NOTES ON SOME BIRDS FROM SANTA BARBARA ISLANDS, CALIFORNIA. By Harry 0. Oberholser, Assistant Biologist, Department of Agriculttire, During the spring and summer of 1892, Mr. Clark P. Streator, under the auspices of the Biological Survey of the Department of Agricul-ture, made a small collection of birds upon the Santa Barbara Islands, California. Of these specimens, which are now in the United States National Museum as part of the Biological Survey collection, the writer has been able, through the kindness of Dr. C. Hart Merriam, to prepare the subjoined list. The new forms obtained by Mr. Streator have already been described; so it remains only to record the species collected, with the addition of various critical notes upon those of special interest. The islands visited by Mr. Streator, with inclusive dates of his col-lecting, are as follows: Santa Catalina Island, April 9 to 29. San Miguel Island, June 24 to 29. Santa Rosa Island, July 1 to 3. Santa Cruz Island, July 9 to 20. PUFFINUS GRISEUS (Gmelin). A single specimen, taken July 3, in the Santa Barbara Channel, is in the collection. LOPHORTYX CALIFORNICUS VALLICOLA (Ridgway). One male and one female from Santa Catalina Island. They seem rather darker and more ochraceous than extreme examples of vallicola, but are identical with birds from the San Joaquin Yalley. The species has probably been introduced from the mainland. COLAPTES CAFER (Gmelin). An immature specimen from Santa Cruz Island apparently does not differ from birds of the adjacent mainland, though the material at hand for comparison is not entirely satisfactory. Proceedings U. S. National Museum, Vol. XXII— No. 1 1 96. 22P
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