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52. Nycticorax nycticorax naevius (Boddaert) 
BuLAcK-CROWNED NicHt HEron 
Nycticorax nycticorax naevius (1) Mearns, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., ivr, 1907, p. 141. (2) 
Willett, Pac. Coast Avif., 7, 1912, p. 31. 
K. A. Mearns (2) saw a bird of this species on San Clemente Island, August 
22 to 29, 1894. 
53. Porzana carolina (Linnaeus) 
Sora 
Porzana carolina (1) Linton, Condor, x1, 1909, p. 193. 
C. B. Linton (7) found the partly eaten remains of one of these birds on San 
Clemente Island during the winter of 1908. 
54. Fulica americana Gmelin 
Coor 
Fulica americana (1) Linton, Condor, x, 1908, p. 126. 
But one record, that of a bird seen by C. B. Linton (7) December 18, 1907, 
at Prisoner’s Harbor, Santa Cruz Island. 
55. Phalaropus fulicarius (Linnaeus) 
Rep PHALAROPE 
Crymophilus fulicarius (1) Streator, Orn. & Ool., x11, 1888, p. 54. (2) Mearns, Bull. U.S. 
Nat. Mus., ivr, 1907, p. 141. (3) Linton, Condor, x, 1908, p. 126. 
Phalaropus fulicarius (4) Willett, Pac. Coast Avif., 7, 1912, p. 33. (5) Grinnell, Pac. 
Coast Avif., 11, 1915, p. 48. 
Abundant at certain times during the migrations about the islands. On 
April 10, 1911, I saw two of these birds feeding near the rocks of Catalina, and 
E. A. Mearns (2) took specimens at San Clemente, August 22 to 29, 1894. C. P. 
Streator (1) observed a number in the kelp fields near San Nicolas during the 
middle of the fall, and C. B. Linton and G. Willett (3) found them abundant in 
the vicinity of Anacapa and Santa Cruz islands until November 27. By Decem- 
ber 5 the majority had left for the south. 
56. Lobipes lobatus (Linnaeus) 
NorTHERN PHALAROPE 
Lobipes lobatus (1) Willett, Pac. Coast Avif., 7, 1912, p. 34. 
Abundant migrant in the open channel, but few are seen near the shores of 
the islands. C. B. Linton (7) took two birds from a large flock near Santa Cruz 
Island, October 21, 1908, and A. van Rossem and I saw a few in the same loeality 
May 2, 1911. 
Life Recurvirostra americana Gmelin 
AVOCET 
Recurvirostra americana (1) Henshaw, Rep. Wheeler Surv., 1876, p. 270. 
