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 Sept., i9o6 ] BIRDS COLLECTED BETWEEN MONTEREY AND SAN SIMEON 127 Tyrannus verticalis. Arkansas Kingbird. An adult male collected at Parting- ton's. Noted several times on Big Creek. blyiarchus c. cinerascens. Ash-throated Flycatcher. Two adult females. taken, one at Big Creek and the other at Mt. Mars. Sayornis nigricans. Black Phoebe. Common in all open places. More abundant in the lower level countries than in the mountains. Two specimens taken. Contopus borealis. Olive-sided Flycatcher. Several seen between Parting- ton's and Slate's on June 2 5 and one noted on the open hillside at Big Creek, June 2 7. An adult male and adult female taken on the Little Sur on June  and 14 respectively. Contopus r. richardsoni. Western Wood Pewee. Fairly common in the pines on upper Big Creek. Three specimens taken. Empidonax difiicilis. Western Flycatcher. Noted on the Little Sur and at Big Creek. Five specimens taken. 0tocoris alpestris actia Oberholser. California Horned-lark. Quite common in the open fields from Monterey to the Big Sur and at San Simeon. Five speci- mens secured. Pica nuttalli. Yellow-billed Magpie. Mr. Stevens stated that magpies are now rarely seen, altho they used to be common about his place. Cyanocitta stelleri frontalis. Blue-fronted Jay. Very abundant in all red- wood canyons and in the pine forests: also scattering out into neighboring oak and Ceauothus regions. On Mt. Mars, south of the redwood limit, the jays were also common, inhabiting mostly the higher wooded canyons (sycamores, oaks and lau- rels). Not found at San Carpojo or on the San Simeon flats. Eleven adults and siximmatures taken in all, at the Little Sur, Partington canyon and Big Creek, Comparing these with summer birds from Santa Cruz and from the Sierras, I find my series to be intermediate betweenfronta/is and carbonacea but nearer fronta/is having the back and abdomen somewhat lighter and the frontal spots more con- spicuous than in the Santa Cruz birds. Intergradation between these two forms probably. covers a large area and its center may be at Monterey. Aphelocoma c. californica. California Jay. Seen all along the route. Less common in the Redwoods and at high elevations. Two iramatures in fresh summer plumage and three adults in extremely worn and faded plumage secured. Corvus corax sinuatus. American Raven. Mr. Stevens, a resident at Par- tington canyon said that once some years ago, a flock of ravens came in to that locality and pulled up an entire field of corn that had been planted a short time before. The owner of the field then killed one of the ravens, whereupon the rest gathered together and after holding a great "pow-wow," flew away and have never been seen since! Corvus brachyrhynchoshesperis (Ridgway). California Crow. A few seen on the Little Sur and at Partington's. Sturnella magna neglecta. Western Meadowlark. Common in the Carmel Valley and on the San Simeon flats. A few seen between the Carmel and Little Sur rivers and one at Pacific Valley. Euphagus cyanocephalus. Brewer Blackbird. Abundant in Carmel Valley, on Mal Paso Creek and on the San Simeon flats. Not seen in the intervening country. One female taken at San Simeon. Carpodacus purpureus californicus. California Purple Finch. Not uncom- mon on the Little Sur and in the pines at Big Creek. Four males and one female taken,