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 162 THE CONDOR I Vol. III Falco sparverius deserticolus. Desert Sparrow Hawk. Met with quite fre- quently in the higher pine forests. One was shot at Slippery Fbrd on June 9 from the top of a tall fir tree. The bird lodged in the tree and necessitated a hard climb to secure it. This specimen, a male, was of a distinctly lighter form than the coast birds and was pronounced a good example of deserticohs by Mr. Wilfred H. Osgood who kindly compared it with specimens in the Biological Survey. The species was observed at 6,000 feet altitude on Peavine ridge. [Collected on the upper slopes of both Pyramid Peak and Mt. Tallac. In July 5, t897, a nest was found in a hole in a blasted pine at 9000 feet on the south slope of Pyramid Peak. From the actions of the birds the nest probably con- tained young.--W. W. P.] Pandion haliaeetus carolinensis. American Osprey. [Observed in late June t896 at Riverton, where a single individual was seen flying up the American River. It was so close to us that identity is practically positive. No other hawk has tke large amount of white in its plumage. One of the ditch tenders told me that a"fish hawk" came up the river frequently. On April 19 t897 near Slippery Ford, Iobserved this hawk a second time. It was perched on a tree overhanging the river. On my approach it flew to another resting-place.--W. W. P.] Nyctala seadies. Saw-whet Owl. [-One was shot by Mr. A. S. Bunnell at my camp at Glel Alpine in July i898. It was the only one seen.--W. W. P.] Bubo virginianus saturatus. Dusky Horned Owl. One shot in July or August, t897 by Mr. L. E. Taylor at Fyffe was probably a resident bird and 'as referred to this race by Mr. L. M. Loomis who kindly examined the specimen for me. The skin is now in the Academy collection. [I have heard the "hoot" of the Imrned owl several times at high elevations on Mt.-Tallac, but have never succeeded in collecting tl;e bird.--W. W. P.] Speotyto cunicularia hypogaea. Burrowing Owl. Recorded from near Lat- robe by Mr. C. A. Swisler. Nests commonly on the plain farther west. Glaucidium gnoma. Pygmy Owl. [Three were shot at Glen Alpine, August to, t9oo. They were observed flying in the day time. One was an adult female, the other two being young of the year.--W. W. P.] Ceryle aleyon. Belted Kingfisher. Occurs throughout the length of the American River. Mr. Taylor sent me a male, collected at Glen Alpine Springs on Sept. 2i, I9O. Dryobates villosus hyloscopus. Cabanis Woodpecker. A common species at Fyffe where it nests well up in the pines. Observed also at Slippery Ford on June 3,9 o. Mr. Taylor secured two spcimens at Fallen Leaf L:ke on Sept. 2, I9o. Dryobates pubestens gairdneri. Gairdner Woodpecker. On June 7, t899 Mr. Carriger observed a single bird of this species in the burnt district near Fyffe. Xenopicus albolarvatus. White-headed Woodpecker. A common species at Fyffe and apparently up to the summit, usually quiet in its habits. The favorite nesting sites are low stubs of burnt trees, in which the newly-drilled holes show conspicuously. June i5, 897 a nest was found twelve feet up in a burnt stub containing young about to fly. The young were of a dullyellowish plumage on the white parts but other ise showing the markings of the adult birds. In t898 at Fyffe a pair of white-headed xvcodpeckers had a nest containing young in a stub near the house. The nest was six feet from the ground and as the young grew larger one could ahnost always be observed at the entrance hole. In the top of the same stub a pair of western bluebirds.had a nest and they improved every