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 Sept., 1908 SUMMER BIRDS OF THE TULARE LAKE REGION 205 grown young was taken and several others seen in chaparral along the west side of Tulare Lake, July 7-8. Not previously recorded breeding in the San Joaquin Valley. Melospiza cinerea heermanni. Heermann Song Sparrow. Abundant. Nest- ing in willows and among tules. Collected at the north end of Tulare Lake. Piprio maculatus montanus. Spurred Towhee. Breeding in small numbers at the north end of Tulare Lake, June 20 (specimen taken); a pair was seen in a thicket at Buena Vista Lake, July 11. Guiraca carulea lazula. Western Blue Grosbeak. Not very common, but generally distributed; one specimen. lqirundo erythrogaster. Barn Swallow. Seeu occasionally in the marsh country. Iridoprocne bicolor. Tree Swallow. A few were nesting in holes in tall willow trees at Summit Lake, June 26; noted at Buena Vista Lake, July 11; one specimen from Summit Lake. Lanius ludovicianus gambeli. California Shrike. Rather common and gener- ally distributed. Vireo bellii pusillus. Least Vireo. Very common and in full song, alnong willows bordering marshes and streams from Summit Lake to Buena Vista Lake; one specimen from Arroyo Los Gatos, northwest of Tulare Lake, July 8. Dendroica astiva brewsteri. California Yellow Warbler. A common breeding species among the willows near the mouth of Kings River, June 18-24; noted at Summit Lake, June 27, and at Buena Vista Lake, July 12; one specimen from Tulare Lake, June 20. Geothlypis trichas arizela. Pacific Yellowthroat. One specimen breeding, from among rules along the north shore of. Tulare Lake, June 20th. Icteria virens longicauda. Long-tailed Chat. Common among willows at Buena Vista Lake, July 11th. Mimus polyglottos leucopterus. Western Mockingbird. Not common. Two seen along the west side of Tulare Lake, July 8th. Toxostoma redivivum. California Thrasher. Common among the chaparral along the Arroyo Los Gatos, northwest of Tulare Lake, June 29th to July lst; a few seen in thickets at Buena Vista Lake, July 11. At Arroyo Los Gatos the birds were apparently thru nesting; the adults were in very ragged plumage, and the young nearly full grown. Toxostoma lecontei. Leconte Thrasher. Met with among chaparral from near Huron west to the Arroyo Los Gatos, northwest of Tulare Lake. Between these points several family parties were seen, and specimens collected, June 29 to July 1. The old birds were in worn plumage; the young were nearly full-grown. Not previously recorded in the San Joaquin Valley from north of Buena Vista Lake. Thryomanes bewicki drymcecus. San Joaquin Wren. Several were seen in thickets near the mouth of Kings' River, June 20; one specimen. Troglodytes aedon parkmanii. Parkman Wren. A few were seen in tangled undergrowth among willows near the mouth of Kings River, June 23; one specimen. Telmatodytes palustris paludicola. Tule Wren. Rather common and breeding among the rules at the north end of Tulare Lake, Julhe 18-24; one specimen. Psaltriparus minimus californicus. California Bush-tit. A small flock was seen in bushes on Arroyo Los Gatos, northwest of Tulare Lake, July 1. Polioptila c/erulea obscura. Western Gnatcatcher. Several seen among tules and small Willows on peat islands in Summit Lake, June 25: Sialia mexicana occidentalis. Western Bluebird. A few were nesting in holes in tall willow trees at Summit Lake, June 25; one specimen. 13tshinton, D.C.