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Bubo virginianus icelus. Dusky Horned Owl. One shot at John Day's in 

 Potter Valley, (identification by Biological Survey). The Horned Owls met on 

 South Yallo Bally, Beswick, and Henley's Ranch, are provisionally referred to 

 B. V. facificiis in the absence of specimens (see Oberholser Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 

 Vol. 27, p. 177). 



Asio accipitrinus. Short-eared Owl. Common at Lower Klamath Dake. 



Speotyto cunicularia hypogaea. -Burrowing Owl. Observed only at Alton 

 Junction, where one was caught in a trap purely by accident. 



Ceryle alcyon. Belted Kingfisher. Common at Beswick and Crescent City. 



Dryobates pubescens gairdnerii. Gairdner Woodpecker. A Downy Wood- 

 pecker met at Crescent City was supposed to be this form, and one taken at Bes- 

 wick is so identified by the Biological Survey. 



Xenopicus albolarvatus. White-headed Woodpecker. Only met in Canadian 

 Zone at Spanish Springs Camp (Beswick). 



Sphyrapicus ruber. Red-breasted Sapsucker. This bird was common in all 

 Transition and Canadian Zone forests we visited. 



Ceophloeus pileatus abieticola. Northern Pileated Woodpecker. This bird 

 was first met in life by the writer in a deep gully close to Barney's Ranch. While 

 passing along a trail in this gloomy place, a most startling and weird sound was 

 heard. It seemed like the angry snarl of some four-footed beast, and I was in a 

 quandary till I saw a large black bird fly up from near the ground and perch on a 

 dead tree close beside me. I was greatly elated when I secured it. Another 

 specimen was later taken at John Day's, Potter Valley. 



Melanerpes formicivorus bairdii. California Woodpecker. Common in the 

 Transition Zone wherever we went. 



Asyndesmus torquatus. Lewis Woodpecker. To the writer this was the most 

 interesting woodpecker met in California. As we drove along the stage road from 

 Ager (on the Southern Pacific Railroad) to Beswick, numerous floc-ks of large, 

 slow-flying black birds were frequently seen. When the stage driver told me they 

 were woodpeckers I was greatly surprised, but fully convinced when I had shot 

 one of them. The birds were very abundant about Beswick and very destructive 

 to orchards there. They were systematically shot, an average of 50 per day being 

 made during the period of their greatest abundance, which was during the first 

 half of August. 



Colaptes cafer coUaris. Red-shafted Flicker. This bird was common where- 

 ever we went. Along the humid coast belt we might have encountered C. c. 

 saturatior . 



Phalaenoptilus nuttallii calif ornicus. Dusky Poor-will. We saw a good deal of 

 this interesting bird on the summit of South Yallo Bally. One night while we 

 were sitting about the camp fire, a spectre-like form fluttered out of the darkness 

 and dropped noiselessly to a big rock near by. In the day time a favorite place of 

 concealment seems to be rocky and scantily -covered slopes. When flushed it will 

 make but a short, erratic flight before alighting again. (Identification by Biologi- 

 cal Survey). 



Nuttallornis borealis. Olive-sided Flycatcher. Common on South Yallo Bally 

 and observed at Spanish Springs Camp near Beswick. 



Sayornis nigricans. Black Phoebe. Crescent City, Alton Junction. 



Pica pica hudsonica. Black-billed Magpie. This bird was common in the 

 brushy and scantily timbered hills in the vicinity of Lower Klamath Lake. 



Cyanocitta stelleri frontalis. Blue-fronted Jay. This bird was common on 



