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as high as 4000 feet, especially where there are sycamore trees. My 

 notes show the first arrival to be a male on March 15 ('97). and the 

 last seen in the fall, a juvenile, Sept. 18 ('97). Two broods are usually 

 reared in a season. The earliest set was of four slightly incubated 

 eggs taken by me in Pasadena, April 26, ('95). H. Leland found a 

 nest Aug. 3 ('97), containing one fresh egg. On Aug. 25 this nest 

 held a brood of small young. Sets are most ahvays of four. 



192— 5ci<y. Icterus huUocki (Swains.). 



Bullock's Oriole. 



Abundant in summer on the lowlands and mesas. My notes give 

 the first arrival, March 16 ('96), and the latest seen, Aug. 10 ('97). 

 These records were taken at Pasadena, and I have no doubt but that 

 this bird is found much later in the fall in other parts of the County. 

 Breeds mostly in May. First set, five fresh, taken by me near Pasa- 

 dena, May 7 ('95); last set, five incubation advanced, taken by H. A. 

 Gaylord near Pasadena, July 18 ('94). 

 193 — 510. Scolecophagus cyanocephalus (Wagl.). 

 Brewer's Blackbird. 



Abundant resident throughout the lower parts of the County. 

 Full sets of eggs are found by the last of April. Evan Davis reports 

 taking eggs in the vicinity of Orange, as early as March i6th. 



194— 5/^a. Coccothraustes vesperiinus monianus (Ridgw.). 

 Westero Everjing Grosbeak. 

 E- B. Towne secured an adult male near Pasadena, Dec. 28, '94. 

 It was with a flock of Western Lark Sparrows among some oak trees. 

 This is our only record. 



195 — 517a. Carpodacus purpureus californicus Baird. 

 California Purple pincb- 

 Common winter visitant on the mesas and lowlands, haunting 

 thickets and bushy places in small companies. I have noted it about 

 Pasadena from Oct. 27 ('96), till April 29 ('96.) This species probably 

 breeds sparingly in portions of the mountains. I took an adult pair 

 which evidently had a nest near by, on Mt. Wilson, June 22, ('95). 



196 — 518. Carpodacus cassini Baird. 



Cassin's Purple Fincb^ 

 Common resident of the mountains from 4000 feet up to the sum- 

 mits. I have found it rather numerous in July on Mt. Waterman, in- 

 habiting the pine forests. No juveniles were noted, though the fe- 

 males secured showed signs of having recently incubated. This spe- 

 cies occurs rarely in winter as low as the foothills, and then but spar- 

 inly. At that season they gather in small flocks, feeding in the brush, 

 and seem not to mind the snow, just so the bushes are not entirely 

 covered. 



197 — 5rg. Carpodacus mexicanus frontalis (Say). 



House FiQch. 

 This is the well-known "linnet," an abundant resident every- 

 where from the coast to the foothills. In winter large flocks often 



