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number of old nests were found, placed usually in the palo fierros or tall bushes, 
but sometimes in the pines. 
Corvus corax sinuatus. Raven. Common. Two nests on the cliffs not 
twenty feet apart held tiny young. 
Carpodacus mexicanus dementis. San Clemente House Finch. Exceedingly 
abundant near the shore wdiere there were cacti and suitable caves, in the roofs of 
which to nest. One nest discovered held four incubated eggs, and an addled egg 
of the Western Flycatcher. As is not unusual with this form, great diversity of 
markings was encountered. Several males were taken with the usual scarlet re- 
placed by yellow, and others in which the two colors were commingled; also one 
male in breeding condition marked precisely like a female except for five yellow 
feathers beneath the chin; and a female with a yellow' rump. 
Loxia curvirostra stricklandi. Mexican Crossbill. We were greatly surprised 
to find this bird in some numbers in the heavy timber at the top of the island, and 
in the short time that we were able to give to this section sixteen birds were seen. 
Some were in pairs and others in small companies. I believe it is highly probable 
that these birds are resident on the island, as the character of the country is suit- 
able and May 1 seems rather late for them to be present if they were wdnter visi- 
tants only. The four individuals obtained are very large. 
Zonotrichia leucophrys gambeli. Gambel Sparrow. Sparingly scattered over 
the brushy hillsides in pairs. 
Zonotrichia coronata. Golden-crowned Sparrow. Two birds still present. 
Aimophila ruficeps. Rufous-crowmed Sparrow. Rather common in suitable 
places. One of the females of two pairs wdthin fifty yards of camp, was incubat- 
ing wdren shot April 26, as the absence.of feathers upon her belly indicated. 
Melospiza melodia graminea. Santa Barbara Song Sparrow'. Two heard but 
none seen. They are common on other parts of the island, however. 
Pipilo maculatus clementae. San Clemente Towhee. Not rare. 
Hirundo erythrogastra. Barn Swallow'. Abundant; frequently visiting a small 
spring near camp to obtain mud which they carried to the caves above the sea. 
Lanius ludovicianus anthonyi. Island Shrike. Rare at this point as but tw'o 
w'ere seen, neither of which we obtained. They were remarkably wary. 
Dendroica auduboni. Audubon Warbler. Several seen. 
Thryomanes bewicki charienturus. San Diego Wren. Common everywhere 
and at this time feeding young. 
Sitta canadensis. Red-breasted Nuthatch. Shared the Crossbills’ range. 
About tw'o dozen w'ere seen and six taken. One bird was watched for half an 
hour w'hile she w'as busily engaged in preparing a nesting site, so the species is 
resident. Those obtained average smaller than birds from the mainland and 
the east. 
FROM FIELD AND STUDT 
Tree-nests of the Point Pinos Junco and Other Notes. — The 27th of March, 1910, like 
many of the days that preceded it, was rainy. Mr. Henry W. Carriger and I, however, had 
previoTisly decided on an onting, and although the inclement weather delayed, it did not deter ns 
from starting for our destination in northern San Mateo County. This we reached in the early 
afternoon. To be exact it was the very locality described at length by Carriger and Pemberton 
in The Condor as being the site of a Siskin colony. 
Our first nest, one of the Point Pinos Junco {Junco hyemalis pinosus), was a strange depart- 
