Hylocichla Ustulata Oedica in the Sierra Nevadas
Hylocichla Ustulata Oedica in the Sierra Nevadas.
Mr. Oberholser in the Auk Jan. 1899 mentions Marysville as one of the breeding localities of his new subspecies, --oedica. I am certain the Marysville ustulata is a much better singer than that of Santa Cruz and other coast localities where I have heard it, or in any of the many localities in the Sierra Nevadas. By the way, it is rarely found above 4,500 ft. altitude on the west slope, but like several species it ranges up to nearly 7,000 ft. on the east slope. Some of these, as I remember them, are the House Finch and Bullock's Oriole. Our Yellow-billed Magpie seldom gets up to 2,000 ft. although the Black-billed Magpie gets up to at least 7,000 ft. I see one or more nearly every year at the summit of the C. P. R. R. At Truckee, Cal. and vicinity it is very common.
LYMAN BELDING
Stockton, Cal.
