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 Sept.,1915 SUMMER RESIDENT LAND BIRDS O1' MONTEREY COUNTY 197 and Big C. reek large numbers of these birds were breeding in cavities in old trees, prin- cipally yellow pines. Not noted commonly in the redwood zone, as it prefers the higher and dryer slopes whre the pines and firs grow. Phainopepla niten$. Phainopepla. The Phainopepla was an uncommon bird in the oak groves in the San Antonio vklley. No females were seen, and it was supposed that they might be on the nest. On June 6 we saw a pair with four young birds just able to fly. Laniu$ ludoviclanu$ gainbell. California Shrike. Seen only in the Lower Sonoran zone near Kings City. Vireosylva gllva swainsoul. Western Warbling Vireo. Noted as being rather un- common about the San Antonio Creek region where they were building nests o May 21. On May 81 on upper Big Creek we took a set of eggs. Fig. 67. VIEW TYPICAL OF THE YELLOW PI.E IOREST AT ABOUT 3000 FEET ALTITIJDE ON THE COASTAL MOUNTAINS Lanivireo solitarius cassini. Cassin Vireo. An uncommon bird, in the redwood and pine zone only. Vireo huttoni huttoni. Huttcn Vireo. Seen at San Antonio Creek and Santa Lucia Peak. Jenkins took a specimen from the upper Big Creek and we saw a good many birds in December along the coast. An uncommon bird. $itta carolinensis aculeata. Slender-billed Nuthatch. Fairly common bird in the redwood and pine belts, and also seen on the eastern side of the coastal mountains in the San Antonio Creek basin. On May 18 Cartiger took a set of eggs from the stump of a fallen white oak in the San Antonio region. $1tta py9maea py9maea. Pigmy Nuthatch. One bird was seen in the redwood for- est of Lime Kiln Creek, and a pair in the pines near Big Creek. Baeolophus inornatus inornatus. Plain Titmouse. Noted in the pines near the sum-