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THE CONDOR 
Vol. XVI 
Valdez Fox Sparrow. Passerella iliaca sinuosa. 
Yakutat Fox Sparrow. Passerella iliaca meruloides. Irregularly common 
winter visitant, affecting the dense chaparral of the ravines and north-facing hill- 
sides. First dates: October 12, 1912, and October 4, 1913 (A. S. A.). Latest 
dates: March 25, 1911 (J. G.) ; April 24, 1913 (A. S. A.). It is not feasible to 
assign these records accurately under one or the other of the sub-species named. 
There are specimens representative of both sub-species, and labelled ‘‘Berkeley”, 
in the Museum’s collection of bird-skins. 
San Francisco Towhee. Pipilo maculatus faicifer. Common resident of 
the dense hillside chaparral, and thickets along stream-courses. Occurs at times 
down along Strawberry Creek at least to the Sather Gate. A pair reared a brood 
in 1909 close to the Faculty Club bridge. Often called Oregon Towhee, or Spur- 
red Towhee. 
California Brown Tov'hee. Pipilo crissalis crissalis. Abundant resident. 
Affects shrubbery of all sorts, occurring along city hedges and about gardens, as 
well as through the hills. A nest with young was located in an oak tree near the 
Center Street entrance. May 17. 1913 (FI. C. B.). 
Pacific Black-headed Grosbeak. Zamelodia melanocephala capitalis. 
Fairly common summer visitant. Affects deciduous trees about the Campus and 
city, as well as alders and oaks up the canyons. Most numerous in late July and 
August when old and young congregate about the fruiting elderberry bushes on 
the canyon slopes. Dates of earliest seasonal record: April 16, 1904, April 18, 
1911, and April 13, 1912 (A. S. A.) ; April 16, 1913 (H. C. B.). 
Lazuli Bunting. Passerina amoena. Common summer visitant. In May, 
1909, singing males were spaced out along Strawberry Creek down as far as 
Budd Hall. But, more recently, seen only in the upper parts of the canyon. 
Earliest date of observation, April 24, 1913 (A. S. A.). Nest with two small 
young in thick growth of brakes one foot above ground, July 3, 1909 (J. G.). 
Western Tanager. Piranga ludoviciana. Irregularly transient. Seen in 
bay trees along Strawberry Creek and in ornamental trees about town. May 14 
to 19, 1911 (J. G.), and May 8, 1913 (A. S. A.). One fall record: August 18, 
1908 (A. S. A.). 
Cliff Swallow. Petrochelidon lunifrons luiiifrons. Fairly common sum- 
mer visitant. Dates of first observation: March 14, 1911 (A. S. A.); March 5, 
1913 (H. C. B.). Nested for several years on the old dairy barns up Strawberry 
Creek canyon. 
Cedar Waxwing. Bombycilla eedrorum. Irregularly common late-winter 
visitant. Forages in flocks of 20 to 50, in pepper-trees, wherever these occur, as 
along city streets. Latest occurrence, May 4, 1913, when a flock of 35 was seen 
perched at the top of a eucalyptus tree near the Civil Engineering building (FI. 
W. G. and J. G.). 
California Shrike. Lanins ludovicianus gambeli. Rather scare resident. 
Occasional individuals are seen on the open parts of the lower Campus. A pair 
has its quarters in the pastures above the upper dairy farm, up Strawberry 
Creek. In a long tramp over the hills, including Grizzly Peak, February 7, 1909, 
just three shrikes were encountered, all told (J. G.). 
A'Vestern Warbling VirEo. Yireosylva gilva swainsoni. Common summer 
visitant. Disperses widely along canyons and among deciduous trees on the 
Campus and sometimes along the city streets. Early spring records : March 25, 
1904, and March 29, 1906 (A. S. A.) ; March 30, 1911 (J. G.) ; March 25, 1912 
(A. S. A.) ; March 25, 1913 (H. C. B.). Disappears by the end of August. 
