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Dec. 31, 1903, are diamt trically opposed to his description of this race, being 
paler below than the Connecticut bird. 
Falco richardsoni. Richardson’s Merlin. A young female, taken at Witch 
Creek, on Feb. 9, 1904. 
Phalaenoptilus nuttalli nitidus. Frosted Poor-will. Eleven poor-wills, taken at 
Witch Creek in the summer of 1904, Mr. Nelson pronounces much nearer to this 
form than to the other race. 
Empidonax canescens. Gray Flycatcher. A female taken April 20, and a 
male on April 22, 1903, at Redlands. 
Corvus brachyrhynchos hesperis. California Crow. A female taken at Red- 
lands on March 20, 1903, and a male at Witch Creek on Jan. 22, 1904, agree with 
Mr. Ridgway’s description of this race in having slightly longer and more slender 
bills than eastern birds. Another peculiarity is that the wings and tail are much 
browner than any of a series of twenty-four Connecticut crows. 
Agelaius phoeniceus sonoriensis. Sonoran Redwing. Two males and a 
female taken at Redlands on Jan. 22, March 28, and Jan. 10, 1903, and a male 
taken at Witch Creek on April 13, 1904, Mr. Oberholser considers this subspecies. 
Astragalinus psaltria hesperophilus. Green-backed Goldfinch. An adult male 
taken at Witch Creek, Nov. 24, 1903 has the scapulars chiefly black. 
Passerculus sandwichensis bryanti. Bryant’s Marsh Sparrow. A male taken 
at Witch Creek on Feb. 12, 1904. 
Zonotrichia leucophrys. White-crowned Sparrow. A year old male, taken 
at Witch Creek on April 8, 1904, and a young female in the Volean Mountains on 
Dec. 3, 1904. 
Zonotrichia leucophrys nuttalli. Nuttall’s Sparrow. Gambel’s sparrow was 
naturally the common form at Redlands, but Mr. Marsden collected a single adult 
male Nuttall’s sparrow there on Jan. 27, 1903. 
Junco hyemalis thurberi. Thurber’s Junco. Three breeding males taken in 
the Volean Mts., June 22-9, 1904, are intermediate between this form and pinosus, 
having the throat grayer than the former and the head slightly blacker than the 
latter, but are somewhat nearer thurberi. A beautiful, albinistic, male junco was 
collected at Witch Creek on Nov. 10, 1904, in company with a typical female 
Thurber’s junco, which is also in my collection. The bill, tarsi, toes, and nails are 
pinkish white; forehead, lores, infra-orbital region, chin, lower breast, abdomen, 
wings and tail, white; the wings and tail slightly mottled with ashy; a slight pink- 
ish suffusion on the sides and the greater wing-coverts; and the rest of the plum- 
age, including the throat, and entire upper parts, blackish slate or slate-color, 
edged with grayish white. In coloring, therefore, tnis bird is nearer hvemalis 
than to thurberi. 
A female also taken at Witch Creek on Dec. 14, 1903, has the chin and part of 
the throat grayish white. 
Passerella iliaca schistacea. Slate-colored Fox Sparrow. Of thirteen fox 
sparrows taken near Witch Creek in December, 1904, eight are of this subspecies, 
one, megarhyncha , and one, intermediate. 
Passerella iliaca annectens. Yukutat Fox Sparrow. Mr. Oberholser identi- 
fies as of this race two m des and a female taken at Witch Creek, Dec. 21, 1904. 
Pipilo maculatus atratus. San Diego Towhee. The towhee of Witch Creek 
and the Volean Mts. is this subspecies. 
Lanius ludovicianus excubitorides. White-rumped Shrike. Two males taken 
at Witch Creek on Nov. 26, 1903, and Jan. 25, 1904. 
Vireo huttoni oberholseri, new subspecies. Oberholser’s Vireo. 
