The Rocky Mountain Creeper in California
The Rocky Mountain Creeper in California
While doing some field work on February 9, 1939, in the lower valley of the Colorado River, Riverside County, California, the writer took a male creeper in the cottonwoods of the river bottom.
Later, while comparing the specimen with other skins in the collection of the Los Angeles Museum, in company with George Willett, it was found that the specimen resembled most closely skins of the Rocky Mountain Creeper (Certhia familiaris montana). Some time later the bird was sent to the late Joseph Grinnell of the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, who agreed with Mr. Wiiett’s and the writer’s findings. Dr. Grinnell also stated that the specimen constituted the first authentic record for the state, as all prior records have been disproven. This bird is now in the collection of Dr. Max M. Peet, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan.
Kenneth E. Stager
Los Angeles, Cdifornia, February 26, 1941
