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PROCEEDINGS OF THE CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 
Series 4, Volume 64, Supplement 1 
Family Cinclidae (dippers) 
Cinclus mexicanus Swainson (dipper) 
Records: Calaveras Co.: *Lower Calaveras Natural Bridge; *Upper Calaveras Natural Bridge. 
Comment: This species of diving bird was nesting as late as 1979 in these two caves which bridge over Coyote Creek. 
Bibliography: Danehy (1952). 
Family Corvidae 
Corvus corax Linnaeus (common raven) 
Records: Inyo Co.: *ARC No. 1. Siskiyou Co.: *?Dock Yock Cave; *Guano Bridge (nest); *Lower Heppe 
lowjacket Ice Cave (nests). Tulare Co.: *Crystal Sequoia Cave. Unknown Co.: *caves utilized as nest sites 
fomia condor. 
Bibliography: Rogers (1990a, 1999c); Snyder, Ramey, and Sibley (1986); Wolff and Wolff (1999). 
Family Emberizidae 
Undetermined (sparrow) 
Record: Siskiyou Co.: *Red Tape Cave. 
Bibliography: Wolff, L. (2013c). 
Junco hyemalis (Linnaeus) (dark-eyed junco) 
Record: Siskiyou Co.: *Red Tape Cave. 
Bibhography: Wollf, L. (2013c). 
Family Fringillidae (finches and allies) 
Leucosticte atrata Ridgeway (black rosy finch) 
Record: Siskiyou Co.: *?Upstairs-Downstairs Cave. 
Comment: Scattered among the colony of L. tephrocotis were darker individuals that may be L. atrata, but positive iden¬ 
tification was uncertain lacking specimens. 
Bibhography: Suggett (1982). 
Leucosticte tephrocotis littoralis Baird (gray-crowned rosy finch) (trogloxene) 
Records: Siskiyou Co.: *Marble Gap Cave; *Upstairs-Downstairs Cave. 
Comment: This subspecies was observed roosting in the upper cliff entrance of Upstairs-Downstairs Cave during the win¬ 
ters of 1980 and 1981. By March of each year they vacate the cave and migrate. 
Bibhography: Suggett (1982). 
Cave; *Yel- 
by the Cali- 
Family Hirundinidae (swallows and martins) 
Undetermined 
Records: Santa Barbara Co.: Santa Cruz Island: *Bat Cave. Siskiyou Co.: *Boulevard Cave. Tuolumne Co.: *Crystal 
Tuolumne Cave (nests). 
Bibhography: Bunnell (1988a, 1988c); Fiack (1978); Snyder (2003); Taylor and Krejca (2006). 
Hirundo rustica Linnaeus (bam swallow) 
Records: Amador Co.: *Chrome Cave. Mariposa Co.: *Fissure Cave; *Bower Cave. 
Comment: All three caves were utilized as nesting sites. 
Bibhography: Graham (1969c); Grinnell and Stower (1924). 
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota (Vieillot) (cliff swallow) 
Records: Amador Co.: *Black Chasm. Mariposa Co.: *Bower Cave. Shasta Co.: *Potter Creek Cave. Siskiyou Co.: 
*Cricket Cave; *Fem Cave; *Yellowjacket Ice Cave. 
Comment: Nests were noted in Bower Cave in 1979. 
Bibhography: Briggs and Gpc (1975); Danehy (1952); Graham (1969c); Grinnell and Stower (1924); Sinclair (1904); 
Wolff, L. (1993, 1994b); Wolff and Wolff (1999). 
Progne subis (Linnaeus) (purple martin) 
Records:. Siskiyou Co.: *Fem Cave; *Fossil Cave; *Skull Ice Cave. 
