. Results of a biological survey of mount Shasta, California. thenew nests contained young orioles and the old nests young housefinches {Carpo(l((CHs ni. obscurus). 74. Scolecophagus cyanocephalus. Brewer Blackbird. Fairly conmiou at Sisson and in Shasta Valley, but not observed onthe mountain except in one instance, when several were seen at extreme timberline on the east side ofMud Creek Canyon August24 by Vernon Bailey andFlorence A. ). Coccothraustes vespertinusmontanus. Western Evening of the commonest andmost characteristic birds ofthe Shasta iir belt (Canadianzone
. Results of a biological survey of mount Shasta, California. thenew nests contained young orioles and the old nests young housefinches {Carpo(l((CHs ni. obscurus). 74. Scolecophagus cyanocephalus. Brewer Blackbird. Fairly conmiou at Sisson and in Shasta Valley, but not observed onthe mountain except in one instance, when several were seen at extreme timberline on the east side ofMud Creek Canyon August24 by Vernon Bailey andFlorence A. ). Coccothraustes vespertinusmontanus. Western Evening of the commonest andmost characteristic birds ofthe Shasta iir belt (Canadianzone), and much less commonin the alpine hemlocks ((mian zcme). At WagonCam]), near the lower borderof the Canadian zone, smallflocks were seen or hearddaily whenever the camp wasoccupied, from the time oiourarrival, the middle of .July,until our departure, Seittem-ber 25. At S({uaw CreekCampjinthelludsoniau zone,they were much less conunon, but still by no means raie, and duringearly August their distinct ive call, a short whistle, was heard every Fig. 41.— Western Evoiiinj; (Jrosbcak (Cutxtitliianvespertinwiinnntanus.) Drawn by L. A. Fuortes. OCT., BIRDS. 123 111 Sej^teniber tliey were rarely observed on upper S«iuaw Creek, butSeptember 18 a tlock was seen near the bead of Panther Creek. Theywere coinmon in JMud Creek Canyon about the end of July and begin-uing- of August. On September 2!) I visited the juniper forest in ShastaValley, and was surprised to find there dozens of evening grosbeaks,and still larger numbers of Townsend solitaires, feeding on the fat berriesof the junipers {Jiinipcriis oeeidentaJis). At Sisson in September R. found tiocks flying restlessly over the valley. When in the molt the extraordinary color combinations of the malessurpass even those of the crossbills. 76. Carpodacus cassini. Cassin Purple Finch. A common summer resident in the Canadian and ITudsonian were collected in July and August at various poin
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