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Dryobates nuttallii: Nuttall Woodpecker. — Recorded from Mount Ham¬ 
ilton. 
Sphyrapicus ruber: Red-breasted Sapsucker. — Fairly common winter 
visitant, principally to Santa Cruz Mountains. 
Melanerpes formicivorus bairdi: California Woodpecker. — Abundant resi¬ 
dent among the oaks of the valleys. 
Melanerpes torquatus: Lewis Woodpecker.—Winter visitant. 
Colaptes cafer collaris: Red-shafted Flicker. —Abundant, resident. 
Phalcenoptilus nuttallii calif or nicus: Dusky Poor-will.— Uncommon resi¬ 
dent. 
C/uetura vauxii: Vaux Swift. — Summer visitant among redwoods ; occa¬ 
sionally seen in valley. 
Aironautes melanoleucus: White-throated Swift. — Occasionally seen in 
migration ; breeds near Santa Cruz. 
Calypte anna : Anna Hummingbird. — Abundant resident in valleys. 
Selasphorus rufus: Rufous Hummingbird. — Occurs plentifully in the 
spring as a migrant. 
Selasphorus alleni: Allen Hummingbird. — Abundant summer visitant in 
valley and hills. 
Tyrannus verticalis: Arkansas Kingbird. — Rather common summer vis¬ 
itant. 
Myiarchus cinerascens : Ash-throated Flycatcher. — Summer visitant. 
Sayornis saya: Say Phoebe. — Rather common winter visitant. 
Sayornis nigricans semiatra : Western Black Phoebe. — Common resident. 
Contopus borealis: Olive-sided Flycatcher. — Summer visitant in Santa 
Cruz Mountains ; not common. 
Contopus richardsonii: Western Wood Pewee. — Common summer vis¬ 
itant. 
Empidonax diffidlis : Western Flycatcher. — Common summer visitant. 
Empidonax traillii: Traill Flycatcher. — Summer visitant in willow 
patches along creeks. 
Otocoris alpestris chrysoloema: Mexican Horned Lark. — Common in the 
open valley. 
Pica nuttalli: Yellow-billed Magpie. — Resident in colonies south of San 
Jos£. 
Cyanocitta stelleri carbonacea : 1 Coast Jay. — Abundant permanent resi¬ 
dent in Santa Cruz Mountains. 
Aphelocoma californica : California Jay. — Abundant resident. 
Corvus americanus: American Crow. — Resident in southern part of Santa 
Clara valley. 
Agelaius gubernator californicus: Bicolored Blackbird. — Breeds abun¬ 
dantly in meadows bordering marshes. 
Agelaius tricolor : Tricolored Blackbird. — Occurs locally ; rare. 
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus: Yellow-headed Blackbird. — Breeds in the 
marshes south of San Jos£. 
Sturnella magna neglecta: Western Meadowlark. Abundant permanent 
resident. 
Icterus bullocki: Bullock Oriole. — Resident for nesting season; common. 
Scolecophagus cyanocephalus: Brewer Blackbird.—Abundant permanent 
resident. 
Coccothraustes vespertinus montanus: Western Evening Grosbeak. — Occa¬ 
sional winter visitants in flocks. 
Carpodacus purpureus californicus: California Purple Finch. — Common 
resident in valley and mountains. 
1 A form commonly called frontalis, but really closer to typical stelleri than to the 
Sierran form. 
