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 182 THE CONDOR Vol. XIII shortly, but several seen at this season evidently intend residence. One leering male in the cypress grove I pasted for luck. 28. Zonotrichia coronata. Golden-crowned Sparrow. A handsome male was sighted near the landing on the morning of June 2nd. 29. Spizella passerina arizon/e (?) Western (?) Chipping Sparrow. A mem- ber of this June band seen in the Monterey Cypress grove--again on the 2nd. It might possibly have been an Easterner. 30. Passerella iliaca townsendL Townsend Fox Sparrow. A number of Fox Sparrows seen from May 31st on were all apparently of the exact form of the one taken, which has been kindly identified by Mr. Grinnell. The "Committees" allows lowsendito venture only as far south as Humboldt County in winter, so these rascals from the Farallones were playing a bold hand. 31. Passerina amoena. Lazuli Bunting. A handsome male was seen by Mr. Rowley on the first of June, and again by myself on the day following. 32. Piranga ludoviciana. Western Tanager. An adult female, driven by necessity, fed over the stony pastures which were the rightful heritage of Cassin Auklets and Rock Wrens--June 1st. 33. Tachycineta thalassina lepida. Northern Violet-green Swallow. A soli- tary male hawked 0ravely about the inhabited portion of the island all day June 1st, and made an early, and a chilly, bunk on thee telephone wire that night. 34. Bombycilla cedrorum. Cedar Waxwing. A single bird well seen. 35. Dendroica/estiva rubiginosa (?). Alaska (?) Yellow Warbler. A solitary specimen, a female, was several times sighted in the cypress grove, beginning May 29th. The sub-specific name assigned is a mere guess based on the bird's tardy appearance. 36. Dendroica magnolia. Magnolia Warbler. These, the daintiest as well as the most conspicuous of the eastern wanderers, were several times seen on the 29th of May, and a handsome male was secured on that date. Another male, bewildered and subdued by the strangeness of his surroundings, was encountered on the steep trail leading out of the Raven cave on the West End, and here, where his only companions were shag-flies and sea fowl, he endeavored to nmintain himself for several days. A female was taken from the cypress grove on June 2nd. 37. Dendroica virens. Black-throated Green Warbler. A female was secured at close range from the ground west of Keeper Rosendale's house. Unfortunately the specimen is badly shattered, but the remains are in the Academy collection to attest this new record for the Pacific Coast. [Previously reported in the Septem- ber CONDOR.] 38. Dendroica townsendi. Townsend Warbler. A male well seen in the Monterey cypress grove June 1st. 39. Seiurus aurocapillus. Oven-bird. The presence of this species, not previously reported west of the Rockies [save in the September CONDOR] gives character to the little bird-wave whose last beat broke on this occidental strand, and serves to mark its members for suspicion as wanderers rather than misdirected Alaskan pilgrims. This bird was caught in a vacant room of the assistant keeper's house, areale in high plumage and perfectly preserved. Another was seen a few minutes later outside the house, and it haunted the neighborhood during the re- mainder of our stay. 40. Wilsonia pusilla chryseola. Golden Pileolated Warbler. Seen on the 21st of May. 41. Setophaga ruticilla. Redstart. A second year male was closely ob- served in the cypress grove on the evening of June 1st.