Sept, 1915 SUMMER RESIDENT LAND BIRDS OF MONTEREY COUNTY 
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and Big Creek large numbers of these birds were breeding in cavities in old trees, prin- 
cipally yellow pines. Not noted commonly in the redwood zone, as it prefers the higher 
and dryer slopes where the pines and firs grow. 
Phainopepla nitens. Phainopepla. The Phainopepla was an uncommon bird in the 
oak groves in the San Antonio valley. No females were seen, and it was supposed that 
they might be on the nest. On June 6 we saw a pair with four young birds just able to 
fly. 
Lanius ludovicianus gambeli. California Shrike. Seen only in the Lower Sonoran 
zone near Kings City. 
Vireosylva gilva swainsoni. Western Warbling Vireo. Noted as being rather un- 
common about the San Antonio Creek region where they were building nests on May 21. 
On May 31 on upper Big Creek we took a set of eggs. 
Fig. 67. View typical of the Yellow Pine Forest at about 3000 ff.f.t altitude 
ON THE COASTAL MOUNTAINS 
Lanivireo solitarius cassini. Cassin Vireo. An uncommon bird, in the redwood and 
pine zone only. 
Vireo huttoni huttoni. Huttcn Vireo. Seen at San Antonio Creek and Santa Lucia 
Peak. Jenkins took a specimen from the upper Big Creek and we saw a good many birds 
in December along the coast. An uncommon bird. 
Sitta carolinensis aculeata. Slender-billed Nuthatch. Fairly common bird in the 
redwood and pine belts, and also seen on the eastern side of the coastal mountains in 
the San Antonio Creek basin. On May 18 Carriger took a set of eggs from the stump of 
a fallen white oak in the San Antonio region. 
Sitta pygmaea pygmaea. Pigmy Nuthatch. One bird was seen in the redwood for- 
est of Lime Kiln Creek, and a pair in the pines near Big Creek. 
Baeolophus inornatus inornatus. Plain Titmouse. Noted in the pines near the sum- 
