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 22 THE CONDOR Voh XVIII mouth of the Deschutes Canyon. This bird was with a small flock of Junco . connec- tens when shot. Vermivora r. 9utturalls. Calaveras Warbler. Two males of this warbler were taken on Miller's Ranch, mouth of the Deschutes River in Sherman County, on April 16 and 17, 1915. On August 21 one was secured at McEwen in Baker County. All three speci- mens were collected while feeding in willow thickets. Setophaga ruticilla. Redstart. Two immature males of this warbler were taken in the willow thickets along Powder River at McEwen on Agust 19 and 20, 1915. Dumetslla carolineasia. Catbird. An adult male catbird was taken at Mount Ver- non, Grant County, on June 30, 1915. Another was seen flying across the road between John Day and Prairie City on July 8, 1915. Catherpes mexicaus punctulatus. Dotted Canyon rren. An adult male in very ragged plumage was taken at Mount Vernon on July 1, 1915. It was found on a rim- rock on the dry slope of the valley at four o'clock in the morning, at which time it was singing lustily. Regulus calendula calendula. Ruby-crowned Kinglet. While ploughing through about twelve inches of new wet snow in the lodgepole pine forest on Lookout Mountain, in Crook County on June 12, 1915, I was attracted by the cheerful song of a Ruby- crowned Kinglet over my head. Upon looking for .this bird I discovered two kinglets in- stead of one, and one of these was just disappearing in a clump of moss about thirty feet above the groun. d. The interesting thing about this particular clump of moss was that it contained the nest of this pair of birds, and furthermore the moss was growing on the twigs of a dead and leafless pine that stood some distance from any living tree. The nest was well hidden in the moss, and on this date was about ready for the lining, with both birds on the job of construction. Hylocichla 9uttata audubonl. Audubon Hermit Thrush. Near the mining camp of Bourne, Elkhorn Mountains, Baker County, I discovered the nest and eggs of this thrush on August 3, 1915. The nest was saddled on a limb next to the trunk of a small balsam fir, about eight feet from the ground. The nesting tree was growing in dense woods on the mountain side at about 6000 feet altitude. The female was flushed from the eggs when the nest was found. Ixoreus naevlus naevius. Varied Thrush. On August 4, 1915, I collected a male of this species near Bourne in the Elkhorn Mountains. Several Varied Thrushes were seen in the rallowa Mountains, near the junction of Cliff and the Imnaha River on Septem- ber 7. These are rather late for breeding records; but a Varied Thrush does breed in these mountains, as my note book for 1907 contains a record of a nest containing four large young about a week old found at Anthony, Baker County, on May 14, 1907. Unfor- tunately no birds were taken at the time, but I still have the nest in my collection as a record. The nest was taken May 27, 1914, after both young and parents had left the locality. Portland, Oregon, December 6, 1915. A PERSONAL SUPPLEMENT TO TE DISTRIBUTIONAL LIST OF THE BIRDS OF CALIFORNIA By WILLIAM LEON DAWSON E ARE all under the deepest obligation to Dr. Grinnell for his pains- taking report upon the distribution of California birds. Dr. Grinnell is, as every member of the Cooper Club knows, exceptionally well qualified for this important task. Add to his intimate knowledge of California birds afield, an exhaustive acquaintance. with published literature, and you have an equipment which has made of this Distributional List as perfect a work of its kind as could well be hoped for. But the very perfection of opportunity represented by this effort affords,