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migrants have passed through the region 

 very early. In fact, the contrary was an- 

 ticipated by the writer as he noted the 

 continued mild weather, hence he has not 

 been very much impressed with his fore- 

 casting ability. — W. H. Bergtold, Denver, 

 Colo. 



San Francisco Region. — Dates of de- 

 parture of summer residents are very diffi- 

 cult to ascertain. The following list is in- 

 complete, but may serve to supplement 

 other data. 



The Allen Hummer was seen by Miss 

 Wythe in the Botanical Gardens on the 

 University of California campus October 1 1 . 

 This is a late date, though they are abun- 

 dant during September, contesting the 

 Anna Hummer's right to corner the supply 

 of honey stored by salvias, honeysuckle, 

 lion's tongue, and other late-blooming 

 flowers. Olive-sided Flycatchers had 

 young still in the nest the last days of J uly. 

 The first half of August they were still 

 conspicuous a few blocks from the nesting- 

 site and disappeared before the end of 

 August. The western Wood Pewee was 

 seen in a Berkeley canon September 23, 

 but I have no record of it between Aug- 

 ust 24 and that date. The Western Fly- 

 catcher was seen frequently up to Sep- 

 tember 25. The Black-headed Grosbeaks 

 had apparently disappeared by the third 

 week in August, but Dr. Grinned reports 

 one in North Berkeley on September 28. 

 The Lazuli Bunting was heard singing on 

 August 16. The Yellow Warbler was seen 

 September 29, and the Pileolated, Sep- 

 tember 15. September 23 probably repre- 

 sents an average date for the departure of 

 most of the House Wrens, but some indi- 

 viduals remain through the winter. The 

 Russet-backed Thrush is often seen during 

 the third week in September, but this year 

 my last record is dated September 5. Mrs. 

 Kelly, however, reports a flock of twenty 

 Russet-backed Thrushes still feeding on 

 pyracantha berries in her garden in Ala- 

 meda on October 12. 



The list of transients includes the 

 Western Gnatcatcher, September 8; Cali- 

 fornia Woodpeckers, September 19 to 



October 3; Traill Flycatcher, Septemben8; 

 Western Tanagers, August 28 to Septem- 

 ber 10; and Lewis Woodpeckers, October 3. 



The winter residents registered so far 

 are: Sharp-shinned Hawk, August 30; 

 Red-breasted Sapsucker, October 8; Inter- 

 mediate Sparrow, September 23; Golden- 

 crowned Sparrow, September 29 (in the 

 Claremont Hills); Fox Sparrow, October 4; 

 Audubon Warbler, September 24; Town- 

 send Warbler, October 2 (Miss Wythe); 

 Ruby-crowned Kinglet (on Tamalpais), 

 October 10; and Hermit Thrush (Mill 

 Valley), October 10. Five Juncos and 

 twenty-five Western Robins were seen on 

 the campus September 18, but both were 

 interpreted as locally bred, as Robins 

 were reported numerous in outlying dis- 

 tricts of San Francisco in early September, 

 and both Robins and Juncos had been 

 breeding in several localities in the Bay 

 Region. 



A visit on September 14 to the lower 

 reaches of San Francisco Bay, where one 

 of the gun clubs is pumping fresh water to 

 fill artificial ponds, resulted in a very satis- 

 factory introduction to Avocets, Black- 

 necked Stilts, — and Yellow-legs (both Les- 

 ser and Greater). Pintail Ducks were pres- 

 ent by the thousands, and on the salt water 

 Northern Phalaropes were very abundant. 

 A flock of about thirty White Pelicans 

 maneuvered over the ponds. Shore-birds 

 have been very much reduced in numbers 

 on the Alameda Estuary this fall. With 

 the tide right, and other conditions appa- 

 rently favorable, the list for September 

 25 included: Two Eared Grebes; a few 

 Western, California, and Ring-billed Gulls; 

 three Cormorants; a small flock of Western 

 Sandpipers; three Marbled Godwits; one 

 Willet; one Black-bellied Plover; and fif- 

 teen Killdeer. Similar conditions have 

 prevailed through the fall, and seem to 

 indicate that the birds have found more 

 favorable feeding- grounds. — Amelia S. 

 Allen, Berkeley, Calif. 



Los Angeles Region. — Late summer in 

 the vicinity of Los Angeles offers little 

 worthy of special notice. The scarcity of 

 the resident birds of the open country and 



