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4. Black-footed Albatross. Diomedia nigripes. Rare, driven 

 in by storms. 



5. California Brown Pelican. Pelecamis californicus. Toler- 

 ably common. 



6. Hooded Merganser. Lophodytes cucullatus. Tolerably 

 common. 



7. " Whale Bird." Piiffimis s-p.l 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. A?ias carolinensis. Common in winter. 



9. Cinnamon Teal. Anas cyanoptera. Common in winter. 



10. Shoveller. Spatula clypeata. Tolerably common. 



11. Pintail. Dajila 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 hy emails. 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 gambeli. 

 During migrations. 



17. California Clapper Rail. Rallus obsoletus. Saw one ins- 

 dividual. 



18. Virginia Rail. Rallies virginiamis. Rare. 



19. American Coot. Fidica aviericana. Abundant. 



20. Long-billed Dowitcher. Macrorhamplnis scolopaceus. Toler- 

 ably common. 



21. Sanderling. Calidris are7iaria. Common in winter and' 

 late into spring on ocean beach; feed on sand fleas and arrive at the 

 season when their food is plentiful. 



