176 



THE CONDOR 



Vol.. IX 



forest; true heavy timber still prevailed along the streams but forsook the higher 

 hillsides along which we now traveled. After a walk of several miles along the 

 ridge and several more down White House Creek we found ourselves on the county 

 highway, which for the most part runs along the edge of the cliffs. 



We spent the night at the home of a prosperous dairyman and the only diffi- 

 culty we had was to prevail on our host to accept some return for his kindness. 

 The following morning, May 25th, Oluf desiring to take some views of Anna 



Nuevo Island and its light- 

 house we crossed a mile or so 

 of sandy waste of a head- 

 land the point of which lies 

 directly opposite the island. 

 Here in the sand banks 

 along the beach I found sev- 

 eral colonies of Bank Swal- 

 lows {CHvicoIa rip arid), 

 worthy of notice; for unlike 

 the great colonies in the cliffs 

 about Santa Cruz where sev- 

 eral hundred birds nest, there 

 were but half a dozen pairs or 

 so together. The sand banks 

 were about ten feet high and 

 most of the nesting burrows 

 were only placed eight feet or 

 so up, so it was an easy mat- 

 ter to reach them. The tun- 

 nels ran from two and a half 

 to four feet in and contained 

 either eggs in various con- 

 ditions or small young. 



We resumed our tramp 

 about noon and some hours 

 later arrived at Scott's Creek. 

 Finding the stage just about 

 to leave and being informed 

 that the road from there on 

 passed thru a region possessing little of variety or interest, we took passage and 

 that evening found us again in our "bungalow by the sea" at Capitola, our 

 permanent camp from where we made numerous other excursions into the moun- 

 tains of Santa Cruz. 



Sail Francisco, California. 



NEST OF THE WESTERN FLYCATCHER ON THE TRUNK 

 OF A GIANT REDWOOD, BIG BASIN 



