shreels or higher in pitch (2) in not being so monotonous a repetition and in having a median rather than a terminal variation in tone. - Saw Anna humming birds (1-2?) on wing. Their notes were at first mistaken for the feeding notes of bush-tits. - Spurred Towhee seen and heard. Closely resembles the black- headed grosbeak. Throat of Towhee is black, that of grosbeak orange. Bills are different, " " " being much stouter. A green-backed goldfinch, seen foraging on lawn. A very favorite haunt of this bird. Closely resembles the lutecent warbler, but their ecologic niches are not the same, the warbler not being found so far down, it being more of a hillside habitue. The two forms distinguished at a glance by noting difference in form of bill. Near tennis courts, on lawn many English and Nuttall sparrows were observed. One juvenal Nuttall was observed in process of moult, being without tail feathers.