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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 level 

 as the region about this old mission settlement. But surely it is 

 there. A visit 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 visited the place, for upon the entrance of an adult into 

 one of the crevices there came cries of young birds which seemed to 

 be coming from birds that were being fed. 



530a. Astragalinus P. hesperophilus (Green-backed Goldfinch) 

 Common around Laguna and the neighboring hills. Nests with 

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



634. Vireo vicinior (Gray Vireo) 

 Found along the streams near Capistrano. 



685a. Wilsonia pusilla pileolata (Pileolated Warbler) 

 Fairly common in trees along streams near Capistrano. 



364. Pandion haliaetus carolinensis (American Osprey) 

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

 dering the shore between Laguna and Balboa. It was seen several 

 times and 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 was seen on one of the lakes in Laguna 

 Canyon several times. 



Coots were found breeding about the lakes in abundance. 



(Contribution from the Zoological Laboratory of Pomona College) 



