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Pasadena Academy of Sciences. Publication II. 



147 — 4.0'ja. Melanerpes formicivorus bairdi Ridgw. 

 Califoroiao WoodpecKer. 

 Abundant resident in the oak regions, and in much less numbers 

 in the pines and firs up to 6000 feet in the mountains. Breeds in April 

 and May: Earliest set, five fresh eggs, taken April 5 ('92), by R. 

 Arnold in San Fernando Valley. Last set, four fresh, June 3 ('96), 

 near Pasadena by H. Leland. Sets are of four to eight eggs. 



148 — 4.08. Melanerpes torquatus (Wils.). 



Lewis's WoodpecKer. 

 Common winter visitant in the oak regions and occasionally on 

 the mountains among the firs. Noted in the vicinity of Pasadena by 

 F. S. Daggett as early as Sept. 30 ('96), and in the spring I have seen 

 it as late as May 4 ('95). 



149 — 412. Colaptes auratus (Linn.). 



FiicKer. 

 An adult male of this eastern species was taken by E. C Thurber 

 at Alhambra, Feb 7, '90, 



150 — 41 J. Colaptes cafer (Gmel.). 



Red-sbafted Flicker. 

 Common throughout the year in wooded localities, but most gen- 

 erally distributed and much more abundant in winter. Breeds from 

 the willow regions in the lowlands up to 6000 feet in the mountains. 

 Eggs usually laid in May. Earliest set, five fresh, taken April 16 

 ('96), in San Fernando Valley by C. E. Groesbeck; last set, four 

 slightly incubated, taken near Pasadena, June 15 ('94), by H. A. Gay- 

 lord. Several "hybrid" Flickers have been takeu in the county. 



151 — 4.18b. Phalisnoptilus nuttallii califomicus Ridgw. 



DusKy Poor-Will? 

 Common in .spring, summer and fall in the foothill regions, and 

 occasional up to 6000 feet on brushy slopes in the mountains. During 

 the spring and fall migrations the note of this bird is frequently heard 

 at night far out ou the mesas and uplands. E. Simmons, who resides 

 at the base of the mountains north of Pasadena, states that he hears 

 this bird during every month of the year, though from Dec. 15 to Jan. 

 20 last year he heard none, and H. S. Swarth reports seeing a single 

 individual during the last of December and early part of January, thus 

 indicating that the Poor-will may remain throughout the year. The 

 extent of the breeding .season is shown by the following sets of two 

 eggs each, taken by E- Simmons near North Pasadena: Set, fresh, 

 April 21 C95); set, incubation advanced, June 14 ('93). 



152 — 420. Chordeiles virginianus (Gmel.). 



Nigh)thawk. 

 Rare migrant. I took a male and saw another, probably the fe- 

 male, in the evening of Oct. 27, '96. The Nighthawk occurring in 

 summer in the Sierras and northward through Oregon and \\'ashino-- 

 ton, is apparently identical with this common eastern species. 



