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dor, xvi, 1914, p. 94). A specimen is stated to have been procured at Fort Tejon 
by Xantus, ‘‘who regarded it as of rare and unusual occurrence’’ (Baird, Brew- 
er, and Ridgway, Water Bds. N. Amer., 1, 1884, p. 482). Xantus gives only D. 
fulva in his list of the birds of Fort Tejon (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1859, p. 
192) ; and a single specimen of fulva (and none of autwmnalis) is recorded from 
there by Baird (Pac. R. R. Rep., rx, 1858, p. 770). So that there is the apparent 
possibility of an error having been committed in the first cited work through 
transcribing information under the wrong heading. 
108 (178) Dendrocygna bicolor (Vieillot) 
Funtyvous TREE-DUCK 
Synonym—Dendrocygna fulva. 
Status—Common as a summer visitant to the interior valleys southerly, 
breeding in the San Joaquin Valley and in Los Angeles County. Occurs casu- 
ally in winter. Northernmost records at any season: in the coast belt, Marin 
County (J. Mailliard, Condor, vi, 1904, p. 15) ; in the San Joaquin-Sacramento 
basin, Marysville (Belding, Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mus., 1, 1879, p. 445) ; east of the 
Sierras, Owens Valley (A. K. Fisher, N. Amer. Fauna no. 7, 1893, p. 19). Breed- 
ing stations: Nigger Slough, Los Angeles County (Willett, Pac. Coast Avif. no. 7, 
1912, p. 28) ; Los Banos, Merced County (Barnhart, Condor, 11, 1901, p. 67). 
109 (180) Olor columbianus (Ord) 
WHISTLING SWAN 
Synonyms—Cygnus american us; American Swan. 
Status—Fairly common winter visitant to suitable localities (usually the 
larger freshwater lakes and brackish heads of bays) south through the state 
(many records) at least to Orange County (specimen in Grinnell coll.). Several 
recent records and specimens from the west-central part of the state (Mus. Vert. 
Zool.), and from the vicinity of Los Angeles (Willett, Pac. Coast Avif. no. 7, 
1912, p. 28). 
110 (181) Olor buccinator (Richardson) 
TRUMPETER SWAN 
Synonym—Cygnus buccinator. 
Status—Of regular occurrence, formerly, south through the interior of the 
state. The following are some more or less definite records: A juvenile speci- 
men from ‘‘California’’ has been listed as contained in the British Museum (Sal- 
vadori, Cat. Bds. British Mus., xxvu, 1895, p. 35). J. G. Cooper (in Baird, 
Brewer, and Ridgway, Water Bds. N. Amer., 1, 1884, p. 431) states that in his 
day this species was found in small numbers in winter about freshwater lakes 
and ponds inland. Heermann (Pac. R. R. Rep., x, 1859, p. 68) states that he 
saw the species in the Suisun and Sacramento valleys, as well as frequently in 
the San Francisco market; but since the Whistling Swan is not listed by him at 
all, this record might be properly queried. Newberry (Pac. R. R. Rep., v1, 1857, 
p. 100) gives both swans from California, designating the Trumpeter as the least 
