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128 THE CONDOR Vol. XVIII fine male of this species three miles southeast of Ferndale, Humboldt County. It was sitting in a fir tree, and WaS discovered while I was looking for a wild cat that the hounds had treed. This, with another specimen taken near Eureka, is in a private col- lection in that city. In July, 1899, while fishing for trout In Shackleford Creek, near Quartz Valley, Slskiyou County, I saw a Spotted Owl sitting in a maple tree but a few feet above my head. It showed no fear, and could have been secured had I so wished. Speotyto cunicularia hypogaea. Burrowing Owl. Though according to Grinnell this little owl has not heretofore been recorded from the northwestern coast belt, nor from the interior north of Lake County, it nevertheless is found in suitable localities in Hum- boldt County. It is occasionally seen in the Mattole and Eel River valleys, and a hunter of my acquaintance shot one in December, 1915, in the sand hills along the ocean below Ferndale. For a year or two we used to see one sitting beside his burrow close to the road, as we drove from Carlotta to Alton. Sphyrapicus varius daggetti. Sierra Red-breasted Sapsucker. On December 1, 1902, I collected a male sapsucker in the lowlands along the Colorado River near Palo Verde, that is doubtless referable to this species, though not exactly typical. It seems to be the only record from that section. Calypte anna. Anna Hummingbird. It is rather a surprise to find that this hum- mer (first reported from Humboldt County by Mrs. C. M. Wilder in 1913) is a regular winter resident in limited numbers. We see them every winter, and this season had a handsome male about our flowers almr?st daily till a killing frost occurred during the holidays, when it disappeared. A friend living at Ferndale, near the coast, reports se? ing one up to this time (February 1). Tyrannus vociferans. Cassin Kingbird. A kingbird that I take to be vociferans is seen occasionally in the Humboldt region in summer, and from the fact that it breeds here is worthy of notice. Euphagus cyanocephalus. Brewer Blackbird. So far from being "rare in the northwest coast belt", this species is abundant in Humboldt County, beiug ? found by the hundred throughout the dairy region. A large flock is almost constantly in sight from my home at Carlotta, and I have seen the birds in numbers as far in the interior as Kuntz, in Trinity County. A few Red-wing Blackbirds, possibly referable to Agelaius phoeniceus caurinus, are at times seen with the Brewer Blackbirds. Carlotta, Humboldt County, California, February 1, 1916. FROM FIELD AND STUDY The House Finch in the State of Washington.--The A. O. U. Check-list o! North American Birds makes no mention of the House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus ?rontalis) as occurring in the state of Washington, neither can I find any record elsewhere to that effect. While gathering materials for our book, The Birds o! Washington, neither Mr. Dawson nor myself encountered this species, although it seems probable that it was present in the state to some extent at the time. It is of interest, therefore, to report that this finch is a moderately common resident in certain portions of both Yakima and Benton counties. The only two stations from which I have had the birds recorded are North Yakima, in Yakima County, and Kiona, in Benton County. Both localities are situated on the Yakima River, in what may be considered the Upper Sonoran Zone. My attention was first called to the subject by Mrs. G. Ross Pike, of North Yakima, who assured me early this year that the House Finches were common residents of that city, nesting in bird boxes and in vines growing against houses. Skins collected by F. R. Decker, of Kiona, and sent to D. E. Brown, of Seattle, were then forwarded for compari- son to H. S. Swarth at the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Berkeley, California. Mr. Swarth writes me, "The two House Finches are exactly like others from various parts of the .range of the species." No specimens were taken at North Yakima, but the nesting habits, song, and description of the birds seem adequate identification, together with the skins from Kiona, which is only about sixty miles distant.--J. H. BOWLZS, Tacoma, Washington.