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Two Hundred Sea Birds Buried. 



More than 200 pelicans and sea gulls 

 which met death in the recent high 

 tides at Hermosa Beach, were buried 

 by City Marshal Wright Gipson. In 

 many instances the birds perished 

 from lack of food, not having been 

 able to dive for fish in the seething 

 surf. The incident is unparalleled 

 along this coast, according to old-time 

 fishermen. 



Birds That Nest in Tarrent Co. Texas 

 and Notes. 



As I have not noticed a list from 

 this part I thought it would interest 

 some of the bird lovers. These birds 

 are the most prominent ones that I 

 find raising here every year, although 

 there are many others: Killdeer, Tex. 

 Bob White, Mourning Dove, Turkey 

 Vulture, Black Vulture, Kriders Hawk, 

 Red Tail Hawk, Red-Shouldered Hawk, 

 Harris Hawk, Am. Barn Owl, Am. 

 Long-Eared Owl, Short-eared Owl, 

 Texas Barred Owl, Texas Screech 

 Owl, Burrowing Owl, Western Horned 

 Owl, Road Runner, Yellow Billed 

 Cuckoo, Belted Kingfisher, Red-Head- 

 ed Woodpecker, Downey Woodpecker, 

 Flicker, Whip-poor-will, Texas Night 

 Hawk, Scissor-Tail Flycatcher, Crest- 

 ed Flycatcher, Phoebe, Blue Jay, Am. 

 Crow, Red Winged Black Bird, Mea- 

 dow Lark, Orchard Oreole, Boat tail 

 Grackle, Purple Grackle Grass Hop- 

 per Sparrow, Lark Sparrow, Field 

 Sparrow, Cassin Sparrow, Cardinal 

 Painted Bunting, Dickcissel, Purple 

 Martin, Red Eyed Vireo, White Eyed 

 Vireo, Bells Vireo, Black Capped 

 Vireo, Mocking Bird, Lomita Wren, 

 Bewick's Wren Texas Bewick's 



Wren, Tufted Titmouse, Chickadee, 

 and Blue Bird. 



Kingfishers. We had three holes lo- 

 cated but never collected a set. There 

 was a pair of Kingfishers at each hole. 

 The first set we tried to take was in 

 a hole about ten feet up on the river 

 bank. We tried our drag hook, but it 

 didn't work, so we said we will have 

 them any how. So we got a pick and 

 tried to dig them out, but after dig- 

 ging for a half a day we gave up in 

 disgust. The hole is as good as ever 

 because we didn't strike it. The sec- 

 ond hole was across the river from 

 this one but we never attempted it 

 because it was too high up and no 

 convenient way of reaching. I 

 thought of a ladder, but we were ten 

 miles from Fort Worth, and not a 

 farm house near, so we hit it for the 

 third hole which was six miles back 

 in the direction of town. It was at a 

 gravel pit up about eight feet in a sand 

 bank. We raked in with our drag 

 hook but to our sorrow they had done 

 hatched. All we raked out was bloody 

 egg shells. We are not much experi- 

 enced on collecting Kingfishers, these 

 holes are the first ones we have dis- 

 covered in five years, so a little in- 

 formation as to how to go about col- 

 lecting them would be highly appre- 

 ciated. Will some brother give us a 

 little information through this valu- 

 able magazine. 



Belted Kingfisher. 

 Mr. G. E. Maxon and myself had 

 awful poor luck this year with Belted 



Two Accidental Finds of Cassln's 

 Sparrows. 



These Birds are not plentiful 

 around here, but I manage to get sev- 

 eral sets each season. I was on a 

 hike to a Black Vulture nesting 

 grounds in the Rugged hills northwest 

 of here. As I was nearing the top of 

 a hill to my surprise a Cassin Sparrow 

 flew out from under my feet and never 

 even said good by, leaving the nest in 

 a quick flight. I placed them in my 

 box with what 1 already had and jour- 

 neyed on to the vulture grounds. But 



