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198 THE CONDOR VoL XVII reit of the coast range. Jenkins found it only in the Big Creek basin. On our winter trip it was also an uncommon bird and only found on the summits of the brushy ridges. Penthestes garnbeli garnbell. Mountain Chickadee. Noted occasionally 'in the higher growths of pines. Seen near the summit of Santa Lucia Peak and along the ridge between San Antonio Valley and the coast. Penthestes rulescons barlowl. Santa Cruz Chickadee. Not noted on our summer trip, though we were continually on the lookout for it. Noted, however, by both Grinnell and Jenkins along the coast in summer, and Pemberton and Anderson found it to be a common bird in winter. Probably an uncommon bird in the southern part of this county in summer. Psaltriparus mlnimus rainlinus. Coast Bush-tit. Rather common bird in all of the more brushy parts of the entire region with the exception of the damp redwood forests. Corvus brachyrhynchos hesperis. Western Crow. Crows were so numerous on the Fig. 68. GENERAL ASPECT OF TIIE PINE AND FIR FOREST. S ALONG THE CREST OF THE COASTAL i?IO[TNTAINS; HOi?IE OF WESTERN TANAGER AND AUDUBON WARBLER upper San Antonio Creek as to be a nuisance. Noted on the coastal side of the moun- tains at an elevation of 2300 feet, and also north of the Little Sur River in the more open country, where it was also seen in winter. Pica nuttaUi. Yellow-billed Magpie. Very common bird in the upper San Antonio Creek valley. On May 18 several nests examined contained large young. While noted in winter on the Big Sur River, and recorded from Partington canyon in summer by Jen- kins, it was not met with by our party in summer along the coast. It probably stays on the oak flats of the Upper Sonoran valleys almost entirely. Aphelocoma callfornica callfornica. California Jay. A common bird in the San Antonio Valley, and seen occasionally on the coast, though away from the oak groves tt is rather rare. In the redwood forests scarcely ever seen. In winter it was noted com- monly south from Monterey to the Sur River wherever there were oak groves. Cyanocitta stellerl carbonacea (near frontalIs). Coast Jay. A very common bird in