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grasshoppers. At the north base of the mountain one was seen by ne 
on the narrow meadows bordering Shasta River in Shasta Valley Sep- 
tember 29, and several were observed farther north in the valley Sep- 
tember 17-20 by W. H. Osgood and R. T. Fisher. At Sisson they were 
seen July 15 by Miss Florence A. Merriam. 
32. Bubo virginianus. Great Horned Owl. 
Rare. Feathers were found at two or three places on the mountain, 
and at Sisson birds were heard hooting. 
33. Speotyto cunicularia hypogea. Burrowing Owl. 
Not observed by us, but reported by C. II. Townsend as common “on 
the sage-covered districts north of Mount Shasta,” about 15 miles from 
the mountain. 
34, Glaucidium gnoma californicum. California Pigmy Owl. 
C. H. Townsend obtained two specimens of the pigmy owl August 7, 
1883, at the big spring, a mile or two north of Sisson Meadows. 
35. Megascops asio bendirei (?). California Screech Owl. 
A screech owl was heard at Wagon Camp at different times during 
the season, particularly the latter part of September, but as no speci- 
men was secured there is some doubt as to the subspecies. 
36. Coccyzus americanus occidentalis. California Cuckoo. 
One shot and others seen in July, 1899, by Walter K. Fisher, among 
the alders and birches on Shasta River east of Edgewood. 
37, Ceryle aleyon. Jingfisher. 
A common resident in the neighborhood of Sisson, where it was seen 
repeatedly along Cold Creek, at the tish hatchery, and along the upper 
Sacramento; seen also along Shasta River north of Sisson. 
38. Dryobates villosus hyloscopus. Cabanis Hairy Woodpecker. 
Rather rare. Two or three were scen near Wagon Camp in July; 
two were collected where the Hudsonian and Canadian zones meet, 
near Squaw Creek Camp, in August (August 9 and 17); one was seen 
there September 1, and two were shot in the Transition zone in Sep- 
tember (one in Squaw Creck Valley September 13, the other at Sisson 
September 50), At Sisson R.T. Fisher saw three or tour, during the 
first half of September, in the big firs west of Sisson Tavern. 
39. Dryobates pubescens gairdneri. Gairdner Woodpecker. 
Obtained at Sisson by C. H. Townsend August 3, 1883, 
40. Xenopicus albolarvatus. White-headed Woodpecker. 
A common breeder in the upper part of the pine belt, and also among 
the Shasta and white firs near Wavon Camp, where several specimens 
were collected, and where a nest-containing noisy young was found the 
latter part of July. The nest was in a stub in a burn, with the 
