38 
thp: condor 
Vol. XVI 
Tolmii-; (or ]\L\cGii.li\’ray) Warbler. Oporornis tolmiei. Sparse visitant 
in summer to certain shaded canyon sides among- the hills. The dense chaparral 
on the north-facing- wall of Strawberry Creek canyon harbored at least two 
breeding pairs in June and July, 1909; on August 4, 1912, two young in first- 
winter plumage were seen in thickets along Strawberry Creek just above the 
College Avenue entrance ( J. G.). 
l.ONG-TATLED CiTAT. Icteria Virens longicaiida. Rare transient: heard in 
early May, 1909, from thickets along Strawberry Creek (J. G.). 
(ioLDEN Pii.Eoi.ATEn Warbler. Wilsonia pnsilla pileo'lata. Common summer 
visitant, occurring chiefly in thickets close along ravine bottoms. Dates of ar- 
rival: March 27, 1911, March 30, 1912, and March 31, 1913 (.A. S. A.). In May 
and June, 1909, a pair nested along the creek near the Faculty Club. None has 
been noted after the last week of August. 
Amertcwx Pipit. Anthns rubescens. Irregular winter visitant, appearing 
at tunes in considerable flocks on the grassy hill-tops. In rainv weather a small 
company often visits the open plot of ground just north of the tennis courts. 
The first dates of seeing them there have been: October 24, 1910, and November 
7, 1911 (J. G.) ; October 25, 1912 (H. C. B.) ; and October 25, 1913 (J. G.). 
C.M.iFORNLA Thr.vsiier. Toxostoma redivivum rediviviim. Regular resident, 
locally, in dense chaparral along Strawberry Creek canyon. A pair, or family, has 
always been in evidence just below the swimming pool, extending its domain up 
the hillside to Mosswood Road. Another family has its station nearly at the 
head of the same canyon. This marvelous singer is to be heard at its best in 
the early mornings of clear days from March to June. 
Vigors Wren. Thiyomanes bewicki spilurus. Common resident of chapar- 
ral-covered hillsides as well as brushy ravine-bottoms. Individuals rove down 
along Strawberry Creek nearly to the Center Street entrance. 
Western House Wren. Troglodytes aedon parkmani. Common summer 
visitant. Earliest dates of record: March 27, 1911 (A. S. A.) ; March 19, 1912 
(J. G.) ; April 21, 1913 (A. S. A.). Disappears in the fall some time before the 
loth of September. Nests are situated in knot-holes of oak-trees. One pair has 
nested for several seasons within 50 feet west of the Faculty Club. 
Western Winter Wren. Nannus hiemaiis pacificus. Irregular mid-winter 
visitant. Observed only in brush-tangles and drift-piles along the bed of Straw- 
berry Creek close above and below the College Avenue entrance. Earliest dates: 
November 3, 1908, and November i, 1911 (J. G.). Latest dates: January 30, 
1904 (A. S. A.), and April 26, 1913 (H. C. B.). 
Sierra Creeper. Certhia familiaris zelotes. Occasional mid-winter visitant, 
frequenting bay-trees and alders along stream-courses. Repeatedly seen along 
Strawberry Creek between the Faculty Club and Budd Hall. Earliest and latest 
dates, respectively: December 10, 1911 (A. S. A.), and March 16, 1912 (J. G.). 
Red-breasted Nuth.atch. Sitta canadensis. Irregularly common winter 
visitant, appearing among the pines near the Center Street entrance and in the 
evergreen grove around the Greek Theatre. Earliest and latest dates of obser- 
vation : September 24, 1908 (J. G.), and March 24, 1913 (H. C. B.). 
Plain Titmouse. Baeolophus inornatus inomatus. Common resident among 
the live-oaks of the lower part of the Campus. Natural hollows of trees are 
chosen as nesting sites. Lhi fortunately the custom on the part of the authorities 
in charge of the grounds, of keeping all dead branches trimmed away and knot- 
holes filled up with cement, makes conditions unfavorable for birds of such nest- 
ing habits to readily find suitable sites. In two cases, regularly occupied nesting 
