4J- Bird -Lore 



Los Angeles, Cal. — Dec. 24; 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wind northwest, strong; clear; temp., 

 55°. Shoveller, 25; Pintail, 2; Scaup Duck, 15; Coot, 200; Killdeer, 31; Desert Sparrow 

 Hawk, 2; Red-breasted Sapsucker, i; Red-shafted Flicker, 17; Anna's Hummingbird, 5; 

 Cassin's Kingbird, i; Black Phoebe, 5; Western Meadowlark, 15; Brewer's Blackbird, 

 220; House Finch, 100; Arkansas Goldfinch, 21; Western Lark Sparrow, 15; Gambel's 

 Sparrow, 35; Thurber's Junco, 30; Spurred Towhee, i; Anthony's Towhee, 13; California 

 Shrike, 3; Audubon's Warbler, 35; Pacific Yellow-throat, i; Mockingbird, 5; Cali- 

 fornia Bush-Tit, 15; Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 6; Western Robin, 25. Total, 27 species, 

 836 individuals. — C.\ryl H. Ripley. 



Redlands, Cal. — Dec. 27; 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Clear; wind, light, south; temp., 28°. 

 Ruddy Duck, i; Killdeer, 2; Valley Quail, 15; Cooper's Hawk, i; Western Red-tail, 2; 

 Desert Sparrow Hawk, i; Red-breasted Sapsucker, 2; Red-shafted Flicker, 14; White- 

 throated Swift, 47; Anna's Hummingbird, 17; Say's Phoebe, 6; Western Black Phoebe, 2; 

 California Horned Lark, 29; California Jay, 8; Western Meadowlark, 16; House Finch, 

 175; Green-backed Goldfinch, 99; Willow Goldfinch, 10; Western Vesper Sparrow, 2; 

 Intermediate Sparrow, 246; Golden-crowned Sparrow, 165; Western Chipping Sparrow, 2; 

 Thurber's Junco, 8; San Diego Song Sparrow, 14; purred Towhee, 7; Anthony's Towhee, 

 83; Cedar Wax wing, 12; Hutton's Vireo, 2; Audubon Warbler, 98; Pacific Yellow-throat, 

 2; Pipit 13; Western Mockingbird, 12; Pasadena Thrasher, i; Rock Wren, i; Southwest 

 Bewick's Wren, 7; Plain Titmouse, 2; California Bush-Tit, 14; Wren-Tit, 8; Ruby- 

 crowned Kinglet, 22; Western Gnatcatcher, 3; Alaska Hermit Thrush, 8; Western 

 Robin, 98; Western Bluebird, 8. Total, 43 species, about 1,185 individuals. — Allyn 

 G. Smith. 



Santa Barbara, Cal. — Dec. 23; 6.30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Clear; light west wind at 10 a.m., 

 freshening to gale at 5 p.m.; temp., min. 41° (frost near seashore), max. 58°. Course: 

 Stearns' wharf, the Estero, Mission Canon, Laguna Blanca, Carpinteria. Western 

 Grebe, 15; Eared Grebe, 3; Pied-billed Grebe, 16; Loon, 2; Pacific Loon, 3; Red- throated 

 Loon, 2; Glaucous- winged Gull, i; Western Gull, 100; Herring Gull, i; California Gull, 

 2; Ring-billed Gull, 40; Short-billed Gull, 30; Heermann's Gull, 12; Bonaparte's Gull, 

 40; Royal Tern, 40; Forster's Tern, 4; Pacific Fulmar, 6; Farallon Cormorant, 60; 

 Brandt's Cormorant, 3; California Brown Pelican, 8; Baldpate, 300; Green-winged 

 Teal, 60; Cinnamon Teal, i; Shoveller, 750; Pintail, 1,000; Red-head, i; Canvasback, 

 200; Lesser Scaup Duck, 100; Ring-necked Duck, 6; Bufllehead, 20; Scoter, 2; White- 

 winged Scoter, 2; Surf Scoter, 12; Ruddy Duck, 200; Treganza Blue Heron, 8; Black- 

 crowned Night Heron, 6; Sora, 3; Coot, 300; Least Sandpiper, 6; Sanderling, 40; Western 

 Willet, 2; Golden Plover, i; Killdeer, 20; Snowy Plover, 3; Valley Quail, i; Mourning 

 Dove, 2; Turkey Vulture, i; Cooper Hawk, 3; Western Red-tailed Hawk, i; Pigeon 

 Hawk, 2; Desert Sparrow Hawk, 8; Burro wling Owl, i; Cabanis's Woodpecker, i; Willow 

 Woodpecker, 2; Red-breasted Sapsucker, i; California Woodpecker, 30; Lewis's Wood- 

 pecker, i; Red-shafted Flicker, 12; White-throated Swift, 100; Anna's Hummer, 4; 

 Say's Phoebe, 10; Black Phoebe, 18; Belding's Jay, 40; San Diego Redwing, 40; Western 

 Meadowlark, 80; Brewer's Blackbird, 200; House Finch, 2,000; Willow Goldfinch, 3; 

 Green-backed Goldfinch, 20; Western Savannah Sparrow, 3; Belding's Sparrow, 3; Large-- 

 billed Sparrow, 6; Gambel's Sparrow, 120; Nuttall's Sparrow, 40; Golden-crowned 

 Sparrow, i; San Deigo Song Sparrow, 20; Lincoln's Sparrow, i; San Diego Towhee, 15; 

 Anthony's Towhee, 60; Tree Swallow, 20; California Shrike, 14; Hutton's Vireo, i; 

 Dusky Warbler, 2; Audubon's Warbler, 200; Western Yellow-throat, 9; Pipit, 40; West- 

 ern Mockingbird, 5; California Thrasher, 6; San Diego Wren, 6; Tule Wren, 3; Plain 

 Titmouse, 5; Bush-tit, 20; Wren-tit, 4; Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 18; Western Gnatcatcher, 

 6; Monterey Hermit Thrush, 2; Western Robin, 50; Varied Thrush, 9; Western Bluebird, 

 3. Total, 100 species, 6,700 individuals. — William Leon Dawson and Stewart 

 Edward White. 



