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the digger pine, Douglas fir, oaks, ceanothus and poison oak. After some cold, 
.snowy days, the weather was delightful and we put in two weeks here, devoting 
most of the time to getting small mammals, but meanwhile collecting and observ- 
ing birds. 
From Helena we went back by way of Weaverville and stopped off at Tower 
House, in Shasta County, at the lower end of Clear Creek valley and about eigh- 
teen miles from Redding. It stormed during most of our week’s stay but we man- 
aged to get enough specimens to keep busy. As a result of the trip we have de- 
cided that winter collecting in the mountains is very enjoyable as well as very much 
worth while. 
All of the specimens were collected for the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology of 
the University of California, and the numbers where cited are those of the bird col- 
lection in that institution. 
Oreortyx picta picta. Mountain Quail. Quite numerous at Helena on dry, 
brushy south slopes. Specimens taken, nos. 17299-17.J02, are distinctly of the 
coast form. 
Lophortyx californica vallicola. \'alley Quail. One flock was seen each 
time we passed a certain wild rose thicket on the road, near a ranch about four 
miles above Helena. The one specimen taken, no. 17.103, is unquestionably val- 
licola. At Tower House they came close around the buildings and were .seen feed- 
ing with the chickens. 
Dendragapus obscurus fuliginosus. Soot>' Grouse. Some were seen on the 
high ridges at Helena by the trapper, Mr. Knowles; but the two specimens ob- 
tained, nos. 17304, 17305, were sent by him from Hay Fork, in the southern part 
of the county, after our return. The.se specimens are clearly of the northwest 
coast race. 
Astur atricapillus striatulus. Western Goshawk. One adult specimen, no. 
17306, sent in from Haj’ Fork by Mr. Knowles. 
Dryobates villosus hyloscopus. Cabanis Woodpecker. An example, no. 
17307, was shot by one of the men in the orchard at Helena. 
Dryobates pubescens gairdneri. Gairdner Woodpecker. Two specimens 
taken, one, no. 17308, at Helena, and one, no. 17309, at Tower Hou.se; in size and 
dark coloration of the breast these both resemble more closely typical gairdneri 
than the lighter form tiirati. 
Sphyrapicus ruber daggetti. Red-breasted Sapsucker. Reported common 
during the summer, the trees in the orchard bearing abundant evidence of their 
presence. Two specimens taken at Helena, nos. 17310, 17311. 
Phloeotomus pileatus abieticola. Northern Pileated Woodpecker. One was 
seen by Mr. Knowles at Helena, and he afterwards sent in one from Hay Fork. 
Colaptes cafer collaris. Red-shafted Flicker. Very common at Tower House 
where they fed on the ground in the orchard. 
Sayornis nigricans. Black Phoebe. Only one seen, at Tower House, 
March 2. 
Cyanocitta stelleri frontalis. Sierra Nevada Jay. Not particularly numerous. 
The two taken, nos. 17316, 17317, at Helena, are not exactly frontalis, being 
clearly intermediate in coloration towards carhonacca. 
Aphelocoma californica. California Jay. Only two or three noted. 
Hesperiphona vespertina montana. Western Evening Grosbeak. We saw 
none at all ourselves but on our return through Weaverville Mr. Hupp gave us one 
specimen which he had .shot out of a large flock in the trees in front of his house. 
He had been born and raised in Weaverville, and had been in all parts of the 
