76 THE CONDOR VoL. VI Poway alt.? 460 ft., lat. 33 , was 27 Sacramento alt. 35 ft., lat. 39 , was 29 Riverside " 85t .... 34 " 24 Auburn "?3?o .... 39 " 26 Fresno " 293 .... 37 " 25 Marysville " 67 .... 394-" 27 Stockton " 23 .... 38 " 25 Red Bluff "3o7 .... 4o4-" 27 ValleySprings" 678 .... 38 " 26 It will be seen that a considerable increase in latitude and altitude has but little influence in modifying temperature in the interior of California. I have known spring to be backward in the valley and early in the nloun- tains. At Stockton in the spring of t897 vegetation was very much behind aver- age seasons and eqally late at Murphy, altitude 23o0 feet. Supposi'ng it would be correspondingly late at Big Trees, altitude 47oo feet, I delayed going there until May 28, when to my surprise I found the plants about two weeks earlier than I had ever seen them in any of my numerous visits to the place. The locust and the purple lilac had blossomed about tile middle of May, while June ?5 is about the average time at this locality. Dr. J. W. Williams reported spring a month earlier than usual at Fort Walla Walla (latitude 46, altitude 20o feet) in t885. Mr. John Fannin, at Burrard Inlet, B.C., latitude about 5 o, reported the gardens "gorgeous with apple blossoms April 4, ?885. The only remarkable feature of the spring is its mildness which has con- tinued since the last week in February. The only remarkable arrivals are t-/ylo- cichla ustulata and Dendroica auduboni which came nearly a month earlier than last season. Our winter residents have, however, started north at about their usual time with one or two exceptions." Of ?884 he said "the weather from April ? was one continuous stretch of fine weather and yet this circumstance does not appear to have caused the arrival of migrants any earlier than former years; on the contrary in some cases they have been later." I call attention to what Mr. Fannin says of the migrants and also the early flowering of apples. Mr. T. S. Palmer reported apples in full bloom at Berkeley March 3?, ?885, a difference of only five days. The data on flowering of plants though interesting was of little value for pur- poses of comparison. At Walla Walla Dr. Williams gave dates of flowering of many plants but only one of his species was mentioned and that by a single observer. Stockton, Cal. Nevada Notes BY WILSON C. HANNA (Concluded) Asio wils0nianus. Long-cared Owl. One pair was found nesting in a thorn bush near Stone House May ?o. Spe0tyt0 c. hyp0g?ea. Burrowing Owl. Not uncommon. Ceryle alcy0n. Belted Kingfisher. Not uncommon. C01aptes c. c011aris. Red-shafted Flicker. A few observed. a The altitudes here given are approximately correct.
