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68 San Francisco - to [[left margin]] Oct 17th [[/left margin]] Weather continues warm & clear. The Behrings Strts Exp. has arrived here but I have not seen their collections. [[left margin]] Fish [[/left margin]] Dr Ayres considers the [[underline]] fish[[\underline]] of Cape Flattery almost exactly the same as those here as far as he has seen them. [[left margin]] Pyroceph Rubinus [[/left margin]] A speciman of the Pyroceph. rubin. was killed lately near here. [[left margin]] Ortyges [[/left margin]] The Common Crested Quail is found abundant here & the Mountain Quail is but rarely seen. Scarcely any of the Oregon birds but are found here & many besides. [[left margin]] 19th [[/left margin]] Yesterday came up the Bay to Santa Clara. [[left margin]] 50 mi [[/left margin]] The day was misty so that I could see little of the shores. [[left margin]] Birds [[/left margin]] Today rode & walked about the village & noticed some new birds as per Append. These seem to have come south by an interior route as I noticed none at S.W. Bay & some doubtless go beyond there. [[left margin]] Fring. [[?orn]] [[/left margin]] The yellow crowned sparrow sings now a few faint but sweet notes. Great flocks of blackbirds, grackles, turkey buzzards, crows, geese & ducks are flying about. [[left margin]] Migration westwards [[/left margin]] Most of the migrating birds have probably bred in the mountains & therefore journey in the spring & fall east & west instead of north & south. [[end page]] [[start page]] 69 Santa Clara Cal'ia [[left margin]] Oct 20th [[/left margin]] This morning there was a thick fog which cleared up at 10 but clouds hung on the hills all day. Rode out about four miles to the border of the oak forests. [[left margin]] Lepus Calif. [[/left margin]] Noticed several species of birds & a hare there but it was too late & warm to get any specimens. [[left margin]] Artesian wells [[/left margin]] The Artesian wells dug here reach water at 80 to 50 ft - & there is generally a strong flow from them. One at 100 ft cut through a solid Redwood log & from another chips & [[?dower]] were thrown up. One at San Jose burst up as strong as to [[?force]] away & undermine the earth for a large extent. [[left margin]] 23rd [[/left margin]] Yesterday was very warm. Therm. at 90° [[left margin]] Lannis [[?Ludrs.]] [[/left margin]] Walked out early & shot a Shrike but the gun was so dirty I had to return soon. Today went out again & shot several species of birds. [[left margin]] [[?Ictim.]] plumb [[/left margin]] The Kite has habits of flying & prancing on its prey like the Meadow hawk but flies higher. Its cry is a loud whistling note mostly when approached. [[left margin]] B. [[?livi]] [[/left margin]] The buzzard [[?shot]] cries like the Red-tail. One I saw seemed to resemble the R. Swainsonii [[left margin]] Musci. capa. Saya? [[/left margin]] Noticed in the evening a flycatcher in the garden opposite pursuing its prey high in the air darting & turning about like a swallow & then carrying the beetle to a branch to pick it to pieces. It seemed to be the M. Saya.
