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Falco sparverius deserticolus. Desert Sparrow Hawk. Met with quite fre- 
quently in the higher pine forests. One was shot at Slippery Ford on June 9 
from the top of a tall fir tree. The bird lodged in the tree and necessitated a hard 
climb to secure it. This specimen, a male, was of a distinctly lighter form than 
the coast birds and was pronounced a good example of deseriicolus by Mr. Wilfred 
H. Osgood who kindly compared it with specimens in the Biological Survey. The 
species was observed at 6,000 feet altitude on Feavine ridge. 
[Collected on the upper slopes of both Pyramid Peak and Mt. Tallac. In 
July 5, 1897, a nest was found in a hole in a blasted pine at 9000 feet on the south 
slope of Pyramid Peak. From the actions of the birds the nest probably con- 
tained young. — W. W. P.] 
Pandion haliaeetus carolinensis. American Osprey. 
[Observed in late June 1896 at Riverton, where a single individual was seen 
flying up the American River. It was .so close to us that identity is practically 
positive. No other hawk has ti e large amount of white in its plumage. One of 
the ditch tenders told me that a “fish hawk” came up the river frequently. On 
April 19 1897 near Slippery F'ord, I observed this hawk a second time. It was 
perched on a tree overhanging the river. On my approach it flew to another 
resting-place. — W. W. P.] 
Nyctala acadica. Saw-whet Owl. [One was shot by Mr. A. S. Bunnell at my 
camp at Olen Alpine in July 1898. It was the only one seen. — Wh W. P.J 
Bubo virginianus saturatus. Dusky Horned Owl. One shot in July or 
August, 1897 by Mr. L. E. Taylor at F'vffe was probably a resident bird and w as 
referred to this race by Mr. E. M. Loomis who kiiully examined the specimen for 
me. The skin is now in the Academy collectioir. 
[I have heard the “hoot” of the Irorned owl several times at high elevations on 
Mt. Tallac, but have never succeeded in collecting tl.e bird. — W. W. P.] 
Speotyto cunicularia hypogaea. Burrowdiig Owl. Recorded from near Lat- 
robe by Mr. C. A. Swisler. Ne.sts commonly on the plains farther w'est. 
Glaucidium gnoma. Pygmy Owl. [Three were shot at Glen Alpine, .August 
10, 1900. 'I'hey were observed flying in the day time. One was an adult female, 
the other two being young of the year. — \V. Mb P.] 
Ceryle alcyon. Belted Kingfisher. Occurs throughout the length of the 
American River. Mr. Taylor sent me a male, collected at Glen Alpine Sjrrings on 
Sept. 21, 1901. 
Dryobates villosus hyloscopus. Cabanis Wootl pecker. A common species at 
F'yffe where it nests w'ell up in the pines. Observed also at Slippery Ford on 
June T3, 1901. Mr. Taylor secured two specimens at F'allen f,eaf Lake on Sept. 
2, 1901. 
Dryobates pubescens gairdneri. Gairdner Woodpecker. On June 7,. 1899 
Mr. Carriger observed a single bird of this species in the burnt district near Fyffe. 
Xenopicus albolarvatus. White-headed Woodpecker. A common species at 
Fyffe and apparently up to the summit, usually quiet in its habits. The favorite 
nesting sites are low stubs of burnt trees, in which the newly-drilled holes show 
conspicuously. June 15, 1S97 a nest w’as found twelve feet up in a burnt stub 
containing young about to fiy. The young w'ere of a dull yellowish plumage on 
the white parts but other A’ise showing the markings of the adult birds. In 1S98 
at Fyffe a pair of white-heatled w’<,odpecker-> had a nest containing young in a 
.stub near the house. The nest was six feet from the ground and as the young 
grew larger one could almost always be observed at the entrance hole. In the top 
of the same stub a pairof western bluebirds had a nest and they improved every 
