Jan., 1909 
BIRDS OF THE BIG BASIN 
21 
SPECIES FOUND WITHIN THE BIG BASIN 
1. Coast Jay ( Cyanocitta stelleri carbonacea) 
2. Point Pinos Junco ( Junco hyemalis pinosus ) 
3. California Woodpecker ( Melanerpes formicivorus bairdi) 
4. California Purple Finch ( Carpodacus purpureas californicus) 
5. Western Winter Wren (. N annus hiemalis pad fcusi 
6. Santa Cruz Chickadee ( Pams rufescens barlow i) 
7. Olive-sided Flycatcher ( Nuttallornis borealis) 
8. California Quail ( Lophortyx calif ornicus californicus ) 
9. Western Flycatcher ( Enipidonax difficilis difficilis) 
10. Brewer Blackbird (. Euphagus cyanocephalus) 
11. Monterey Hermit Thrush {Hylociclila guttata slevini ) 
12. American Water Ouzel ( Cinclus mexicanus unicolor) 
13. Western Wood Pewee ( Myiochanes nchardsoni richardsoni) 
14. Intermediate Wrentit ( Chamcea fasciata intermedia ) 
15. Turkey Vulture ( Cat hart es aura septentrionalis) 
16. Western Red-tailed Hawk ( Butco borealis calurus) 
17. Belted Kingfisher ( Ceryle alcyon) 
18. California Creeper ( Certhia familiar is occidentalis) 
19. Russet-backed Thrush (. Hylociclila ustulata ustulata ) 
20. Black-headed Grosbeak ( Zamelodia melanocephala capitalis) 
SPECIES FOUND AT THE BASIN’S EDGE 
1. California Jay ( Aphelocoma calif ornica calif ornica) 
2. Green-backed Goldfinch {Astragal inns psaltria hesperophilus ) 
3. California Towhee ( Pipilo crissalis crissalis) 
4. Olive-sided Flycatcher ( Nuttallornis borealis ) 
5. California Thrasher ( Toxostoma redivivum redivivum) 
6. California Quail ( Lophortyx californicus californicus ) 
7. Western Bluebird ( Sialia mexicana occidentalis) 
8. Intermediate Wrentit ( Chamcea fas data intermedia) 
9. San Francisco Towhee ( Pipilo maculatus falcifer) 
10. Mourning Dove ( Zenaidura macron ra carolinensis) 
11. Western Red-tailed Hawk ( Buteo borealis calurus) 
12. Black Phoebe ( Say or )i is nigricans nigricans) 
13. Russet-backed Thrush ( Hylociclila ustulata ustulata) 
14. Belted Kingfisher ( Ceryle alcyon) 
15. Dotted Canyon Wren ( Catherpes mexicanus punctulatus) 
While to the bird-lover the Basin, with its delightful surroundings and varied 
tho not always abundant bird life, is an ideal place for study, yet, to the oologist 
the region may prove a disappointment, as nests are alike hard to find and to reach. 
We found but three nests, two of which were located on the way back from Moss- 
brae Falls and both were of the Western Flycatcher. The first, an empty nest, 
was placed among the bark folds of a great redwood, fifteen feet up, along Berry 
Creek. The second was built where the ground sloped slightly above a footpath 
and was partially hid by weeds and roots and held three eggs apparently fresh. 
The two were similarly constructed of moss, stems and spider webs, and lined with 
redwood bark. 
It was on the day we left, the 17th of June, that we found our third nest, an 
Intermediate Wrentit’s. We had emerged from the forest proper and were near its 
