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Twelve specimens were collected: Schain's Ranch, three i s. 



1784, 1785, 1972), Strawberry Valley, three (nos. 2696, 2698), 

 Kenworthy, one (no. 2278), Garnet Queen Mine, four (nos. 

 2391-2394). Palm Canon, one (no. 3090). 



Penthestes gambeli baileyae (Grhmell) 



Bailey Mountain Chickadee 



In the Transition zone and upwards, this was one of the 

 most abundant species of birds in the mountains. By the time 

 we first reached their haunts, during the last week in June, the 

 young were already flying about, and. attended by their parents, 

 were conspicuous everywhere in the woods. In the Santa Rosa 

 Mountains, both at the Garnet Queen Mine and at the summit 

 of the range, this chickadee was the commonest species of bird. 

 In the San Jacinto Mountains proper, from about 5000 feet 

 upwards, they were also exceedingly numerous, being noted in the 

 bills above Kenworthy. and at Fuller's Mill, Schain's Ranch. 

 Strawberry Valley. Tahquitz Valley. Round Valley, and Thomas 

 Mountain, and it was one of the species noted on the summit 

 of San Jacinto Peak (10,700 feet), July 27. An immature male 

 taken on Thomas Mountain, August 17. has completed the post- 

 juvenal molt. 



Forty specimens were preserved, as follows : Garnet Queen 

 Mine, six (nos. 2363-2365, 2376. 2381, 2382), Santa Rosa Peak, 

 four (nos. 2377-2380), Fuller's Mill, five (nos. 1973-1977), 

 Schain's Ranch, five (nos. 1931-1935), Strawberry Valley, eight 

 (nos. 2596-2603), Tahquitz Valley, five (nos. 2796-2800), Round 

 Valley, six (nos. 2116, 2117, 2202-2205), Thomas Mountain, one 

 (no. 3025). 



Psaltriparus minimus minimus (Townsend) 

 California Bush-tit 

 A common species in the scrub oak and chaparral of the 

 lower parts of the mountains. On the desert side they were 

 fairly abundant on Pinon Flat and at Dos Palmos. On the 

 Pacific side we saw many at Kenworthy ; and in the Santa Rosa 

 Mountains as high as the Garnet Queen Mine, in the San Jacintos 



