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the rest on foot. Eared Grebe, 2; Pied-billed Grebe, 7; Red-throated Loon, i; Glaucous- 

 winged Gull, 4; Western Gull, 26; California Gull, 637; Heermann's Gull, 55; Bonaparte's 

 Gull, 31; Forster's Tern, 3; Least Tern, 7; Farallon Cormorant, i; Brandt's Cormorant, 

 4; Baird's Cormorant, i; California Brown Pelican, 16; Mallard, 2; Gadwall, 2; Baldpate, 

 31; Green-winged Teal, 3; Cinnamon Teal, 9; Shoveler, 4; Pintail, 9; Redhead, i; Can- 

 vasback, 10; Scaup, 2; Lesser Scaup, 10; Goldeneye, 5; Bufflehead, 12; White- winged 

 Scoter, 16; Ruddy Duck, 14; American Bittern, i; Great Blue Heron, 2; Sandhill Crane, 

 i; Virginia Rail, 2; Sora, 4; Florida Gallinule, 5; Coot, 624; Northern Phalarope, 7; 

 Wilson's Snipe, 14; Least Sandpiper, 2; Western Sandpiper, i; Sanderling, 20; Marbled 

 Godwit, 8; Greater Yellowlegs, i; Spotted Sandpiper, 3; Hudsonian Curlew, 5; Kill- 

 deer, 65; Snowy Plover, 9; Turkey Vulture, 17; Valley Quail, 114; Western Mourning 

 Dove, 5; Marsh Hawk, i; Sharp-shinned Hawk, 2; Cooper's Hawk, 2; Desert Sparrow 

 Hawk, 7; Barn Owl, i; CaUfornia Screech Owl, 2; Burrowing Owl, 2; Roadrunner, i; 

 Kingfisher, 2; Willow Woodpecker, i; Red-breasted Sapsucker, i; California Wood- 

 pecker, 4; Red-shafted Flicker, 39; Anna's Hummingbird, 40; Cassin's Kingbird, 4; 

 Say's Phoebe, 9; Black Phoebe, 33; California Horned Lark, 300; Blue-fronted Jay, 5; 

 California Jay, 38; Western Raven, 5; Western Crow, 21; San Diego Red-winged Black- 

 bird, 1,006; Tricolored Blackbird, 84; Western Meadowlark, 169; Brewer's Blackbird, 

 1,246; California Purple Finch, 10; House Finch, 2,044; Willow Goldfinch, 63; Green- 

 backed Goldfinch, 68; Western Savannah Sparrow, 16; Belding's Sparrow, 13; Large- 

 billed Sparrow, 12; Western Lark Sparrow, 72; Gambel's Sparrow, 474; Golden-crowned 

 Sparrow, 31; Western Chipping Sparrow, 4; Thurber's Junco, 44; Rufous-crowned 

 Sparrow, 69; San Diego Song Sparrow, 83; Thick-billed Fox Sparrow, 2; Spurred Tow- 

 hee, 33; Anthony's Towhee, 83; Tree Swallow, i; Cedar Waxwing, 50; California Shrike, 

 34; Hutton's Vireo, 6; Dusky Warbler, 2; Western Yellow Warbler, i; Myrtle Warbler, 

 i; Audubon's Warbler, 515; Pacific Yellowthroat, 5; Pipit, 41; Western Mockingbird, 

 82; Pasadena Thrasher, i; Rock Wren, 8; San Diego Wren, 9; Tule Wren, 5; Sierra 

 Creeper, 2; Slender-billed Nuthatch, 4; Plain Titmouse, 13; Mountain Chickadee, 20; 

 California Bush-Tit, 208; Wren-Tit, 19; Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 45; Western Gnat- 

 catcher, 13; Dwarf Hermit Thrush, 18; Western Robin, 37; Varied Thrush, i; San 

 Pedro Bluebird, 3; Mountain Bluebird, 6. Total, 121 species, 9,131 individuals. — Mrs. 

 Robert Fargo; INliss Helen S. Pratt; Mrs. Harriet Williams Myres; Mrs. F. T. 

 BiCKNELL and Mrs. C. H. Hall; Mr. John Frederick; Mrs. Anna Gurney and Dr. 

 E. A. Dial; Mrs. S. A. Williams; Mr. Alfred Cookman. 



San Francisco, Calif. (Golden Gate Park). — Dec. 26; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Clear; high 

 wind, mist in morning; temp. 55° to 58°. Pied-billed Grebe, 10; Mallard, 339; Baldpate, 

 20; Green-winged Teal, 2; Shoveler, 122; Pintail, 8; Lesser Scaup, 62; Bufflehead, 8; 

 Ruddy Duck, 126; American Coot, 732; Killdeer, 3; Valley Quail, 200; Kingfisher, i; 

 Red-shafted Flicker, 2; Anna's Hummingbird, 14; Black Phoebe, 9; California Jay, 2; 

 Brewer's Blackbird, 30; Bicolored Blackbird, 2; Gambel's and Nuttall's Sparrows, 400; 

 Golden-crowned Sparrow, i; Oregon Junco, 15; Santa Cruz Song Sparrow, 150; Town- 

 send's Sparrow, 7; Spurred Towhee, 5; Hutton's Vireo, 5; Audubon's Warbler, 68; 

 Pacific Yellowthroat, 8; American Pipit, 2; Vigors's Wren, 3; California Chickadee, 8; 

 Bush-Tit, 24; Alaska Hermit Thrush, 12; Western Robin, 64; Varied Thrush, 8. Total, 

 35 species, 2,472 individuals. — C. R. Thomas, C. Coburn and Harold E. Hanson. 



Santa Barbara, Gal.— -Dec. 27; 6.30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Clear; crisp; no wind; min. temp. 

 40°. Western Grebe, 17; Eared Grebe, 4; Glaucous Gull, i; Glaucous-winged Gull, 8; 

 Western Gull, 200; Herring Gull, 2; California Gull, 53; Ring-billed Gull, 10; Short- 

 billed Gull, 6; Heermann's Gull, 60; Bonaparte's Gull, 600; Royal Tern, 6; Farallon 

 Cormorant, 200; Brandt's Cormorant, 30; Baird's Cormorant, 2; California Brown 

 Pelican, 12; Baldpate, 4; Green-winged Teal, 200; Cinnamon Teal, 4; Shoveler, 2,500; 

 Pintail, 2,000; Canvasback, 200; Lesser Scaup, 4; Bufflehead, 5; White-winged Scoter, 



