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20; Surf Scoter, 60; Ruddy Duck, 200; Bittern, 5; Great Blue Heron, 14; Black-crowned 

 Night Heron, 20; Light-footed Rail, i; Sora, i; Coot, 400; Wilson's Snipe, i; Least Sand- 

 piper, 8; Sanderling, I ; Marbled God wit, i ; Killdeer, 30; Snowy Plover, 5o;Valley Quail, 80; 

 Mourning Dove, 2; Turkey Vulture, 10; Western Red-tailed Hawk, 2; Red-bellied Hawk, 

 i; Desert Sparrow' Hawk, 8; California Screech Owl, 3; Roadrunner, i; California Wood- 

 pecker, 20; Red-shafted Flicker, 10; White-throated Swift, 40; Anna's Hummingbird, 50; 

 Say's Phoebe, 40; Black Phcebe, 12; California Horned Lark, 200; California Jay, 20; San 

 Diego Red-winged Blackbird, 400; Western Meadowlark, 90; Brewer's Blackbird, 600; 

 California Purple Finch, 6; House Finch, 2,000; Willow Goldfinch, 3; Green-backed Gold- 

 finch, 70; Pine Siskin, i; Bryant's Marsh Sparrow, 3; Belding's Sparrow, 15; Large-billed 

 Sparrow, i; Western Lark Sparrow, 20; Gambel's Sparrow, 200; Nuttall's Sparrow, 40; 

 Golden-crowned Sparrow, 300; Western Chipping Sparrow, 40; Sierra Junco, 20; Rufous- 

 crowned Sparrow, 2; San Diego Song Sparrow, 40; Lincoln's Sparrow, i; Valdez Fox 

 Sparrow, 6; Spurred Towhee, 6; Anthony's Towhee, 60; Tree Swallow, 60; California 

 Shrike, 10; Hutton's Vireo, 2; Dusky Warbler, 4; Myrtle Warbler, i; Audubon's Warbler, 

 300; Tule Yellowthroat, 6; Pipit, 400; Western Mockingbird, 4; California Thrasher, 4; 

 Rock Wren, i; Dotted Canyon Wren, i; San Diego Wren, 5; Western House Wren, 4; 

 Tule Wren, 10; San Diego (Plain) Titmouse, 4; Bush-Tit, 100; Pallid Wren-Tit, 12; 

 Western Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 60; Western Gnatcatcher, 12; Dwarf Hermit Thrush, 

 300; Western Robin, 200; Northern Varied Thrush, 3; Western Bluebird, 10. Total, 

 102 species, 12,865 individuals. The following species not seen on the 27th were found 

 on the trials of Dec. 23 and 24: Pied-billed Grebe, Pacific Loon, Red-breasted Mer- 

 ganser, Hutchins's Goose, Long-billed Curlew, Black-bellied Plover, Duck Hawk, Barn 

 Owl, Burrowing Owl, Western Savannah Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, Thick- 

 billed Fox Sparrow, Black-headed Grosbeak (one young male repeatedly seen), Cedar 

 Waxwing. A total of 116 species for the Christmas cycle. — William Leon Dawson 

 and William Oberlin Dawson. 



