76 THE CONDOR Yoh. VI 
Poway alt. 
460 ft., 
lat. 33°, 
was 27 
Sacramento 
alt. 35 ft., lat. 39°, was 
29 
Riverside “ 
851 “ 
“ 34 
“ 24 
Auburn 
“ 1310 “ 
“ 39 “ 
26 
P'resno “ 
293 “ 
“ 37 
“ 25 
Marysville 
“ 67 “ 
“ 39 + “ 
27 
vStockton “ 
ValleySprings “ 
23 “ 
678 “ 
“ 38 
“ 38 
“ 25 
“ 26 
Red Bluff 
“ 307 “ 
“ 40+ “ 
27 
It will be seen that a considerable increase in latitude and altitude has but 
little influence in modifying temperature in the interior of California. 
I have known spring to be backward in the valley and early in the moun- 
tains. At Stockton in the spring of 1897 vegetation was very much behind aver- 
age seasons and ecjally late at Murphy, altitude 2300 feet. Supposing it would be 
correspondingly late at Big Trees, altitude 4700 feet, I delayed going there until 
May 28, when to my surprise I found the plants about two weeks earlier than I 
had ever seen them in any of my numerous visits to the place. The locust and 
the purple lilac had blossomed about the middle of May, while June 15 is about 
the average time at this locality. 
Dr. J. \y. Williams reported spring a month earlier than usual at Fort Walla 
Walla (latitude 46°, altitude 200 feet) in 1885. Mr. John Fannin, at Burrard Inlet, 
B. C., latitude about 50°, reported the gardens “gorgeous with apple blossoms April 
4, 18S5. The only remarkable feature of the spring is its mildne.ss which has con- 
tinued since the last week in February. The only remarkable arrivals are Hylo- 
cichla 7 istulafa and Dejidroica auditbojii which came nearly a month earlier than 
last season. Our winter residents have, however, started north at about their 
usual time with one or two exceptions.” Of 1884 he said “the weather from April 
I was one continuous stretch of fine weather and yet this circumstance does not 
appear to have caused the arrival of migrants any earlier than former years; on 
the contrary in some cases they have been later.” I call attention to what Mr. 
h'annin says of the migrants and also the early flowering of apples. Mr. T. S. 
Palmer reported apples in full bloom at Berkeley March 31, 1885, a difference 
of only five days. 
The data on flowering of plants though interesting was of little value for pur- 
poses of comparison. At Walla Walla Dr. Williams gave dates of flowering of 
many plants but only one of his species was mentioned and that by a single 
observer. 
Stockton, Cal. 
Nevada Notes 
HV WIl.SON C. IIAX.N'A 
{Concluded) 
Asio wilsonianus. Fong-eared Owl. One pair was found nesting in a thorn 
bush near vStone House May 10. 
Speotyto c, hypogaea. Burrowing Owl. Not uncommon. 
Ceryle alcyon. Belted Kingfisher. Not uncommon. 
Colaptes c. collaris. Red-shafted Flicker. A few observed. 
a The altitudes here given are approximately correct. 
