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nose. Around the summit White-throated Swifts made merry, 

 their long pointed wings cutting the air into bewildering zig- 

 zags. But we cannot stop to tell all the secrets which the 

 mountain gave up. 



The reader will remember that Pasadena is the home of 

 Mrs. Elizabeth and her son, Joseph Grinnell. The hour spent 

 in that home with Mrs. Grinnell w^as the most entertaining 

 and profitable of my stay in the city. The lawn and garden 

 are strictl}' set apart for the birds, and they show their appre- 

 ciation of this attention by coming in numbers to make their 

 homes. The little book which mother and son have written, 

 " Our Feathered Friends," is but the natural outgrowth of this 

 appreciative friendship for the birds and a longing to guide the 

 steps of the children into this same friendship instead of the 

 usual carelessness of bird life. Would that more of our lawns 

 and gardens were planned for the birds. 



Pasadena w^ill rest in memory as a bird paradise. 

 Here no less than thirty-eight of the eighty-three species re- 

 corded were new to my life list, while twenty-eight species 

 were seen here and nowhere else during the entire trip. But 

 this is not all. Birds are everywhere in Pasadena. Mocking- 

 birds greet you from every house-top at all times of day and 

 night. Goldfinches, towhees and hummingbirds of several 

 kinds are everywhere. Brewer's Blackbird adds tone by con- 

 trast to the tropical splendor all about. But I cannot begin to 

 tell — \'ou must go and see for yourself. 



Los Angeles County, Cal., July (> to 12*. 



I'ied-billeil Grebe. Brewer's Blackbird. 



Western Gull. Cassin's Purple Finch. 



American Bittern. House Finch. 



Black-crowned Night Heron Willow CToldfinch. 



Florida (iallinule. Arkansas Goldfinch. 



American Coot. Western Lark Sparrow. 



Spotted Sandpiper. Western Chipping Sparrow. 



Killdeer. Brewer's Sparrow. 



Plumed Partridge. Thurber's J unco. 



Valley Partridge Heemian's Song Sparrow. 



^Mourning Dove. Samuel's Song Sparrow. 



Turkey \'ulture. Spurred Towhee. 



Bald Eagle. Cireen-tailed Towhee. 



Prairie Falcon. Anthony's Towhee. 



Desert Sparrow Hawk. Western Martin. 



