K Dixon 1951 Sitta pygmaea Sept. 14. Juvemess Ridge, Marin Co., Calif. The .38 shell was a weak one and the shot sprayed against the tank; the birds flew away. Call-notes exchanged while foraging were wi-bi-deck. They moved S, silent and appeared to be staying in the tops of the pines. I started to follow up calls of two or more birds heard in pines to SE of my position (wi-bi-deck again) then heard calls nearer to road, probably from birds shot at earlier. Bob Rudd was watching from the car - I shot a second weak shell but the birds (2) remained in a roadside pine and were joined by 3 more (Rudd concurred with this figure). I fired a third .38 shell and hit a bird well up in death branches (15 ft high) but the bird was able to fly away although activity obviously impaired. We departed at this time (13:40)