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Sept., ?9o6 I BIRDS COLLECTED BETWEEN MONTEREY Petrochelidonl. lunifrons. Cliff Swallow. A female shot at Mal Paso Creek. Others noted at the same place. Tachycineta thalassina lepida. Violet-green Swallow. Seen occasionally along the whole route. Vireo h. huttoni. Hutton Vireo. A specimen taken among the alders of upper Big Creek was the only one seen. Wilsonia pusilla chryseola Ridgway. Golden PileGlared Warbler. Fairly common on the Little Sur where five adults were taken. Not seen at any other locality. Cinclus mexicanus unicolor (Bonaparte). American Dipper. Noted on the Little Sur and on Big Creek. Mimus polyglottos leucopterus. Western Mockingbird. One seen on the San Simeon flats just south of San Oarpojo. Toxostoma r. redivivum. California Thrasher. Noted occasionally on the dry brushy slopes. More abundant at Mr. Mars than at other localities. Three iramatures secured. Thryomanes bewicki drymcecus Oberholser. Sacramento Wren. Fairly common along the whole route. Six immatures in first summer plumage and one adult in very worn summer plumage secured (Little Sur, Big Creek and Mr. Mars). I have submitted the series to Mr. J. Grinnell for identification and after allowing for wear he places them under dr?vm?ecus, yet stating that there is little from which to judge a distinction from clarienturus. Troglodytes aedon parkmani. Western. House Wren. Noted on the Little Sur, Partington canyon and Big Creek. Five iramatures in fall plumage taken. 01biorchilus hiemalls pacificus. Western Winter Wren. Often seen and heard in the redwood canyons from Monterey to the Little Sur. One noted on Big Creek June 26. Two specimens taken on the Little Sur. Certhia americana occidentalis. California Creeper. One collected at Par- tington's. Fairly common among the redwoods on Big Creek where a flock of iramatures were seen on June 3 o. Three adults and two iramatures taken. Sitta carolinensis aculeata. Slender-billed Nuthatch. Fairly common among the pines on the ridges above Big Creek. Fonr immature females secured between July 4 and 9. B?eolophus i. inornatus. Plain Titmouse. Fairly common among the pines of upper Big Creek. Not seen at any other locality. An adnlt male in slightly worn summer plumage and three iramatures in fresh fall plumage taken. One of the iramatures has the upper parts considerably and the under parts slightly washed with reddish yellow or brown and the wings and tail irregularly streaked and barred with the same. Since the bird is in fresh unworn plumage the color can not have been due to fading. I have seen other birds of the same species with a tinge of this same color but in none was it carried to such an extreme. Penthestes gainbell. Mountain Chickadee. Several were seen among the pines at the headwaters of Big Creek above 3000 feet. An adult male in slightly worn and faded plumage was taken on July 4, and an immature bird in first win- ter plumage on July 5. Penthestes barlowi. Santa Cruz Chickadee. A flock seen on the Little Sur. Not found south of that place. Cham?ea f. fasciata (Oambel). Pallid Wren-tit. Abundant along the whole route particularly on the brushy hillsides. Eight adult males, eight adult females and five iramatures secured. The series averages nearest fasciata. A few of the