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Pasadena Academy of Sciences. 
Publication 1. 
12. Otocoris alpestris strigata —Streaked Horned Lark. 
A common bird on the barren mesas. There were a few about 
Smuggler’s Cove, but it was most numerous on the broad, ele¬ 
vated prairie in the interior of the island. I found a nest on 
June 3; it was on the ground in a depression under the 
broad, obliquely-inclined leaf of a cactus. It was thus well-pro¬ 
tected, as no fox could reach the contents without encountering 
the stiff spines. The nest consisted of a scanty lining of dry 
grasses, and contained three slightly-incubated eggs. These do 
not differ from eggs of O. a. chrysolaema. Their measurements 
are, .8ox.6o, .81X.62, .82X.62. No juveniles were noted even 
during the last visit, so that the breeding season is apparently 
later than on the other islands. The notes and actions of this 
bird were identical with those of the mainland form. Eleven 
specimens of the Streaked Horned Eark were obtained on this 
island. 
13. Corvus corax sinuatus —American Raven. 
Ravens were quite numerous and were nesting commonly on the 
cliffs and ledges on the canon sides. The nests were always 
placed in cavities or crevices in the face of the rock, and were 
composed of course sticks, lined with wool. As the occupied 
nests were inaccessible, no eggs were secured. Two skins of the 
Raven were taken on this island. 
14. Sturnella magna neglecta —Western Meadowlark. 
During my first visit there were several pairs of Meadowlarks 
in the vicinity of Smuggler’s Cove. A male and two females 
were taken. The condition of the skin on the breasts of the 
latter showed them to be sitting. No larks were observed on 
the last visit; they had probably raised broods of young and re¬ 
paired to better feeding grounds on the higher mesas. On com¬ 
parison with specimens from Pasadena, in corresponding plum¬ 
age, I find the male bird from the island, as might be expected, 
to be very much darker, with much larger feet. 
15. Carpodacus mexicanus frontalis —House Finch. 
The most abundant bird of San Clemente Island. Common 
everywhere, but most numerous in the deep gorges, whose walls 
are broken by dark caverns and festooned with cactus. In such 
places, especially in the vicinity of the water “tanks”, the lin¬ 
nets fairly swarmed, and their full rollicking songs reverbrated 
