Notes on Birds of Lacuna Beach and 

 Vicinity for 1916 



H. H. NININGER 



In addition to the work done by Mr. Leon Gardener and others 

 on the distribution of birds in the vicinity of Laguna Beach I noted 

 the following species in the summer of 1916: 



70. Stiiniii hiriiiido (Common Tern) 

 This species was found occasionally about the muddy Hats at 

 Balboa. 



74. Stnrna autiUcinim (Least Tern) 

 The Least Tern is much more common than the former. They 

 were often seen in small flocks di\ing for fish along the coast from 

 Laguna to Balboa. They probably nest along the sandy shores; 

 but none of their nests were taken by the writer. 



95. Piiffiuis yr'iscus (Dark Bodied Shearwater) 

 These birds were found ten to twelve miles from shore, in flocks 

 feeding over schools of fish. They are called by the fishermen 

 "Barracuda Birds." 



210. Rolltis ohsolctiis (Calif. Clapper Rail) 

 Found in the swampy tracts about Balboa. 



214. Porziiiui niroliiui (Sora Rail) 

 A specimen of this Rail was taken at one of the lakes in Laguna 

 Canyon in the latter part of July. 



421. Cliordeilcs cictilipciin'is (Texas Night Hawk) 



Either at dusk or at dawn these birds could be found abundantly, 



in certain localities, feeding o\'er fields, pools and streams to which 



they came at dusk, from the hills where they spent the daylight 



hours. Mr. C. C. White founcl a pair of young almost ready for 



flight on one of the hills bordering on Laguna Canyon, July 7, 1916. 



425. JeroiuiHlcs niclaiKtlcmits (White-throated Swift) 



Mr. Charles A. Keeler in "Bird Notes Afield" (1889) records 



this species from Capistrano. To one accustomed to meeting with 



