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Melospiza cinerea cleonensis. Mendocino Song Sparrow. Crescent City. (Iden- 

 tification by Biological Survey). 



Melospiza cinerea samuelis. Samuels Song Sparrow. Common at Marshalls, 

 Marin County. (Identification by Biological Survey). 



Melospiza lincolni lincolni. lyincoln Sparrow. South Yallo Bally Mountain. 

 (Identification by Biological Survey). Seen also at Crescent City, Requa, Orickand 

 Alton Junction. 



Passerella iliaca megarhyncha. Thick-billed Sparrow. Common on South 

 Yallo Bally Mountain (Identification of specimens by Biological Survey). Seen 

 also at Beswick and Alton Junction. 



Pipilo crissalis crissalis. California Towhee. Beswick and Alton Junction. 

 Common. 



Oreospiza chlorura. Green-tailed Towhee. Not uncommon on South Yallo Bally. 



Hirundo erythrogaster. Barn Swallow. Common at Ivower Klamath I,ake. 



Tachycineta thalassina lepida. Northern Violet-green Swallow. In the even- 

 ings we would see these birds dashing in small flocks up the Eel River near Bar- 

 ney's Ranch. 



Ampelis cedrorum. Cedar Waxwing. Two of these birds shot in orchard at 

 Beswick. 



Lanius ludovicianus excubitorides. White-rumped Shrike. Abundant in sage- 

 brush near Klamath I^ake. 



Helminthophila rubricapilla gutturalis. Calaveras Warbler. Common on South 

 Yallo Bally. 



Dendroica auduboni. Audubon Warbler. This species was profusely abun- 

 dant on South Yallo Bally. In rollicking flocks they visited our camp, perching 

 inquisitively near to us as we worked on our specimens. They consorted with 

 j uncos and the two together seemingly outnumbered all other birds. 



Dendroica nigrescens. Black-throated Gray Warbler. One taken at Beswick. 



Geothlypis trichas arizela. Pacific Yellow-throat. Common in fruit orchard 

 at Beswick. 



Wilsonia pusilla pileolata. Pileolated Warbler. Fairly common on South 

 Yallo Bally in willow thickets. 



Anthus pensilvanicus. American Pipit. Met at Klamath Hot Springs (Bes- 

 wick) Crick and Trinidad. 



Cinclus mexicanus. Water Ouzel. Common along Eel River near South Yallo 

 Bally. Beswick (Shovel Creek) and at lyierley's Ranch. 



Salpinctes obsoletus. Rock Wren. This cheery little bird was frequently met 

 on the rocky cliffs northeast of Shovel Creek near Beswick. 



Nannus hiemalis pacificus. Western Winter Wren. Common at Camp Meeker, 

 South Yallo Bally, Crescent City, Requa, Orick, Trinidad and Eureka. 



Certhia familiaris occidentalis. Sierra Creeper. Orick, Trinidad, Henley's 

 Ranch, and Beswick. 



Sitta carolinensis aculeata. Slender-billed Nuthatch. South Yallo Bally, 

 Spanish Springs Camp (Beswick). 



Sitta canadensis. Canada Nuthatch. South Yallo Bally, Spanish Springs 

 Camp (Beswick). 



Penthestes gambeli. Mountain Chickadee. Common at South Yallo Bally, 

 Spanish Springs Camp (Beswick). 



Penthestes rufescens. Clies1:nut-backed Chickadee. Crescent City, Alton 

 Junction, Rio Dell, Eureka. 



Chamaea fasciata phaea. Northern Wren-tit. Few seen at Crescent City. 



