224 Univi rsity of California Publications in Zoology L VoL - 10 



GENERAL ACCOUNTS OF THE BIRDS 



Colymbus nigricollis calif ornicus (Heermann) 



Eared Grebe 



One seen at Hemet Lake. Augusl 8; apparently still in the 

 breeding plumage. 



Podilymbus podiceps I Linnaeus) 



Pied-billed Grebe 



Seen only at linnet Lake, where several were observed on 

 August 10. 



Phalacrocorax auritus albociliatus Ridgway 



ParalloD ( !ormoran1 



At Cabezon, May 11. a flock of about fifty was seen flying 

 westward through San Gorgonio Lass. At Banning, June 8, one 

 was taken on a reservoir near the town, a male in the brown. 

 presumably immature, plumage (no. 2054). Observed elsewhere 

 only at Hemet Lake, where a single bird was seen August !). 



Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus 



.Mall at-. I 



Seen only at Hemet Lake, where on Augusl in a flock of five, 

 and on Augusl 21 several flocks of ten or twelve, were noted. 



Dafila acuta I Linnaeus 



Pintail 



Migrating pintails appeared at Hemet Lake in August, a 

 flock of six being noted on the 8th, and several larger flocks on 



the 21st. 



Querquedula cyanoptera (Vieillot) 



Cinnamon Teal 



Observed at Hemet Lake in August, flocks being noted on 

 the 8th, 10th, and 21st. 



