Sept., 1912 DISCOVERY OF NEST AND EGGS OF CAIJFORNIA PINE GROSBEAK 187 
7:15 p. M. Here the following morning, the weather clearing somewhat, we 
spent the forenoon in the field, recording some interesting notes on Melospisa 
lincolni and other birds. The trip endedat Bijou which was reached at dusk. 
table summarizing SEASON’S EXPERIENCE WITH THE CALIFORNIA PINE GROSBEAK 
DATE 
BIRDS 
FOUND BY 
LOCALITY COVERED 
ELEV. COVER'D 
MIL’GE 
for ALL 
June 11 
1 
Ray 
Deerington’s 
7000 to 7600 
20 
“ 12 
3 
All 
Phillips’ 
7250 to 6900 
3 
‘ ‘ 12 
1 
Littlejohn 
Deerington’s 
6900 to 7250 
7 
“ 13 
2 
Ray 
Pyramid Peak Plateau 
7000 to 7600 
24 
‘‘ 14 
5 
‘ ‘ 
“ “ “ 
72,50 to 8000 
28 
“ 1.5 
2 
( ( 
Slope of Pyramid Peak 
7500 to 9250 
45 
“ 16 
1 
Pyramid Peak Plateau 
7000 to 7600 
40 
“ 16 
2 
« ( 
“ “ 
7250 to 7600 
5 
“ 17 
0 
— 
Plateau and Peak 
7,500 to 10, 200 
30 
“ 18 
0 
— 
Pyramid Peak Plateau 
7250 to 7600 
20 
‘ 19 
0 ■ 
— 
“ “ “ 
7250 to 8500 
45 
" 20 
1 
Heinemann 
Plateau and Peak 
7000 to 8500 
25 
“ 21 
0 
— 
Phillips’ 
7000 to 7600 
20 
Total Total 
Birds Mileage 
l8 312 
Next morning a wild snow-storm broke over the whole region, lasting three 
days and draping valleys and mountains in a wintry mantle. Littlejohn and 
Heinemann fled away to lower altitudes while I, lounging before the pleasant log 
fire in the Bijou Post Office, whiled away the time reading Whittier’s “Snow 
Bound", while the storm raged without. At times, when the clouds lifted, I 
could see Pyramid Peak far distant and snowy, and I thought, with no regret, of 
the dreary pro.spect doubtless now in view from the windows of the Forni cabins. 
NOTES FROM TODOS SANTOS ISLANDS 
By A. B. HOWELL 
T ODOS SANTOS consists of two main islands a hundred yards apart. The 
southernmost one is the larger, being a mile and a quarter long, half a mile 
wide, and three hundred and thirteen feet high, while the one towards the 
north is but half a mile long, a quarter of a mile wide, and fifty-five feet high. 
They are surrounded by numerous small outlying rocks and beds of kelp, and are 
in general similar to the smaller islands off the southern California coast, being 
almost barren of vegetation. They are opposite Ensenada Bay, and although but 
three miles from Banda Point, a narrow rocky headland jutting out to sea, they 
are some ten miles from the general coastline. Because of their proximity to the 
mainland, one would not expect to find a large variety of unusual stragglers 
which have become lost in migration, as is the case on the Farallones for in- 
stance, and the avian visitors seem to consist of prosaic migrants that are to be 
found in abundance farther north. 
My visit to the islands was from April 15 to 20, 1910, too short a time to 
be able to record a long list of species, but some few interesting thing's were noted. 
As far as I could discover there were no cats or foxes on the islands, and the 
rats can increase and multiply almost indefinitely. The place is alive with them. 
