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 Sept., 19i2 DISCOVERY OF NEST AND EGGS OF CALIFORNIA PINE GROSBEAK 187 7!15 v. t. Here the following morning, the weather clearing somewhat, we spent the forenoon in the field, recording some interesting notes on Melospiza lincolni and other birds. The trip endedat Bijou which was reached at dusk. TABLE SUMMARIZING SEASON'S IXPERIENCE WITH THE CALIFORNIA PINE GROSBEAK DATE June 11 " 12 " 12 " 13 " 14 " 15 " 16 " 16 " 17 " 18 ' 19 [." 20 " 21 Ell DS FOUND BY Ray All Little john Ray Heinemann LOCAL1T COVERED ELEV. COVER'D Phillips' 7250 to 6900 Deerington's 6900 to 7250 Pyramid Peak Plateau 7000 to 7600 ...... 7250 to 8000 Slope of Pyramid Peak 7500 to 9250 Pyramid Peak Plateau 7000 to 7600 ...... 7250 to 7600 Plateau and Peak 17500to 10,200 I Pyramid Peak Plateau' 7250 to 7600 I " " " 7250 to 8500 / Plateau and Peak i7000 to 8500 Phillips' 7000 to 7600 for ALL 20 3 7 24 28 45 40 5 30 20 45 25 20 Total Total Birds Mileage Next morning a Mid snow-storm broke over the whole, region, lasting three days and draping valleys and mountains in a wintry mantle. Littlejohn and Heinemann fled away to lower altitudes while I, lounging before the' pleasant log fire in the Bijou Post Office, whiled away the time reading Whittier's "Snow Bound", while the storm raged without. At times, when the clouds lifted, I could see Pyramid Peak far distant and snowy, and I thought, with no regret, of the dreary prospect doubtless now in view from the windows of the Forni cabins. NOTES FROM TODOS SANTOS ISLANDS By A. B. HOWELL. ODOS SANTOS consists of two main islands a hundred yards apart. The southernmost one is the larger, being a mile and a quarter long, half a mile wide, and three hundred and thirteen feet high, while the one towards the north is but half a mile long, a quarter of a mile wide, and fifty-five feet high. They are surrounded by numerous small outlying rocks and beds of kelp, and are in general similar to the smaller islands off the southern California coast, being almost barren of vegetation. They are opposite Ensenada Bay, and although but three miles from Banda Point, a narrow rocky headland jutting out to sea, they are some ten miles from the general coastline. Because of their proximity to the mainland, one would not expect to find a large variety of unusual stragglers which have become lost in migration, as is the case on the Farallones for in- stance, and the avian visitors seem to consist of prosaic migrants that are to be found in abundance farther north. My visit to the islands was from April 15 to 20, 1910, too short a time to be able to record a long list of species, but some few' interesting things were noted. As far as I could discover there were no cats or foxes on the islands, and the rats can increase and multiply almost indefinitely. The place is alive with them,