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found a nest containing pieces of egg shells, near Ramona. June 2, 1888. An 

 old bird with several young was seen close by. 



105. (214) Porzana Carolina (Linnaeus). Sora. 



Fairly common resident, south at least to San Diego County. I'.reeds at 

 about the same time as the last species. C. B. Linton took a set of six slightly 

 incubated eggs near Whittier, Los Angeles County, April 18, 1896, and W. L. 

 Dawson took a set of six eggs at Nigger Slough, May 13, 1911. A. M. Inger- 

 soll has seen this rail on fresh water ponds in the vicinity of San Diego in 

 spring, and believes that they breed occasionally in that locality. 



106. (215) Coturnicops noveboracensis (Gmelin). YELLOVk^ Rail. 

 One record. J. H. Henderson took a male at Newport Bay, Orange 



County, December 12, 1896. Now no. 2077 collection P. I. Osburn (Condor 

 XIII. 1911, 108). 



107. (216.1) Creciscus coturniculus (Ridgway). Farallon Rail. 



Rather rare resident, locally, mostly on salt water marshes. J. S. Apple- 

 ton saw a bird of this species in a marsh near Hueneme. Ventura County, in 

 the latter part of March. 1898. G. F. Morcom saw one at Ballona. Los Ange- 

 les County. May 16, 1895 ( Grinnell. Pub. 2, Pasadena Acad. Sci., 1898, 16). 

 and L. H. Miller took a specimen at Riverside, August 13. 1892 (Orn. & Ool. 

 win, 1893, 104). 



So far as I know, the only place in southern California where eggs of 

 the Black Rail have been taken, is in the sah marshes bordering San Diego 

 Bay. A. M. Ingersoll has taken several sets and he informs me that he knows 

 of over twenty sets having been taken by different collectors in that vicinity 

 during the last few years. The sets are usually of from four to eight eggs 

 each, and are deposited between the first and tenth of April. 



108. (219) Gallinula galeata (Lichtenstein). Florida Gallinule. 

 Common resident on tule-bordered ponds and lakes of the lower country. 



Breeds mostly in May and June. Antonin Jay took eight fresh eggs at Nigger 

 Slough, Los Angeles County, May 5, 1901, and a set of five eggs, incubation 

 commenced, in the same locality, June 30. 1895. A. M Ingersoll took a set of 

 nine eggs at San Jacinto Lake, Riverside County. June 7, 1897. 



109. (221) Fulica americana Gmelin. Coot. 



The "mud hen" is an abundant resident of all tule-bordered ponds and 

 lakes, breeding in the lower country from April 15 to June 15, later at higher 

 altitudes. J. Grinnell found eggs at Bear Lake. 6750 feet altitude in the San 

 I'.ernardino Mountains, late in July ( LTniv. Calif. Publ. Zool. v. 1908. 54). 



110. (222) Phalaropus fulicarius (Linnaeus). Red Phalarope. 

 .\bundant migrant on the ocean, a few remaining throughout the winter. 



Fall migration, late July to November. Spring migration, early April to early 

 June. Irregular along the mainland coast. Most plentiful around the islands. 

 Occasional on inland bodies of water. C. P. Streator took one specimen at 

 Santa Barbara in the fall of 1885 (Orn. & Ool. xi, 1886, 89). J. H. Bowles 



