Patelka 1948 32 Aphelocoma Sept. 7 Stanton Ranch Hdqtrs., Santa Cruz l. First-year bird taken by Earl, the gardener, not prepared as skin. A male, testis 3 mm. Weight, 112.5 gr. Cln area refathered, as also sternal area, and line Down neck; sides of head and neck, old feathers; old feathers also among undertail coverts and on femoral areas, but in both places some new feathers were about 1/3 - 1/2 grown; remainder of body with only scattered old feathers evident, but feather growth active everywhere. Sept. 4 5 1/2 mi. W Stanton Ranch Hdqtrs., 1400 ft. Jay common in pine forest. Collected eight, including two in post-juvinal molt (see specimens under date of Sept. 4). Others in post-juvinal molt were seen. (three) A number adults were obtained at more or less on spot in a brief hunting period in the evening along with the two in p.-j. molt and one already for the most part through that molt. Also, in the morning, while the jays were quietly feeding and so somewhat more difficult to locate, they were regularly distributed. One adult was per inspecting opened cones on the branches of a partially dead pine. Others were observed in shrubbery and also on the ground. One was seen taking berries Vaccinium ovatum. Berries of several kinds, pine nuts, and acorns (not yet ripe) are available here in plentiful quantity. Sept. 6. Two pairs of jays found in small canyons, one pair in each, along N E facing slope in the direction of Pelican Inlet. & g one and both members (only 1 saved) of other