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 210 THE CONDOR Vol. XVI easily be imagined that a dislike to leave this section would drive 'them to make their home upon the flats where, omitting the rocks and cliffs, other con- ditions would appear most favorable. Be that as it may, my untimely disturb- ance of the nest, must have destroyed all faith in its suitability, for after the first day they were never seen to enter it again, and in a couple of days left en- tirely. I append a list of the birds observed upon the Flats.' Band-tailed Pigeon. Golumba asctata. Several seen. Sharp-shinned Hawk. Acciliter velox. One pair. Cooper Hawk. Acciliter cooliefl. Western Red-tailed Hawk. Buteo borealis calurus. One seen. Golden Eagle. Aquila chrysaetos. Examined a this-year's nest. Long-eared Owl. Asio wilsonJanus. Two young shot before our arrival. Pacific Horned Owl. Bubo virginianus lacificus. Seen in the evening. Cabanis Woodpecker. Dryobates villosus hyloscolus. Nest with young. Red-breasted Sapsucker. tlhyralicus tuber. One seen. California Woodpecker. Melanerles foricivorus bairdi. Breeding. Red-shafted Flicker. Colaltes caret collaris. Breeding. Dusky Poor-will. Phalaenotilus nuttalli californicus. Texas Nighthawk. Choralelies acutiennis rexcrisis. Several seen. White-throated Swift. Aeronautes melanoleucus. One pair, breeding? Black-chinned Hummingbird. Archilochus alexandri. Young in nest. Anna Hummingbird. Calyte anna. Breeding. Rufous Hummingbird. Selashorus rufus. One male. Arkansas Kingbird. Tyrannus erticalis. Ash-throated Flycatcher. Myiarchus cinerascens, Breeding. Black Phoebe. Sayornis nigricans. Olive-sided Flycatcher. Nuttallornis borealis. In wooded canyons, among the pines. Western Wood Pewee. Myiochanes richardsoni. Full grown young in nest. Western Flycatcher. Emidonax diicilis. Breeding. Wright Flycatcher. Emidonax wrighti. A pair seen carrying nesting material to outer. limb, high in a pine tree. Blue-fronted Jay. Cyanocitta stelleri rontalis. Nests found containing young and eggs. California Purple Finch. Carodacus urureus caliornicus. Quite tame about the camp. Lawrence Goldfinch. Astragalinus lawrencei. Breeding. Sierra Junco. Junco oreganus thurberi. Breed(rig. San Diego Song Sparrow. elosiza melodia cooeri. Spurred Towbee. Piilo maculatus megalonyx. Breeding. Green-tailed Towbee. Oreosiza chlorura. Breeding. Western Tanager. Piranga ludoviciana. Nests found with eggs and with young. Western Martin. Progne subis heseria. Breeding. Tree Swallow. lridorocne bicolor. Several pairs seen. Northern Violet-green Swallow. Tachycineta thalassina leida. Western Warbling Vireo. ireosyla gila swainsoni. Breeding. Hutton Vireo. ireo huttoni. Breeding. Lutescent Warbler. ermiora celata lutescens. One pair around camp. Black-throated Gray Warbler. Dendroica nigrescens. Three noted at camp. Golden Pileolated Warbler. Wilsonia usilla chryseola. One pair at camp. Rock Wren. Salinctes obsoletus. Dotted Canyon Wren. Catheres mexicanus unctulatus. With full-fledged young. Western House Wren. Troglodytes aedon arkmani. Nests found with eggs and with young. Slender-billed Nuthatch. Sitta carolinensis aculeata. Several seen. Found breeding here in 1913. Bailey Mountain Chickadee. Penthestes gainbell baieyae. Breeding. Pailid Wren-tit. Chamaea fasctata henshawi. Breeding. Western Bluebird. Sialia mexicana occidentalis. Nests found with eggs and with young. Los Angeles, California, July 4,