Nov., ?9ool THE CONDOR I33 becki, but these specimens have since been found to be synonymous with ?tmmodramus c. nelsoni (see Dwight, ,4uk, Oct. ?896 , p. 273 ). ?l imophila ruficeps. RUFOUS-CROWNED SPARROW. A common resident in sage- brush districts on the eastern side of the valley, where it doubtless breeds. 3?relospiza melodia heermann HEER- MANN'S SONG SPARROW. Along creeks, inland. (Grinnell). I have a male, collected on the Alviso marsh Nov. 3 o, I899, which Mr. R. Ridgway refers to this form.
- PZelospiza melodia ?utlata. RUSTY
SONG SPARROW. Mr. Beck has two specimens taken in the Berryessa foot- hills Jan. 24, ?89o, and Nov. 3, ?896, respectively. W[elospiza melodia pusillula. SALT MARSH SONG SPARROW. On salt marsh. (Grinnell). I have two specimens taken on the Alviso marsh Nov. 30, ?889. Mr. McGregor mentions its occurrence in the county. (Condor, I, p. 87). PhainolSepla nilens. PHAINOPEPLA. One observed in the orchard at .Berry- essa during the first week of November, ?899. (Beck). One seen Oct. 28, ?898, in the foot-hills east of ?an Jose. (Adams). l?ireo so/itarius cassini. CASSIN'S VIR?O. Observed at Alum Rock, near San Jose. (Beck). This vireo, I am sure, will be found a comanon summer resident along foot-hill streams, bordered by sycamores. I first met it on May ?9, ?895, on the Guadalupe Creek, near Almaden, when a male was shot. On the same day I also observed a nest containing five young, built on a droop- ing sycamore limb. Mr. F. A Schneider has since found this vireo breeding along the same stream. Dendroic? coraBate hooverL HOOVER'S WARBLER. Mr. Beck has an adult fernale taken in winter at Berryessa. Evidently a common winter resident, associating with the Audubon's Warb- lers. Dendroica nizrescens. BLACK-THROAT- ED GRAY WARBLER. Several observed in April, ?899, back of Mt. Hamilton. (Beck). Dendroica occidentalis. HERMIT WARBLER. A full-plumaged male taken in April, ?897, in the foot-hills near Berryessa, during migration. (Beck). Wilsonia pusilla pileolata. PILEOLAT- ED WARBLER. Nesting in willows at the mouth of San Francisquito Creek. (Grinnell). AcornmoB breeding species along the valley streams near the bay. Apparently breeds from early May through July. My dates are May ?7, ?896, May 8, ?897. Salpinctes obsoletus. ROCK WREN. Resident in suitable portions of the county, especially along the rocky east- ern foot-hills, where it breeds. ! have seldom failed to hear the fine song of this species at a rocky cut near Coyote when travelling back and forth on the Monterey road. Catherpes mexicanus punctulatus. DOT- TED CANYON WREN. Not an uncommon resident in the Berryessa foot-hills. Three sets of eggs taken, one on May ?9, ?894, and two nests with young found on May 9 of the same year. The nests were built in small caves along a rocky bank. (Beck). ztnorthura hiemalls pacifica. WEST- ERSt WINTER WREN. Recorded by Robt. E. Bruce at Stevens Creek. (CON- DOR, II, p. 92). Frequently seen at Berryessa in winter. (Beck). Sitta carolinensis aculeata. SLENDER- BILLED NUTHATCH. h common resident of white-oak tracts in the foot-hills. Messrs. H. R. Painton and F. A. Schneider found it breeding not uncom- monly near Nexv Almaden. I shot a male at Morgan Hill on Feb. 22, I895. Polioptila ceerulea obscura. WESTERN Gr?*?TCArCHER. Seen in the hills back of Mt. Hamilton in April, ?899. Prob- ably breeds. (Beck). C. BARLOW. On a recent trip into the mountains near Los Angeles, Cal. Messrs. Howard Robertson anti H. S. Swarth collected, among other inter- esting birds, two Spotted Owls (Syrnium occi- dentale).
