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 36 THE CONDOR Vol. XVI VALDEZ Fox SPARROW. Passerella iliaca sinuosa. A:UTAT Fox SPARROW. Passerella iliaca meruloides. Irregularly common winter visitant, affecting the dense chaparral of the ravines and north-facing hill- sides. First dates: October I2, I912, and October 4, I913 (A. S. A.). Latest dates: March 25, I9Ii (J. G.); April 24, i9I 3 (A. S. A.). It is not feasible t6 assign these records accurately under one or the other of the sub-species named. There are specimens representative of both sub-species,. and labelled "Berkeley", in the Museum's collection of bird-skins. SAN FRANCISCO TOWHEE. Pipilo macula'tus falcffer. Common resident of the dense hillside chaparral, and thickets along stream-courses. Occurs at times down along Strawberry Creek at least to the Sather Gate. A pair reared a brood in I9O 9 close to the Faculty Club bridge. Often called Oregon Towhee, or Spur- red Towhee. CALIFORNIA BROWN TOWUE. Pipilo crissalis crissalis. Abundant resident. Affects shrubbery of all sorts, occurring along city hedges and about gardens, as well as through the hills. A nest with young' was located in an oak tree near the Center Street entrance, May I7, I9I 3 (H. C. B.). PACIFIC BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK, Zamelodia melanocephala capitalis, Fairly common summer visitant. Affects deciduous trees about the Campus and city, as well as alders and oaks up the canyons. Most numerous in late July and August when old and young congregate about the fruiting elderberry bushes on the canyon slopes. Dates of earliest seasonal record: April I6, I9O 4, April I8, I9I, and April 13, 912 (A. S. A.); April I6, I9I 3 (H..C.B.). LAZULI BUNTING. Passerina amoena. Common summer visitant. In May, 9o9, singing males were spaced out along Strawberry .Creek down as far as Budd Hall. But, more recently, seen only in the upper.parts of the canyon. Earliest date of observation, April 24, I9I 3 (A. S. A.). Nest with tw0.smal young in thick growth of brakes one foot above ground, July 3, I9O9 ' (J. G.). WESTERN TANAGER. Piranga ludoviciana. Irregularly transient. Seen in bay trees along Strawberry Creek and in ornamental trees about town, May I4 to 9, 9 II (J. G.), and May 8, I9I 3 (A. S.A.). One fall record: August I8, 9o8 (A. S. A.). CLIFF SWALLOW. Petrochelidon lauifrons lunifrons. Fairly common sum- ruer visitant. Dates of first observation: March I4, I9II (A. S. A.); March 5, 913 (H. C.B.). Nested for several years on the old dairy barns up Strawberry Creek canyon. CEr)AR WAXWINe. Bombycilla cedrorum. Irregularly common late-winter visitant. Forages in flocks of 20 to 5, in pepper-trees, wherever these occur, as along city streets. Latest occurrence, May 4, I913, when a flock of 35 was seen perched at the top of a eucalyptus tree. near the Civil Engineering building (H. W. G. and J. G.). CALIFORNIA SURIKE. La,qus-ludovieianus gambeli. Rather scare resident. Occasional individuals are seen on the open parts of the lower Campus. A pair has its quarters in the pastures above the upper dairy farm, up Strawberry Creek. In a long tramp over the hills, including Grizzly Peak, February 7, I9C), just three shrikes were encountered, all told (J. G.). WESTERN WARBLING VIREO. Vireosylva gilva swainsoni. Common summer visitant. Disperses widely along canyons and among deciduous trees on the Campus and sometimes along the city streets. Early spring records: March 25, i9o4, and March 29, I9O6 (A. S. A.); March 3 o, I9II (J. G.); March 25, I92 (A. S. A.); March 25, I913 (H. C.B.). Disappears by the end of August.