ANIMAL LIFE OF THE CUYAMACA MOUNTAINS. 17 
quite common and u mmits; RE apa (Pyranga aM 6 ones 
dant on higher part gs eee iins, and down. to foot-hills in summer; cli allow 
pak stn lunifrons), the only kind ina qe: here, except on the high aR aeons 
3,500 
PS wallow (H. A al common. in the oak groves up to 4, yon Teek; mar aie 
(Progne aches), not uncomm seen rarely 
among mistletoe = me hills; ens on’s greenlet ( Vireo Hutton i), not rare on the low 
mountains; little vireo (V. pusillus), common in willow thickets ne. the lower aer 
of rivers. ory vireo ( V. solitarius), not rare, and spo a # mo g bird Br nus 
polyglottus), not seen above the edges of the mésa. [Th ch aka 
(Oreoscoptes montanus) has been — ee near $ San ee i con billed thrush Apis 
porhynchus cep common in the lower 
t White-th oe pe en (Catherpes eee seen and heard only near Cajon valley, 
among immense granite bo widers. heir cry sounds like tes — laughter 
Bewic es wren pp edna Bewickii), common in the lower country; wren-titmouse 
sehisescas Lamhe). very ERLA on the i ahixebby EPEE ee ation nuthatch 
( pine woods. f oo poe 
(S. pygmea), also common aio ng pines e up; gr se RE (Lophophanes inorna- 
tus), not rare parsan ea oak forests; mountain titmouse ( Parus ea 5 very 
common indeed near the pine forests. It is possible on this may prove a new species, 
as they looked smaller Aa differently marked, but I did not succeed in et ting ere 
Other “critical” species may yet be found to repre sect some of the northern bir 
here named. east titmouse (Psaltriparus minimus), common at 7 half-way an 
mountains; horned lark (Eremophila cornuta), abundant on vein plains everywhere. 
I Baw fledged young os sass Pines, May 3. 
tina?), or some similar bird, I saw and heard 
a fe ew times 1 near the ‘summits of the moun ntains; lark finch ( Chondestes grammaca) is 
common on most open plains up to 3,000 feet altitude; Bells finch smeeep ies Bases is 
on most parts up tg 4,000 feet; Heermann’s song sparrow Saige iza Heermanni), ae 
common; black-headed grosbeak (Guiraca melanocephala), very common in all the 
woods. 
+ Bl G l ite common up to 4,500 feet. [Going north 
I saw trentyfive n miles north of San Diego, a single he arg goldfinch (Chrysomitris 
I ch ( i ena 
t Cow bird ( Molvthru thrus pecoris) oceu flocks on the east side of summit only, at 
4,500 feet Tt yellow headed 1 blackbird a (Xanthocephatus icterocephalus), with the 
pages nd also o Ua neglecta). everywhere 
u open pat goes mea adows; Bullock’s oriole (Icterus B ullockii), common; hoode 
iole (J. cucullatus), not rare up to 2 00 feet in Fook: neg = wer’s blackbird (Scole- 
or 
ophagus ae anocephalus), abundant almost n (Corvus carnivorus), in 
pairs occasionally up to at least 4,500 fost’ sweater eae a fitas). common u up to 
t Clarke’s crow (Picicor Columbi ?) urs, as almost alway’ in the 
Tan pine forests, but at this season is so shy and aiak that I am not certain of huy- 
en it. 
a Stellers jay (Cyanura Stelleri) was not rare in the pine woods. California i 
(Cyanocitta Californica), ), confined to > the osk woods up to about four thousand 
altitu 
f Band-tailed pigeon (Columba fasciata), in small flocks above three thousand feet 
altitude 
t Mountain quail ( Oreortyx pictus) in — above three bee five hundred 
feet, eae were p aed by April 28th. Lafterwards heard what I think was this bird on 
am Anaheim, Los Angeles Co., a not over one thousand feet elevation 
where s niall cypress trees S grow. A male shot agrees ex zoey with description 
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