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Stelgidopteryx serripennis (Audubon) 



Rough-winged Swallow 



A nock of about fifteen individuals, supposed to be of this 



species, seen at Schain's Ranch on June 26. At Hemet Lake, 



August 5 to 15, migrating rough-winged swallows were noted 



on several occasions. 



Bombycilla cedrorum Vieillot 

 Cedar Waxwing 



A flock of at least fifty seen in pepper trees bordering a 

 street in the town of Hemet on the morning of May 19. The 

 capture of a full-grown juvenal (no. 3001), at Hemet Lake, the 

 morning of August !>. was an unexpected occurrence, difficult of 

 explanation. This bird appeared immediately after an excep- 

 tionally heavy storm, and was the only one of the species observed 

 anywhere in the mountains. The capture of this specimen is not 

 in itself evidence of the breeding of the species in the region, 

 for though in the streaked juvenal plumage it was as strong on 

 the wing as any adult, and hence capable of travelling a long 

 distance. 



On the other hand, to assume that it had traveled as far as 

 (he distance from the nearest known breeding station of the 

 species, northern Oregon, does not seem altogether warranted. 

 It appears more reasonable to believe that the cedar waxwing 

 will eventually be found to breed occasionally in parts of Cali- 

 fornia, though at present not known to do so. 



Phainopepla nitens (Swainson) 

 Phainopepla 



Encountered in numbers at various points in San Gorgonio 

 Pass. At Cabezon. during May. they were seen daily, usually in 

 small flocks, and evidently migrating. Also observed at Snow 

 Creek, the end of May. and at Banning, early in June. At the 

 latter point they were probably hreeding. The few birds noted 

 at Dos Palmos Spring the last week in May. and at Pifion Flat, 

 June 2, were probably transients, as none were seen at these 



