Jan., 1904 
THE CONDOR 
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Gcothlypis tolmiei^ fairly common in earlj- September. 
Wilsonia pusilla pileolata, abundant in early fall; many shot. 
Mniotilta varia. Sept. 24, shot. 
Mimus poiyglottos leucopterus. Sept. 17, shot. 
Certhia familiaris occidentalism Aug. 31, Sept. 3. — J. S. Hunter, Berkeley, Cal. 
Aythya collaris in San Mateo Co., California. — The recorded occurrences of this duck 
in California are scarce enough to make new stations worthy of publication. An adult male was 
shot on the summit of the ridge north of Black Mountain (Monte Bello), about nine miles west of 
Stanford University, bj^ Mr. Ernest Dudley, Nov. 26, 1903. There is yet little of the chestnut 
collar present. — W.^lter K. Fisher. 
Record of the Monterey Hermit Thrush (Hylocichla guttata slevini). — While col- 
lecting on the Butano Creek, San Mateo Co., Calif., June 20, 1903 , 1 came across two of these little 
thrushes, a male and a female adult, described by Mr. Joseph Grinnell in the Auk for Jul3% 1901. 
The Butano Basin is part of an untouched portion of the humid coast forest hung between the 
Big Basin and Pescadero creek. Its sides which slope rather evenly but quite steeply from the 
creek to the ridges are covered for the most part with Douglas spruces ( la.vifolia)^ 
redwoods {Sequoia senipervirens), tan-bark oaks {Quercus densijiora), madrones {Arbutus men- 
ziesi), and considerable underbrush such as wild lilac {Ceanothus thrysifloris). live oak {Quercus 
wishzent), azalea {Rhododendron occidentale), poison oak {Rhus diversitoba) and huckleberry 
( Vaccinium ovatum), so that with the excejition of a few rocky places grown with chajiarral, the 
sun touches the ground but in spots. Bird life is rather scarce here and although quite a number 
of species exist in the Basin there are but comparatively few individuals. 
The first thrush captured was seen sitting on a low twig of a wild lilac bush about half waj^ 
up the side of the canyon. The ground was covered with dead oak leaves and the pale-colored 
bird was quite inconspicuous against the background. It was uttering its low chuck chuck call 
note and seemed preparing to fly when taken. The other bird was found a few hundred \'ards up 
the slope. It slipped noiselessly along behind the fallen logs and over dead leaves and did not 
stop or attempt to hide but only moved rapidly on with one e3’e fixed keenU' on the pursuer, as is 
characteristic with the hermit thrushes. 
These were the onU’ thrushes seen above the main creek, where the russet-back {Hylocichla 
u. ustulata) was found keeping stricth- to the bed of the creek. — Hubert O. Je.nkins. 
Occurrence of Scott Oriole (Icterus parisorum) in Eos Angeles Co. — the outing 
meeting of the Southern Division of the Cooper Club, held on Oct. 31 and Nov. 1-2, 1903, in the 
San Fernando Valley, a number of birds were collected 113' the various members present, the most 
interesting of which was a male Scott Oriole shot 113' W. B, Judson on Nov. 2, and now in niv 
collection. The bird is an adult and differs from spring males from Arizona onh’ in that the \-el- 
law markings generally are of a darker, more greenish hue than is the case with an\' of the latter 
in mv possession. Aside from the unusual localit\- the capture is of interest from the late date at 
which it occurred. — H. .S. vSw.vrth. 
The Ashy Kinglet 
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BY JO.SIiPH (VRINNBH.I, 
Regulus calendula cineraceus new subspecies. 
Ch.\r.\cters — Similar to Regulus calendula calendula but larger; coloration throughout jialer 
and grayer, less 3"ellowish. 
Type — ^ ad.; No. 1039, Coll. J. G.; Strain’s Camp, Mt. Wilson, Dos Angeles Couut3-. Cali- 
fornia; May 9, 1896; collected 113- J. Grinnell. 
MPt.vsUREMENTS OF Type (ill inches) — Deugth 4.62; extent 7.25; wing 2.40; tail 1.96, tarsus 
.75; culmen .35; bill from nostril .26. 
CoLOR.\TiON OF Type. — .Cbove pale ash3' olive, 'oecoming slightl3' greenish on rump; wings 
and tail sepia, edged with whitish; crown-patch flame-scarlet; beneath ashy-white faintly tinged 
with olive-buff, the latter being most evident posteriorly. 
Rp;m.\rk.s — The two breeding birds in my collection, from the high mountains of Dos A.n- 
geles county, are matched by a considerable number of winter specimens from various parts of 
southern California. These appear to indicate an arid mountain race of the .Southwest, character- 
ized by large size and gray coloration. Parallel geographic variants are exhibited in such genera 
as Hylocichla, Passerella and Empidonax. 
