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GAME BIEDS OF CALIFOBNIA 



Table 8. — Data relative to the nesting of the Mallard in California 



Locality 

 Gridley, Butte Co. 

 Los Angeles Co. 



Date Eggs or Young 



Mar. 25, 1890 Eggs 

 First of April Breeding 



Authority 

 Belding, MS. 

 Grinnell, 1898, p. 10 



Lake Merced, 



San Francisco Co. 

 San Diego 



Believed to be breeding 



to last of 

 June 

 Apr. 28, 1915 10 eggs (7 on Apr. 22) Squires, 1915, p. 234 



Apr. 24, 1862 Female with egg nearly Cooper, 1880, p. 251 

 matured 



Hueneme, Ventura Co. May 1, 1910 11 eggs, partly incubated Willett, 1912a, p. 22 



Near San Jose, May 1, 1893 11 eggs 



Santa Clara Co. 

 Olancha, Invo Co. Mav 6—11, 



1891 



Wheeler Island, May 8, 1914 ' Four broods about one 



Solano Co. week old 



Alvarado, Alameda Co. May 9, 1914 11 eggs 



Alvarado, Alameda Co. May 9, 1914 14 eggs 



Stockton, May 9, 1878 A brood of young 



San Joaquin Co. 



Hayward, Alameda Co. May 11, 1884 Half-grown young seen 

 Los Banos, Merced Co. May 12, 1914 Brood of half-grown 



young 

 Los Banos, Merced Co. May 18, 1914 10 downy young 



Barlow, 1893, p. 38 



A. K. Fisher, 1893a, p. 15 



Fair, MS. 



Dirks, MS. 

 Dirks, MS. 

 Belding, 1879, p. 446 



Emerson, in Belding, MS. 

 H. C. Bryant, 1914e, 



p. 219 

 H. C. Bryant, 1914e, 



p. 219 

 Belding, MS. 

 Reed, 1904, p. 70 

 Mailliard coll. 

 Mailliard, MS. 



Gridley, Butte Co. May 19, Young a month old 



San Diego May 19, 1897 Eggs 



Merced Co. May 19, 1896 9 eggs, fresh 



Merced Co. May 19, 1896 8 eggs 



Gridley, Butte Co. Mav 25, 1914 Brood of voung 10 inches H. C. Bryant, 1914e 



long p. 227 



Gridley, Butte Co. May 26, 1914 Nest found from which H. C. Bryant, 1914e 



young had hatched p. 227 



Gridley, Butte Co. May 27, 1914 Brood of young 7 inches H. C. Bryant, 1914e 



long p. 227 



Lake Tahoe May — -, 1901 Nest; eggs hatched later Ray, 1901, p. 116 



Lake Valley, Mav — , Bred in this month 



Lake Tahoe 1901-02 



Los Baiios, Merced Co. June 1, 1915 9 eggs, incubation 



various 



June 5, 1915 70 young seen with 66 



adults 

 June 6, 1914 5 eggs, bird sitting 



June 7, 1914 9 eggs, incubated 



June 9, 1911 9 eggs, half incubated 

 June 14, 1886 8 eggs, fresh 



Stow Lake, 



San Francisco 

 Willow Creek, Lower 



Klamath Lake 

 Willow Creek, Lower 



Klamath Lake 

 Lake Tahoe 

 Bear Valley reservoir, 



San Bernardino Co. 

 Rowlands Marsh, 



Lake Tahoe 

 Tulare Lake, Kings Co. June 18-July Large young 



12, 1907 

 Kern Valley, Kern Co. June 22, 1891 Present 

 Chowchilla, Merced Co. June 24, 1900 Young 3 da.vs old 

 Fresno district June 26, 1906 Female with brood 



Eagle Lake, Lassen Co. June 26, 1905 Half-grown young 



(or later) 

 Eagle Lake, Lassen Co. June 27, 1884 8 eggs 



Walker Basin, Kern Co. July 13, 1891 Broods of downy young 

 Bakersfteld, Kern Co. July 19, 1891 Brood of young nearly 



grown 



Escondido, San Diego — , 1896 One nest found 



Co. 

 Santa Barbara Breeds on estuary. 6 



miles away 

 Santa Cruz Eggs found 



Ray, 1903, pp. 48-49 

 Mailliard coll. 

 Squires, 1915, p. 234 



H. C. Bryant, 1914e, 



p. 231 

 H. C. Bryant, 1914e, 



p. 231 

 Carriger coll. 

 Stephens, MS. 



June 16, 1903 7 eggs, practically fresh Ray, 1905, p. 367 



Goldman, 1908/). p. 201 



A. K. Fisher, 1893a. p. 15 

 Mailliard coll. 

 Tyler, 19136, pp. 15-16 

 Sheldon, 1907, p. 186 



C. H. Townsend, 1887, 



p. 193 

 A. K. Fisher, 1893a, p. 15 

 A. K. Fisher, 1893a. p. 15 



Sharp. 1907, p. 86 



Streator, 1886, p. 90 



Skirm, 1884, p. 150 



