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( '2. (187) Plegadis guarauna (Linnaeus). White-faced Glossy Ibis. 



Common in the lower country in spring, summer and fall. Said to have 

 been seen in winter, but I know of no authentic records for that season. Rather 

 rare in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties. One specimen was taken by 

 B. W. Evermann at Santa Paula May 14, the only one seen by him in Ventura 

 County (Auk in, 1886, 91). S. Peyton saw six birds on the Sespe River, Ven- 

 tura County, in |ulv, 1910, and J. S. Appleton has noted the species in the Simi 

 Valley in late summer. It breeds plentifully at San Jacinto Lake, Riverside 

 County, in May. I visited this lake, accompanied by Antonin Jay, May 27, 

 28,, 1911. Two or three hundred nests were noted, about half of which con- 

 tained young. The others mostly held incubated eggs, but a few fresh sets 

 were found (Condor xin, 1911, 159). C. S. Sharp found about a dozen birds 

 nesting at Guajome, near Escondido, San Diego County, in 1911 (Condor ix, 

 1907, 91). 



93. (188) Mycteria americana Linnaeus. Wood Ibis. 



Irregular summer visitant, north at least to Santa Barbara County. Not 

 known to breed within our limits. Its occurrence has been noted as follows: 

 block of about twenty-five birds seen by J. Grinnell and F. S. Daggett near 

 Oceanside, San Diego County, August 5, 1902 (Condor v, 1903, 18). Several 

 birds seen on one occasion in early summer by H. E. Wilder along the Santa 

 Ana River, near Riverside. Eight birds seen by J. B. Feudge near San Ber- 

 nardino in the summer of 1891. Mr. Feudge also saw three birds in the same 

 locality, June 5, 1902. One of these was taken (Condor v, 1903, 79). A large 

 flock was noted by J. F. lllingworth on barley fields near Claremont, Los An- 

 geles County, in June, 1897. On June 20 a specimen was secured, and a few 

 days later a local hunter shot another ( Grinnell, Pub. 2, Pasadena Acad. Sci., 

 1898, 14). G. H. Coffin shot one bird at Bixby, Los Angeles County, August 

 15, 1902, and on August 23 another was taken (Daggett, Condor v, 1903, 18). 

 During June and July, 1911, this species was reported several times from the 

 marshes lying between Los Angeles and the coast. Antonin Jay saw a flock 

 of about twenty-five birds at Watson's Lake on July 2, and J. E. Law secured 

 a specimen at Dominguez the same day (Condor xiv, 1912, 41). H. J. Lelande 

 noted a flock of thirteen birds between Los Angeles and Venice on June 30, 

 and saw them daily in that locality until July 19. 11. Robertson saw six or 

 eight birds at Nigger Slough. July 16. 



J. S. Appleton has a mounted bird of this species that was shot in the 

 Simi Valley, Ventura County, in the summer of 1904. Lawrence and Sidney 

 Peyton saw a flock of about twenty birds on the Sespe River, Ventura County, 

 in the summer of 1901. According to J. G. Cooper, small flocks came to Sati- 

 coy, Ventura County, in June, 1872 and 1873. One also was seen near Santa 

 Barbara (Auk iv, 1887, 90). 



94. (190) Botaurus lentiginosus (Montagu). American Bittern. 

 Common in marsh lands in fall, winter and spring. A few remain through 



the summer and breed. The majority arrive in September and leave in early 

 May. H. Robertson took three fresh eggs at Alamitos Bay, Los Angeles County, 



