88 Cooper on Birds of Ventura County, California. [April 



which ten or fifteen were probably obtained at the lakes in Tulare 

 Valley, being waders and swimmers, only one of which, Den- 

 drocygna fulva, has not been found on the coast. Omitting 

 this, the land birds are, 



Syrnium occidentale, Spinus pinus, 



Nyctalaacadica, Vireo solitarius cassini, 



Trochilus calliope, Helminthophila ruficapilla gut- 

 Contopus borealis, fcuralis, 



Picicorvus colutnbianus, Certhia familiaris americana, 



Carpodacus cassini, Parus gambeli. 



To these we may add Henshaw's Tejon Mountain birds, Den- 

 dragapus obscurus, Xenopicus albolarvatus, Vireo solitarius 



plumbcus. and Sitta pygmcea — making fifteen not found in the 

 lower western tracts, though some of them are reported from 

 Santa Barbara by Streator, as rare winter visitors. 



I may here refer to the list of birds lately published by C. P. 

 Streator in the 'Ornithologist and Oologist' for April, May, and 

 June, 18S6. He may be in error in a few cases in identifying the 

 species, such as Tringa canutus^ Piranga rubra cooperi, Po- 

 Uoptila plumbea, and Turdus ustulatus swain soni, and longer 

 observation will probably change his opinions as to the habits 

 of some species, but still the list adds one water and one land 

 bird to those before known in the region. I could add several to 

 the birds from migratory species found in counties farther south, 

 which must pass through Ventura County, but will leave them 

 out at present. 



Though not admissible as birds of Ventura County, tho.se ob- 

 tained at Santa Barbara, especially the land species, are almost 

 certain to be found in the former county. 



The collectors on the Pacific R. R. Surveys in 1853-55 trav- 

 ersed the east and west ends of the county, which was not then 

 separated from Santa Barbara County, but I have not found 

 any additions to the list in their reports, nor does Dr. Heermann's 

 account of collections at Fort Tejon contain any. 



The absence of lakes and deserts in Ventura County deprives it 

 of the species found only in such localities in Kern County on 

 the north and Los Angeles County on the east, except as strag- 

 glers, so that we cannot assume that any of them are found in it 

 until actually recorded. The 24 seashore birds, and 15 of the 

 mountain fauna are, however, without doubt, to be included in 

 the list. 



