142 Birds of Gray’s Harbor Region. [ ZOE. 7 
4. Black-footed Albatross. Diomedia nigripes. Rare, driven 
in by storms. 
5. California Brown Pelican. Pelecanus californicus. Toler- 
ably common. | 
6. Hooded Merganser. Lophodytes cucullatus. Tolerably 
common. 
7: ‘Whale Bird.” Puffinus sp.? An ocean bird occasionally 
driven in by storms. Thousands of these birds fly in a continuous. 
line up and down the coast, about a mile out at sea. 
8. Green-winged Teal. Anas carolinensis. Common in winter. 
9. Cinnamon Teal. Anas cyanoptera. Common in winter. 
10. Shoveller. Spatula clypeata. Tolerably common. 
11. Pintail. Dafila acuta. Between Gray’s Harbor and Shoal- 
water Bay is a stretch of low, swampy ground called Cranberry 
Bog. Some few mallards breed in there, and I think also an oc- 
casional sprig and teal. 
12, Red-head. Aythya americana. Rare. 
13. Old-squaw. Clangula hyemalis. Tolerably common in 
winter. . 
14. Surf Scoter. Oidemia perspicillata. Very abundant, par- 
ticularly on ocean beach. Residents along the beach claim that 
when these birds get washed ashore it is impossible for them to get 
out to sea again, owing to the pounding of the surf on the beach. 
My own observation tends to confirm this report. 
15. Lesser Snow Goose. Chen hyperborea. During migrations. 
_ 16. American White-fronted Goose. Anser albifrons gambelt. 
During migrations. 
17. California Clapper Rail. Rallus obsoletus. Saw one in- 
dividual. ’ 
18. Virginia Rail. Rallus virginianus. Rare. 
19. American Coot. Fulica americana. Abundant. 
20. Long-billed Dowitcher. Macrorhamphus scolopaceus. Toler- 
ably common. 
21. Sanderling. Calidris arenaria. Common in winter and 
jate into spring on ocean beach; feed on sand fleas and arrive at the 
season when their food is plentiful. 
