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4. Corvus corax sinuatus —American Raven. 
Several pairs were seen about the island. A nest containing 
two nearly^fledged young was situated on a narrow ledge of rock 
on the face of a cliff on the north side of the island. It was 
perhaps 150 feet above the surf. The Ravens were evidently 
subsisting on the eggs and young of the sea-birds which were 
nesting so numerously on this island 
5. Sturnella magna neglecta —Western Meadowlark. 
There were about twenty Meadowlarks composing a flock which 
frequented the southern part of the mesa. Four full-grown 
juveniles were secured, but the adults were not approachable. 
6. Carpodacus mexicanus frontalis —House Finch. 
Common on the eastern part of the island among the patches of 
cholla cactus, the fruit of which the linnets were eating. Juve¬ 
niles were plentiful. A nest was found on the side of a ravine, 
May 17; it was built between the leaves of a cactus about 
eighteen inches above the ground, and composed entirely of fine 
dty grass-blades. It contained four badly-incubated eggs, three of 
which measure: *-76x.56, .75X.59, .83X.59. Fourteen House 
Finches were taken on this island. 
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7. Melospiza fasciata graminea —Santa Barbara Song 
Sparrow. 
The most abundant bird of Santa Barbara Island. Numerous 
everywhere, especially on the bush-covered fields on the south¬ 
eastern portion of the mesa. Their song, notes and action were 
apparently identical with those of the mainland Song Sparrow. 
If any different, the song of the island bird is a little weaker 
and briefer. Full-grown juveniles were numerous, more so than 
the adults which were all apparently engaged in nest-building or 
raising the second brood. Mr. Horace Gaylord and myself 
found five sets of the eggs of this species. The nests are all of 
practically the same size and composition., A typical one is sup¬ 
ported by the obliquely-growing twigs of a bush; it is lined and 
internally composed, of fine yellow grasses, in marked contrast 
with the larger brown grasses and weed stems of which the nest 
is basally built. The measurements of this nest are: Inside- 
diameter, 2.30; depth, 1.30. Outside—diameter, 4.00; depth, 
3.30. I11 detail the sets are as follows: 
*A11 measurements in this Report are in inches and hundredths of an inch. 
