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in the spring of 1911. Mr. Linton also saw several birds at Buena Vista Lake, 

 Kern County, in the summer of 1908, and he believes that they were breeding 

 somewhere in that locality. H. S. Swarth noted about a dozen birds at Alamitos 

 Bay, May 16, 1901, and saw several at Bixby, August 12, the same year. I 

 saw one bird of this species at San Jacinto Lake, Riverside County, May 29, 

 1911 (Condor xm. 1911, 160). 



98. (197) Egretta candidissima candidissima (Gmelin). Snowy Eoket. 



Like the last species, this bird was formerly common in southern Cali- 

 fornia. J. G. Cooper found it plentiful at all seasons along our coast ( B., Br. 

 & Ridg., W. B. N. A. i, 1884, 30). He saw one bird at an elevation of 4500 feet in 

 the Cuyamaca Mountains, San Diego County, in the spring of 1862 (Am. 

 Xat. viii, 1874, 18). It was noted by B. W. Evermann as formerly common 

 in Ventura Comity marshes (Auk in, 1886, 91), and by C. P. Streator as 

 a common winter visitant at Santa Barbara in 1885 ( Orn. & Ool. xi, 1886, 

 89). W. H. Wakely, a taxidermist of Pasadena, informed J. Grinnell that in 

 the early 80's he received many specimens from hunters in Los Angeles County 

 (Pub. 2, Pasadena Acad. Sci., 1898, 14). 



At the present time the species is rare in southern California. I have 

 never met with it myself, but have been told by hunters that it may be occa- 

 sionally seen around the more remote lakes of the interior. A rigid enforce- 

 ment of protecting laws is the only thing that will save this and the preceding 

 species from absolute extinction. 



99. (201c) Butorides virescens anthonyi (Mearns). Anthony Green 

 Heron. 



Common migrant. A few remain through the summer and breed in the 

 willow thickets of the lower country. Occasional in winter, north at least to 

 San Bernardino, where a bird was noted by J. B. Feudge on January 3, 1903 

 (Condor v, 1903, 80). S. Peyton took a set of six heavily incubated eggs of 

 this bird from an old crow's nest near Sespe, Ventura County, May 12, 1910 

 (Condor xni, 1911, 35). Alphonse Jay took four fresh eggs near Whittier, 

 Los Angeles County, May 29, 1898. 



100. (202) Nycticorax nycticorax naevius (Boddaert). Black-crown- 

 ed Night Heron. 



Common resident locally in suitable localities, though not as generally 

 distributed as formerly. Breeds during the latter part of April and early May. 

 Until about 1906, a small colony nested at Bixby, Los Angeles County, and W. 

 Chamberlain has taken eggs near Newport, Orange County. It breeds rather 

 commonly at San Jacinto Lake, Riverside County, in company with the White- 

 faced Glossy Ibis. On May 27, 28, 1911, I found several nests in this locality. 

 They all contained young birds except one, which held three half-incubated 

 eggs. In one case the young were nearly full grown (Condor xm, 1911, 160). 

 E. A. Mearns and A. W. Anthony noted this species on San Clemente Island 

 in August, 1894 (Bull. 56, U. S. Nat. Mus, 1907, 141). 



