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this bird only among the high and almost inaccessible cliffs of the 

 mountains it is no little surprise to find It in a district so nearly le\el 

 as the region aboLit this old missif)n settlement. But surely it is 

 there. A \isit to the place in the latter part of July revealed the 

 fact that they are, seventeen years since Mr. Keeler's writings, still 

 using the same broken walls as a retreat. I think they are nesting at 

 the time we \ isited the place, for upon the entrance of an adult into 

 one of the cre\ices there came cries of young birds which seemed to 

 be coming from birds that were being fed. 



5.30a. JslruyciHiiiis P. Iicspcidjili'ilits ( (jreen-backed Goldfinch) 

 Common around Laguna and the neighboring hills, \ests with 

 eggs were found, probably the second brood for the season. 



6.34. I'ireo vic'uitor (Gray N'ireo) 

 I'ound along the streams near Capistrano. 



68Sa. tl'ilsouia piisilUi pilci>lnla { Pileolated Warbler) 

 Fairly common in trees along streams near Capistrano. 



364. Pandion luiliacliis ccirolincnsis (American Osprey) 

 One of these magnificent birds was found on the rocky cliffs bor- 

 dering the shore between Laguna and Balboa. It was seen se\-eral 

 times ami was reasonably tame. 



BREEDING NOTES 



In addition to the nests of the more common birds the following 

 were noted : 



Several Raven nests on the cliffs bordering the shore and are in 

 Boat Canyon about a mile from the sea were found deserted, but 

 feathers of their owners and the remains of their food betrayed 

 their Identity. 



A brood of Ruddy Ducks \\as seen on one of the lakes In Laguna 

 Canyon sexeral times. 



Coots were found breeding about the lakes In abumlance. 



( (J(/ii/ii//ii/irin frijiii /lie Ziiijliit/'uiil Ltihor/i/'/ry uf PniiKiiiii Culhyc) 



