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May, x9o 7 BIRDS COLLECTED ()N CERRO$, SAN BEN[TO AND NATIVIDAD IS. 8r Besides the birds secured we shot two examples of /-[rentalopus ?3'azar[, but they both fell in the heavy surf among the rocks and we were unable to secure them." Ptych0ramphus aleuticus (Pall.). Fourteen adults of both sexes, April 26. lValc0 peregrinus anatum (Bonap.). One adult male, April 26. Tr0chilus c0sta? (Bourc.). Two specimens, April 26. 0t0c0ris aipestris enertera Oberholser. Seven adults, both sexes, April 26. Salpinctes 0bs01etus 0bs01etus (Say). Two adult fenroles, April 26. Oarp0dacus mcgreg0ri Anthony. Five specimens, two males, apparently adult but with nb red in the plumage, one adult female, and two nearly full-grown young males, April 25 and 26. It had bee? thought that this very distinct species, peculiar to these snmll, bar- ren islands, was nearly if not quite extinct. Unfortunately Mr. Brown did not note how many individuals he saw during the two days he spent at the San Benito Islands. Passerculus r0stratus sanct0rum (Ridg.). Thirteen specimens, adults of both sexes, and young. In this series there are eight breeding birds in worn plumage, four nestlings--one apparently just out of the nest--and one, probably a young of the season, in fully acquired autumnal plumage, April 25 and 26. Boslon , ?assachuset/s. THE WOODHOUSE JAY IN WESTERN COLORADO By ROBERT B. ROCKWELL HERE are few if any A?nerican birds xvhich have received less recognition from Ornithological writers than the Woodhouse jay; hence a few observa- tions regarding this bird may be of interest. The writer's acquaintance with the Woodhouse jay was mostly acquired in the eastern part of Mesa County, Colorado, which is located on the western edge of the State adjoining Utah, and about the middle of the State north and south. The eastern part of the County is mountainous, ranging in altitude from 5,000 to 10,000 feet and for the most part is well watered and timbered. Thruout this sec- tion in localities ranging from 6,000 to 9,000 feet this jay is a common resident thruout the year. During the winter months they are found in large numbers in the brush-clad gulches and ravines in the lower part of their range and usually not far from culti- vated ground, where they feed largely upon grain and seed in the barn-yards, feedlots and fields. During this period they become very tame if not molested and will even occasionally slip into an open kitchen door in quest of some tempting morsel. Like the rest of the jays they are very inquisitive birds and a good deal of their time is spent "investigating." When feeding they are very quiet and sel- dom make any noise unless surprised or frightened. They are at all times very cautious birds and altho they are fully as plentiful around the meat bait in coyote traps as the magpie I have never known of a jay being trapped, while large numbers of the magpies are caught in this manner. As soon as the first feathery green appears on the scrub-oak covered hillsides Voodhousie forgets his domestic habits of the winter and thruout the summer is seldom seen in the vicinity of the ranch houses except when on some short forag- ing expeditiou.