Archneis sparveria. Shot one on hillside south of San Jose Creek. Had been flying and hovering in air in style described before. Ceryle alcyon. Two or three in San Jose Canyon. Call as they fly. Wild. Lighting chiefly in trees, also on bank which undoubtedly contained nests as it was well supplied with hobs. Myiarchus cinerascens. One on beach. Sayornis nigricans. Common about beaches and streams. Junco hyemalis. As usual in fowes. Zonotrichia leucophrys. Several by roadside in open. At the bridge across San Jose Creek, where a week ago there were a great many swallows on the telephone wires, there were none today. But on the old dead brush strewn beside the stream there were eight or ten Sialia mexicana. August 30, 1911. Carmel, California. Noted one or two Cyanocitta stelleri near the house. Calling clamorously. Come to drink from water trough. Junco hyemalis drinks frequently from barrel filled with water and yesterday saw one trying to take a bath, although it could only get its wings and tail wet. This evening I saw a Dryobates pubescens drinking from the barrel; also tried bathing. Then flew to nearby pine tree and went up trunk tapping it as it went.