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proached within forty feet of me before I saw it. They are rarely 

 seen here; I have met with but three others during the past twenty- 

 five years. Two of them were shot years ago before I knew any- 

 thing about preserving the skins; the other was seen in 1880 near 

 my home, but was too wary to be collected. They seem to prefer 

 the company of blue jays {Aphelocoma calif or^iicd), as the last three 

 .specimens were with large scattering flocks of these birds and appar- 

 ently flying about the country with them in search of food. 



Chase Littlejohn. 



second occurrence of the fox sp.\rrow in california. 



In San Diego County, January 3, 1888, Mr. C M. IngersoU col- 

 lected a specimen of the fox sparrow in no respects different from 

 Eastern examples. (See Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. Ser. 2, ii, 9c.) An- 

 other specimen has been obtained in Oakland, by Mr. W. H. Hall, 

 who writes : "The bird was brought to me December 2, 1892, hav- 

 ing been found in the city directly under a telegraph wire, and was 

 still warm." W. E. Bryant. 



NESTING OF THE FLORIDA GALLINULE (^Galinula galeotd) NEAR LOS 



ANGELES, CAL. 



I now have a set of nine eggs of this bird; they were collected 

 west of the city, just outside of the city limits, by William Berman, 

 April 27, 1890. Nest was composed ot tule, situated in a bunch oftule 

 in a creek. One or two other sets were obtained at the same time 

 and place. A bird was shot and identified by L. Zellner, of this city. 



M. L. Wicks, Jr. 



OCCURRENCE OF CLANGULA HYEMALIS IN CALIFORNIA. 



Mr. W. H. Hall has brought to me for identification a female spec- 

 imen of the old-squaw (C hyemalis), which was shot at Point Reyes, 

 north of San Francisco, about January 17, 1893, by Mr H. Weiss. 

 In the Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (2d. Ser., ii, 

 p. 88) Mr.T.S. Palmer recorded a male specimen from Humboldt Bay. 

 While of rare occurrence in this State, it may be considered a casual 

 winter visitant. W. E. Bryant. 



