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about five miles from the marsh, which led me te believe that 
there, in limited numbers at least, they reared a second brood 
which they ordinarily could not do on the marsh for the reason 
mentioned above. C. LirTLEJOHN. 
MONGOLIAN PHEASANTS OF OREGON. 
The birds (Pastanus torquatus?) were introduced into the 
country by Hon. O. N. Denny, U. S. Consul-General at Shanghai, 
China, in 1882. There were something less than sixty birds, 
and they were turned out on an island in the Willamette River, 
but have since been scattered around in different localities. 
Mr. Denny also introduced the Golden Pheasant (Chrysolophus - 
pictus) which I think have died out. An act to protect them 
was passed on October 24, 1882, and has since been renewed 
and is still in force, although almost a dead letter now. 
The pheasants thrive best in the southern counties. They 
are not more destructive to crops than any other game birds. 
BERNARD J. BRETHERTON. 
A MIGRATION OF BONAPARTE’S GULL. 
On May 11, 1889, I observed several flocks of Bonaparte’s 
gull (Larus philadelphia) flying down this (Pajaro) valley, west- 
- ward toward the ocean, and they flew every night till the first of 
June. They commenced flying about seven o'clock, if foggy, or 
half-past seven if clear, and would fly till dark. The flocks had 
from five to fifty or more birds in each. Some nights flock after 
flock would go by and then again four or five flocks would be all 
I could count in an evening. ‘The first flocks seemed to be old 
birds with black heads, and a few days later all the birds shot 
were in young or winter plumage. The stomach of one of the 
birds which I shot contained a piece of gravel and what looked 
like parts of black insects. Later I examined another which 
was full of whitish worms about three-fourths of an inch long 
and as large as a number fourteen wire. 
I do not know why the birds should come down this valley or 
where they came from, but suppose they were migrating and had 
come from the San Joaquin River. J. R. CHALKER. 
