90 ORNITHOLOGIST 
[Vol. 11-No. 6 



Rallus obsoletus, (Californian Clapper Rail). 
Rare. One specimen is all I have seen. It was 
shot last December. 
Rallus wrginianus, (Virginian Rail). Rather a 
common bird about the tules and marshes. 
Porzana carolina, (Sora Rail). A very common 
winter resident. 
Gallinula galeata, (Florida Gallinule). Very 
rare. Only occasionally seen. 
Fulica americana, (American Coot). A very 
common winter resident. A few, however, are 
residents throughout the year, and breed. 
Grus canadensis, (Sandhill Crane). A rather 
common spring and fall migrant. They -pass 
over usually at a great height. 
Anas boscas, (Mallard). Resident. Breeds in 
an estuary about six miles from this city. 
Dafila acuta (Pintail). An abundant winter 
resident. 
Mareca penelope, (Widgeon). 
Not common. 
Querquedula discors, (Blue-winged Teal). Win- 
ter resident. 
Querquedula 
Winter resident. 
Aix sponsa, (Wood Duck; Summer Duck). 
One of the rarest of ducks about Santa Barbara, 
although they are occasionally met with beyond 
the Santa Ynez Mountains, about ten miles from 
this city. 
Fulix affinis, (Little Blackhead). 
winter resident. 
Hthyia vallisneria, (Canvas-back). Winter 
resident.. Rather common. 
Athyia americana, (Redhead). Winter resident. 
Not common. 
Clangula albeola, (Butterball; Bufflehead), A 
rather common winter resident. 
Pelionetta perspicillata, (Surf Duck). Abundant 
winter resident in the Santa Barbara Channel, 
never frequenting the land. 
Brismatura rubida, (Ruddy Duck). Rare. I 
have never met with more than three or four 
specimens. 
Pelecanus erythrorhynchus, (American White 
Pelican). Rare at this place. I have only col- 
lected one specimen, 
Pelecanus fuseus, (Brown Pelican). 
Winter resident. 
cyanoptera, (Cinnamon Teal). 
Common 
Resident ; 
much more common in winter. I have good au- 
thority that they breed on the islands. 
Phalacrocorax dilophus, (Double-crested Cormo- 
rant). Not very common about Santa Barbara, 
but may perhaps be more plenty about the islands. 
Phalacrocorax penicillatus, (Brant’s Cormorant). 
Common about the bay at Santa Barbara except 
during the breeding season, when they retire to 
the islands. 
Phalacrocorax violaceus, (Violet-green Cormo- 
rant.) I never saw this bird on the main land, 
but saw a few on Santa Cruz Island last March, 
Larus occidentalis, (Western Gull). Common 
resident in all seasons of the year but spring, when 
they retire to the islands to breed. 
Larus californicus, (Californian Gull). Com- 
mon winter resident. 
Laurus heermanni, (Heermann’s Gull). Winter 
resident ; rather common. 
Larus philadelphia, (Bonaparte’s Gull). I have 
noticed only a few specimens of this Gull. They 
were here in winter. 
Larus delawarensis, (Ring-billed Gull.) Rather 
common in winter. 
Sterna regia, (Royal Tern). I have noticed a 
few of these birds at almost all seasons of the 
year. 
Diomedea brachyura, (Short-tailed Albatross). 
Very Rare. I know of only two specimens being 
shot at this place. The last one of these was 
taken fifty miles at sea. It was shot about the 
middle of last March. The specimen I mounted 
and have it in my collection. 
Phabetria fuliginosa, (Sooty Albatross). This 
Albatross is said to be more common than the 
former, but I have never seen but one specimen. 
Behmophorus occidentalis, (Western Grebe). 
Common winter resident on the ocean. 
Dytes auritus, (Horned Grebe). Not common. 
Have only shot one specimen. 
Dytes nigricollis californicus, (American Eared 
Grebe). Common. I think it breeds on the 
islands. 
Podilymbus podiceps, (Thick-billed Grebe). 
Winter resident ; not very common. 
Colymbus torquatus, (Loon). Winter resident. 
Rare. 
Colymbus pacificus, (Pacific Diver). 
resident. Not common. 
Lunda cirrhata, (Tufted Puffin.) Found upen 
the Santa Barbara Islands. 
Brachyrhamphus marmoratus, (Marbled Guille- 
mot). Rare. The only specimens I ever saw 
were shot here last winter. 
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Winter Birds of Morristown, N. J. 
Winter 
Observed During the Months of December, January 
and February, 1885-6. 
BY BE. CARLETON THURBER AND MORRIS M, GREEN. 
1. Hermit Thrush, (//ylocichla unwlasee pallasi), 
Probably a rare winter resident, once seen Jan. 30. 
2. Robin, (Werula migratoria). A not common 
winter resident. 
