Page:Condor3(6).djvu/11

Nov., x9ox. I THE CONDOR 147 Owens Valley, June x4, ?89?; Belding has recorded it at Camp Seco, Calaveras County, on June x; and, as elsewhere stated, I saw one on San Clemente Is- land, May 3x, ?897. The latter was, without doubt, a lone straggler. The other three cases, however, might seem to,indicate:breeding: localities. Nmner- ous accidents may happen to maim in- dividuals slightly, enough however to prevent .extended migration flights. It seems to me probable that some such factor caused the delay in these cases. I am reminded oa casualty that ?often befalls the Cedar-birds at Pasadena. The telephone and electric wires are strung' along the streets in close webs, sometimes rigtit through the foliage o the shade trees. The waxwings fly in compact flocks in and out among the trees, and several individuals are not in- frequently crippled or killed at one time by flying against the wires. At any rate, it remains that we have no,re- cord of the waxwing?in California be- tween June ?6 and September x3. The Cedar Waxwing appears to be a common summer bird northward along the Pacific Coast from Oregon to south- ern British Columbia. Johnson, in the "American Naturalist" for July, x88o, gives it as an abundantsummer resident in the Willamette Valley, Oregon, where he says it nests extensively in the groves ot' small Douglas spruce. J. S. Bu eliam tells me that he knew of a pair nesting near Salem. Anthony, in the "Auk" for April, i886, states it to be common thronghout the summer at Beaverton, Oregon; as recorded by Belding, it was first seen there on May 22 and was common by June 7. At Burrard Inlet, B C., it was first seen by Fannin on May 24, and wascommon by June 2; it is also stated to breed in the same 1ocalitv, Cooper found it nesting at Fort Vancouver. The waxwing thus seems to be absent altogether dur- ing the ?vinter from these northern re- gions, where it arrives quite late in the spring. In fact, the dates of departure from Southern Cali(ornia and arrival in Oregon and British Colmnbia, fit very neatly together. The waxwing in the eastern states is a notoriously late breeder, and the peculiarity seems to hold in the west also. To suni up: The Cedar Waxwing on this coast is a migratory species, breed- ing in the Hunfid Transition Zone of Oregon, Washington and British Colum- bia, and wintering in the Upper and Lower Sonoran Zones o Southern and Lower California. JOSEPH GRINNELL. Stanford University. The Painted liedstart. EARLY twenty years have passed since Mr. ?rm. Brewster gave in "The Auk" a description of the first nest and eggs found of the Painted Redstart (Selophag?a picla). This nest was found in the Santa Rita Mountains which are thirty miles distant from Tuc- son. I' well reme?nber reading the ac- count back in the early days of my col- lecting. Little did I think then that it would ever be my pleasure to follow in the footsteps of our earlier naturalists, in goin.g over the same trails, camping on the same camp-sites and renewing old records, besides making a few new ones. Ihave made three trips to the Hua- chuca Muuntains'and two into the Santa Ritas. Today I ran across the above description and very naturally my mind' runs Back over my own experiences with this beautiful bird. I first met the species in the Santa Rita Mountains, shooting two birds from among the tangled growth at the edge of a clear scream of water'. The same year (I897) I found them in the Huachuca Moun- tains and took a nest and four eggs. The' nest was situated among the roots of a samll oak tree growing near the foot of a hillside. The nest con- tained three fresh eggs and two days later it contained but one additional egg. The set was then taken as com- plete. I have since found six or seven