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Golden-crowned Sparrow, 200; Thurber's Junco, 30; Rufous-crowned Sparrow, 6; San 

 Diego Song Sparrow, 10; Thick-billed Fox Sparrow, 10 (there are known to be three 

 races of Fox Sparrow present); San Diego Towhee, 10; Anthony's Towhee, 20; Tree 

 Swallow, 1; California Shrike, 6; Hutton's Vireo, 6; Dusky Warbler, 4; Myrtle Warbler, 10; 

 Audubon's Warbler, 500; Townsend's Warbler, 2; Western Yellow-throat, 2; Pipit, 40; 

 Western Mockingbird, 6; California Thrasher, 3; Rock Wren, 1; San Diego Wren, 4; 

 Tule Wren, 6; Red-breasted Nuthatch, 3; Plain Titmouse, 14; Bush-Tit, 20; Pallid 

 Wren-Tit, 20; Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 20; Western Gnatcatcher, 4; Alaska Hermit 

 Thrush, 10; Dwarf Hermit Thrush, 60; Western Robin, 10; Varied Thrush, 6; Moun- 

 tain Bluebird, 6. Total, 109 species, 10,026 individuals. — Ralph Hoffman, Dr. H. C. 

 Henderson, Mrs. Charlotte Boutwell, Mrs. R. L. Winchell, and William Leon 

 Dawson (guest and four members of the Museum of Comparative Oology). 



La Jolla, Calif. — Dec. 22; 9.20 a.m. to 3 p.m. Weather somewhat hazy at first, be- 

 came clear; practically no wind; temp. 62 at s,tart, 6o c at return. Northerly along the 

 coast for 2 miles, return along coast for Kmile, thence over chaparral covered hills, and 

 around and down into the town. Western Gull, 125; Heermann Gull, 1; Royal Tern, 9; 

 Farallone and Brandt's Cormorants, 75 (could not separate the two species in the field 

 at the distance at which observations were made); California Brown Pelican, 18; Least 

 Sandpiper, 22; Red-backed Sandpiper, 50; Sanderling, 34; Western Willet, 2; Spotted 

 Sandpiper, 8; Black-bellied Plover, 1; Killdeer, 3; Snowy Plover, 5; Sparrow Hawk, 2; 

 Road-runner, 1; Say's Phcebe, 4; Black Phoebe, 2; Western Meadowlark, 6; Western 

 Savannah Sparrow, 15; Gambel's Sparrow, 75; Anthony's Towhee, 7; California 

 Shrike, 1; Audubon's Warbler, 10; Pipit, 4; Western Mockingbird, 1. Total, 26 species 

 451 individuals. — Edward R. Warren. 



BLUE JAY 

 Photographed by Joseph Polack, Carman, N. Y. 



