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Petrochelidon 1 . lunifrons. Cliff Swallow. A female shot at Mai Paso Creek. 
Others noted at the same place. 
Tachycineta thalassina lepida. Violet-green Swallow. Seen occasionally 
along the whole route. 
Vireo h. huttoni. Hutton Vireo. A specimen taken among the alders of 
upper Big Creek was the only one seen. 
Wilsonia pusilla chryseola Ridgway. Golden Pileolated Warbler. Fairly 
common on the Little Stir where five adults were taken. Not seen at any other 
locality. 
Cinclus mexicanus unicolor (Bonaparte). American Dipper. Noted on the 
Little Sur and on Big Creek. 
Mimus polyglottos leucopterus. Western Mockingbird. One seen on the 
San Simeon flats just south of San Oarpojo. 
Toxostoma r. redivivum. California Thrasher. Noted occasionally on the 
dry brushy slopes. More abundant at Mt. Mars than at other localities. Three 
i mm at 11 res secured. 
Thryomanes bewicki drymcecus Oberholser. Sacramento Wren. Fairly 
common along the whole route. Six miniatures in first summer plumage and one 
adult in very worn summer plumage secured (Little Sur, Big Creek and Mt. 
Mars). I have submitted the series to Mr. J. Grinnell for identification and after 
allowing for wear he places them under drymcecus , yet stating that there is little 
from which to judge a distinction from charienturus. 
Troglodytes aedon parkmani. Western House Wren. Noted on the Little 
Sur, Partington canyon and Big Creek. Five immatures in fall plumage taken. 
Olbiorchilus hiemalis pacificus. Western Winter Wren. Often seen and 
heard in the redwood canyons from Monterey to the Little Sur. One noted on 
Big Creek June 26. Two specimens taken on the Little Sur. 
Certhia americana occidentalis. California Creeper. One collected at Par- 
tington’s. Fairly common among the redwoods on Big Creek where a flock of 
immatures were seen on June 30. Three adults and two immatures taken. 
Sitta carolinensis aculeata. Slender-billed Nuthatch. Fairly common among 
the pines on the ridges above Big Creek. Four immature females secured between 
July 4 and 9. 
Baolophus i. inornatus. Plain Titmouse. Fairly common among the pines of 
upper Big Creek. Not seen at any other locality. An adult male in slightly 
worn summer plumage and three immatures in fresh fall plumage taken. One of the 
immatures has the upper parts considerably and the under parts slightly washed 
with reddish yellow or brown and the wings and tail irregularly streaked and 
barred with the same. Since the bird is in fresh unworn plumage the color can 
not have been due to fading. I have seen other birds of the same species with a 
tinge of this same color but in none was it carried to such an extreme. 
Penthestes gambeli. Mountain Chickadee. Several were seen among the 
pines at the headwaters of Big Creek above 3000 feet. An adult male in slightly 
worn and faded plumage was taken on July 4, and an immature bird in first win- 
ter plumage on July 5. 
Penthestes bar low j, Santa Cruz Chickadee. A flock seen on the Little Sur. 
Not found south of that place. 
Chamaea f. fasciata (Gambel). Pallid Wren-tit. Abundant along the whole 
route particularly on the brushy hillsides. Eight adult males, eight adult females 
and five immatures secured. The series averages nearest fasciata. A few of the 
