The Poorwills 



mottling strengthened on back and wing-coverts; the ochraceous element a little more 

 pronounced throughout. Measurements about as in preceding. 



Range of P. n. californicus (chiefly within California). — Breeds in the Upper 

 Sonoran and Lower Transition zones in California west of the Sierras, from about 

 Latitude 40 south to northwestern Lower California and the San Pedro Martir Mount- 

 ains. Resident in the southern portion of its range and irregularly north at least to 

 San Benito County (Paicines, Mailliard). Migrant on the Santa Barbara Islands. 



Authorities. — Baird {Antrostomus nuttalli), Rep. Stanbury's Surv. Great Salt 

 Lake, 1852, p. 327, part (Calif.); Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, p. 588, footnote 

 (orig. desc); Bendire, Life Hist. N. Am. Birds, vol. ii., 1895, p. 158; J. Mailliard, 

 Condor, vol. xi., 1909, p. 45, fig. (habits, nest, eggs; Marin Co.); van Rossem and 

 Bowles, Condor, vol. xxii., 1920, p. 61, fig. (desc. nest and eggs; Los Angeles Co.). 





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Taken near Palm Springs 



Photo by the Author 



CHOLLA CACTUS AT DESERT BASE OF SAN JACINTO MOUNTAINS 



A HAUNT OF THE DUSKY POORWILL 



THE SUN has set and the last chore is done, all save carrying in the 

 brimful pail of milk, which slowly yields tribute of escaping bubbles to the 

 evening air. Sukey, with a vast sigh of relief, has sunk upon the ground, 

 where, after summoning a consoling cud, she regards her master wonder- 

 ingly. But the farmer boy is loth to quit the scene and to exchange the 



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