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52. Nycticorax nycticorax naevius (Boddaert) 



Black-crowned Night Heron 



Nycticorax nycticorax naevius (1) Mearns, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., lvi, 1907, p. 141. (2) 

 Willett, Pac. Coast Avif., 7, 1912, p. 31. 



E. A. Mearns (1) saw a bird of this species on San Clemente Island, August 

 22 to 29, 1894. 



53. Porzana Carolina (Linnaeus) 



SORA 

 Porzana Carolina (1) Linton, Condor, xi, 1909, p. 193. 



C. B. Linton (1) found the partly eaten remains of one of these birds on San 

 Clemente Island during the winter of 1908. 



54. .Fulica americana Gmelin 



Coot 



Fulica americana (1) Liuton, Condor, x, 1908, p. 126. 



But one record, that of a bird seen by C. B. Linton (1) December 18, 1907, 

 at Prisoner's Harbor, Santa Cruz Island. 



55. Phalaropus fulicarius (Linnaeus) 



Red PlIALAROPE 



Crymophilus fulicarius (1) Streator, Orn. & Ool., xiii, 1888, p. 54. (2) Mearns, Bull. U. S. 



Nat. Mus., LVI, 1907, p. 141. (S) Linton, Condor, x, 1908, p. 126. 



Phalaropus fulicarius (Jf) Willett, Pac. Coast Avif., 7, 1912, p. 33. {■'>) Grinnell, Pac. 



Coast Avif., 11, 1915, p. 48. 



Abundant at certain times during the migrations about the islands. On 

 April 10, 1911, I saw two of these birds feeding near the rocks of Catalina, and 

 E. A. Mearns (2) took specimens at San Clemente, August 22 to 29, 1894. C. P. 

 Streator (1) observed a number in the kelp fields near San Nicolas during the 

 middle of the fall, and C. B. Linton and G. Willett (.5) found them abundant in 

 the vicinity of Anacapa and Santa Cruz islands until November 27. By Decem- 

 ber 5 the majority had left for the south. 



56. Lobipes lobatus (Linnaeus) 



Northern Phalarope 

 Lobipes lobatus (1) Willett, Pac. Coast Avif., 7, 1912, p. 34. 



Abundant migrant in the open channel, but few are seen near the shores of 

 the islands. C. B. Linton (1) took two birds from a large flock near Santa Cruz 

 Island, October 21, 1908, and A. van Rossem and I saw a few in the same locality 

 May 2, 1911. 



57. Recurvirostra americana Gmelin 



AVOCET 

 Recurvirostra americana (?) Henshaw, Rep. Wheeler Surv., 1876, p. 270. 



