Xov., 1911 
FURTHER NOTES FROM SANTA CRUZ ISLAND 
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with oak trees and scrubby growth. There is one tract, however, that appears to 
possess a touch of boreal at its highest part. It is composed of dense forests of the 
Santa Cruz pine, broken by precipitous dark gorges, with growth that strongly re- 
minds one of northern Oregon. Here in this pine region we stayed from April 24 
until May 2, 1911. 
Mr. C. B. Linton during his long visit to this island in 1907 (Condor X, 
1908, pp. 124-128) has given us such an excellent list of the birds which occur 
there that we deem it unnecessary to do more than record those of the sixty-six 
species we observed which are not in his list, and to mention facts of especial 
interest. 
Aechmophorus occidentalis. Western Grebe. At least one seen. 
Lunda cirrhata. Tufted Puffin. Rather common, and reported by the fisher- 
men as breeding at the northern end of the island. 
Larus glaucescens. Glaucous- winged Gull. A group of three seen. 
Larus delawarensis. Ring-billed Gull. Not rare. 
Larus Philadelphia. Bonaparte Gull. Several seen. 
Accipiter cooperi. Cooper Hawk. One pair in the pines acted as if it had a 
nest near by, but we were unable to locate it. 
Buteo swainsoni. Swainson Hawk. A single bird flew over, permitting a 
close inspection. 
Haliaeetus leucocephalus. Bald Eagle. Rather common, both adults and im- 
mature birds of last year. One pair had a nest in a pot-hole on a cliff along the 
shore, and another was about thirty feet up in a pine on the side of a canyon. It 
was occupied by one young the size of a large chicken, and the old birds were very 
aggressive. 
Aluco pratincola. Barn Owl. One seen flying silently over camp just after dark. 
Colaptes cafer collaris. Red-shafted Flicker. The flickers of Santa Cruz 
present an interesting problem which can be solved only by one who has the time 
to collect a large series of them. Unfortunately we were unable to get a shot at 
any but typical collaris. This is by far the commoner form, but others, by no 
means rare, certainly closely approach the Northern Flicker ( C. a. lutens ), and 
still others appear to be intergrades between the two. 
Otocoris alpestris insularis. Island Horned Lark. Although we searched dili- 
gently no Island Horned Larks were found. We looked in suitable localities, roll- 
ing grass land, but they are evidently of local distribution, as other observers have 
reported them as common. 
Aphelocoma insularis. Santa Cruz Jay. To us the mo.st interesting bird on 
the island. Abundant in the pines. They were not as much in evidence as their 
cousins on the mainland, but when one did happen upon them they were as a rule 
unsuspicious. At this time of year they are quiet unless one of a pair is killed or 
a nest disturbed, and if one does not know where and when to find them they 
might almost escape notice. However, if one goes along with much noise, so that 
the jays know he is about, and then sits down at a convenient spot and remains 
quiet, their curiosity will get the better of them. In nine cases out of ten it is 
useless to watch in front because the birds will not come that way, but after several 
minutes, upon a surreptitious glance to the rear, a jay will be discovered sitting 
motionless on a pine branch a few yards away. Practically all of their nests con- 
tained young at this date. Two nests examined were placed about twenty feet up 
in “palo fierros”, slim trees growing in small groves in the valleys, and were sim- 
ilar in construction to nests of the California Jay. One contained two small young 
and an addled egg, and the other had four young about a week old. A surprising 
