May, 1907 BIRDS COLLECTED ON CERROS, SAN BENITO AND NATIVIDAD IS. 8[ 



Besides the birds secured we shot two examples of Hccmatopus frazari. but they 

 both fell ill the heav}- surf among the rocks and we were unable to secure them." 



Ptychoramphus aleuticus (Pall. ). Fourteen adults of both sexes, April 26. 



Falco peregrinus anatum (Bonap. ). One adult male, April 26. 



Trochilus costae (Bourc. ). Two specimens, April 26. 



Otocoris alpestris enertera Oberholser. Seven adults, both sexes, April 26. 



Salpinctes obsoletus obsoletus (Say). Two adult females, April 26. 



Carpodacus mcgregori Anthony. Five specimens, two males, apparently adult 

 but with no red in the plumage, one adult female, and two nearly full-grown young 

 males, April 25 and 26. 



It had been thought that this very distinct species, peculiar to these small, bar- 

 ren islands, was nearly if not quite extinct. Unfortunately Mr. Brown did not note 

 how many individuals he saw during the two days he spent at the San Benito 

 Islands. 



Passerculus rostratus sanctorum (Ridg.). Thirteen specimens, adults of both 

 sexes, and young. In this series there are eight breeding birds in worn plumage, 

 four nestlings — one apparently just out of the nest — and one, probably a young of 

 the season, in fully acquired autumnal plumage, April 25 and 26. 



Boston , Massach n setts . 



thf: woodhouse jay in western coeorado 



By ROBERT B. ROCKWELL 



THERE are few if au}^ American birds which have received less recognition 

 from Ornithological writers than the Woodhouse jay; hence a few observa- 

 tions regarding this bird may be of interest. 



The writer's acquaintance with the Woodhouse jay was mostly acquired in the 

 eastern part of Mesa County, Colorado, which is located on the western edge of 

 the State adjoining Utah, and about the middle of the State north and south. The 

 eastern part of the County is mountainous, ranging in altitude from 5,000 to 

 10,000 feet and for the most part is well watered and timbered. Thruout this sec- 

 tion in localities ranging from 6,000 to 9,000 feet this jay is a common resident 

 thruout the j-ear. 



During the winter months the}^ are found in large numbers in the brush-clad 

 gulches and ravines in the lower part of their range and usually not far from culti- 

 vated ground, where they feed largely upon grain and .seed in the barn-yards, 

 feedlots and fields. During this period they become very tame if not molested 

 and will even occasionally slip into an open kitchen door in quest of some tempting 

 morsel. Eike the rest of the jays they are very inquisitive birds and a good deal of 

 their time is spent "investigating." When feeding they are very quiet and sel- 

 dom make any noise unless surprised or frightened. 



They are at all times very cautious birds and altho they are fully as plentiful 

 around the meat bait in coyote traps as the magpie I have never known of a jay 

 being trapped, while large numbers of the magpies are caught in this manner. 



As soon as the first feathery green appears on the scrub-oak covered hillsides 

 Woodhousie forgets his domestic habits of the winter and thruout the summer is 

 seldom seen in the vicinity of the ranch houses except when on some short forag- 

 ing expedition. 



