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noted the species in the same locahty in the fall, from September 26 (1910) 

 to November 30 (1911). and Bradford Torrey saw it May 25 and 31, 1911 

 (Condor xiv, 1912, 6). I noted two birds dead on the beach at Hyperion, 

 Los Angeles County, November 15, 1911, and found it fairly common at Long- 

 Beach. December 11, following. In late November and early December, 1907, 

 C. B. Linton and myself found it very abundant around Santa Cruz and Ana- 

 capa islands, feeding in the kelp beds near shore. By December 5, the ma- 

 jority had disappeared to the southward (Condor x, 1908, 126). E. A. Mearns 

 and A. W. Anthony took specimens at San Clemente Island in late August, 

 1894 (Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. 56, 1907, 141). Mr. Anthony also took three 

 specimens off San Diego, December 3, 1895 (Swarth, Condor xii, 1910, 108). 

 According to R. H. Beck, a few of these birds linger through December and 

 January as far north as Monterey ( Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., ser. 4, vol. iii, 1910, 

 70). Specimens were taken in the fall by W. Richardson on a reservoir near 

 Pasadena (Grinnell, Pub. 2, Pasadena Acad. Sci.. 1898, 16) ; and F. K. Jenks 

 has a mounted bird that was found dead by J. C. Sunby on the shore of the 

 lak& at Westlake Park. Los Angeles. November 1, 1911. 



111. (223) Lobipes lobatus (Linnaeus).- Northern Phalarope. 

 Common migrant along the coast and on inland bodies of water. Fall 

 migration, late July to late October. Spring migration, late April to June. 

 Noted at Santa Barbara by Bradford Torrey and J. H. Bowles, in 1911, from 

 August 4 to November 16 and from May 8 to June 16 (Condor xiv, 1912, 6). 

 j. G. Cooper saw the species on ponds in \^entura County every month during 

 the summer except June (Auk iv, 1887, 90). I have found it very common at 

 Nigger Slough. Los Angeles County, in spring. H. S. Swarth has taken speci- 

 mens in this locality as late as June 19 (1897). F. S. Daggett found it in 

 large flocks on fresh water ponds at Bixby. Los Angeles County, August 10 to 

 August 27, 1896 (Grinnell, Pub. 2. Pasadena Acad. Sci., 1898, 16). C. B. 

 Linton took two specimens from a large flock at Santa Cruz Island, October 

 21, 1908. 



112. (224) Steganopus tricolor Vieillot. Wilson Phalarope. 

 Occasional migrant. May sometimes breed around mountain lakes. Two 



of these birds were noted by Bradford Torrey at Santa Barbara from April 30 

 to May 6, 1909 (Condor xi. 1909, 173), and during the faU of 1910, J. H 

 Bowles noted them in the same locality as follows: A pair seen on July 22, 

 three birds on August 3 and a pair on September 8. One of the latter was shot 

 (Condor xni, 1911, 35). Two more birds were seen by Mr. Bowles on May 

 20, 1911 (Condor xiv, 1912. 7). A specimen was taken by E. Heller near 

 Riverside in the winter of 1891 (Condor in, 1901. 100). J. Grinnell saw sev- 

 eral small flocks at Bear Lake in the San Bernardino Mountains, from July 28 

 to August 2, 1905. Four specimens out of five taken at this time were birds 

 of the year and Mr. Grinnell believes it possible that they were raised in the 

 immediate vicinity (L'niv. Calif. Publ. Zool. v, 1908. 55). 



113. (225) Recurvirostra americana Gmelin. Avocet. 



Common in marshy districts during migrations, which occur in March 



