 Brewer Blackbird 



Fairly common at many points in the lower parts of the 

 mountains. Breeding colonies were observed at Cabezon, Ken- 

 worthy, and Vandeventer Flat. Strawberry Valley, 6000 feet, 

 was the highest point at which the species was encountered in 

 the San Jacintos. Here, in July, flocks of old and young 

 together, frequented the corrals and pastures. At Hemet Lake, 

 early in August, they were abundant. 



Six specimens were preserved, three from Cabezon (nos. 1650- 

 1652), and three from Kenworthy (nos. 2290-2292). 



Carpodacus purpureus californicus Baird 

 California Purple Finch 

 Fairly common in Strawberry Valley during July. The only 

 other places where the species was encountered were a little 

 meadow just below the summit of Toro Peak, where, on July 1, 

 several were seen, and Tahquitz Valley, where two specimens 

 were taken, an adult female. July 20. and a juvenal male, July 



