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Oreortyx picta plumifera. Plumed Quail. We noted this species in numbers be- 

 tween Clark's and Seven Oaks, elevation about 5000 feet. No eggs were found, but coveys 

 of young were frequently met with in the brush. The old birds called the chicks with a 

 note remarkably like the snarling of a wildcat, which somewhat disconcerted us at first. 



Xenopicus albolarvatus gravirostris. Southern White-headed Woodpecker. Fawn- 

 skin Valley, elevation 7000 feet, was the only locality where we found this bird to be 

 abundant. Four nests were examined, three of them containing large young. From the 

 other nest I collected three considerably incubated eggs on June 17. This seems to be a 

 rather late set. 



Chordeiles virginianus hesperis. Pacific Nighthawk. On the 19th I collected a set 

 of two fresh eggs near Pine Knot, elevation 6800 feet, and not over 200 yards from the 

 edge of Bear Lake. At Clark's Ranch, 5000 feet, nighthawks were seen and heard every 

 evening of the three days we stayed there. 



Aeronaut es melanoleucus. White-throated Swift. Several colonies were noted in 

 the San Gabriel Canyon at from 2000 to 3000 feet altitude. One nest that I examined 

 June 24 contained four young nearly fully-fledged. 



Stellula calliope. Calliope Hummingbird. Although birds were quite common at 

 several points near Bear Lake, we located but one nest of this species. It was inaccessi- 

 bly situated on a dead limb of a large pine tree on Grout Creek, at about 7000 feet alti- 

 tude. 



Sayornis nigricans. Black Phoebe. Common along all streams up to about 6000 

 feet. We took a set of four half-incubated eggs at Clark's, 5000 feet, on June 21. A sim- 

 ilar set was noted near the in-take in San Gabriel Canyon, June 23. 



Myiochanes richardsoni richardsoni. Western Wood Pewee. The commonest 

 breeder everywhere. A set of three far-incubated eggs taken June 18 at 7000 feet, and 

 many other nests noted at lower altitudes. 



Empidonax difficilis difficilis. Western Flycatcher. A set of three fresh eggs col- 

 lected with the parent June 21 at 5000 feet in the Santa Ana Canyon. This was our only 

 record of this bird. 



Otocoris alpestris actia. California Horned Lark. One pair noted at the I. S. 

 Ranch, elevation 6800 feet. Their actions plainly showed that they had a nest in the 

 vicinity, but I was unable through lack of time to locate it. 



Cyanocitta stelleri frontalis. Blue-fronted Jay. Families of young Jays were on 

 the wing at several localities, so a set of three almost fresh eggs that I collected June 18 

 en Grout Creek, 7000 feet, must be considered as an extremely late laying. 



Junco hy emalis thurberi. Thurber Junco. June 19 I collected a set of four fresh 

 eggs near Pine Knot, 6800 feet. The nest was unusual, being placed in an old tin can 

 under a tree some dozen feet from the main road. 



Pipilo maculatus megalonyx. Spurred Towhee^ Four fresh eggs collected June 20 

 near Seven Oaks, 5500 feet. Much more common at lower elevations. 



Vireosylva gilva swainsoni. Western Warbling Vireo. A characteristic bird of the 

 canyons from 2000 to 5000 feet. A set of four half-incubated eggs taken with the parent 

 birds just below Clark's June 20. On the 23rd I noted a bird brooding one heavily incu- 

 bated egg in San Gabriel Canyon, 2500 feet elevation. I was unable to determine if there 

 had been more than the one egg. 



Dendroica aestiva brewsteri. California Yellow Warbler. Very common up to 5000 

 feet. A set of four slightly incubated eggs collected at Clark's, June 21, and another set 

 of three fresh eggs taken at 2500 feet in San Gabriel Canyon. All other nests noted were 

 unfinished. 



Cinclus mexicanus unicolor. Dipper. Fairly common along the Santa Ana Canyon. 

 A nest was found on a large log in the stream at about 4500 feet. The young had recently 

 flown, and were still in the vicinity. One of them, when forced into the water, swam 

 quite awkwardly and made haste to scramble back to the rocks. 



Sialia mexicana anabelae. San Pedro Bluebird. Nesting commonly around Bear 

 Lake, elevation 6760 feet. Many nests noted containing young, and one set of six eggs 

 ready to hatch collected June 17. No Bluebirds were shot by us, and I am referring the 

 birds noted to the subspecies anabelae on the authority of Willett's "Birds of the Pacific 

 Slope of Southern California", Avifauna no. ?'.— D. I. Shepardson, Los Angeles, Califor- 

 nia, June SO, 1911. 



