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74. Podasocys montanus (J. K. Townsend) 
Mountain PLOVER 
Podasocys montana (1) Breninger, Auk, xxi, 1904, p. 222. 
Podasocys montanus (2) Willett, Pac. Coast Avif., 7, 1912, p. 41. (3) Grinnell, Pac. Coast 
Avif., 11, 1915, p. 56. 
G. F. Breninger (1) took one of these birds on San Clemente in February, 
1903, and states that he was informed that they wintered on the island in large 
numbers. If this was the case they are undoubtedly much rarer there at this 
time than formerly, as is also true in the lowlands of the adjacent mainland. 
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5. Aphriza virgata (Gmelin) 
SURF-BIRD 
Aphriza virgata (1) Cooper, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., tv, 1870, p. 79. (2) Baird, Brewer 
and Ridgway, Water Birds N. Am., 1, 1884, p. 127. (3) Grinnell, Pac. Coast Avif., 3, 
1902, p. 28. (4) Willett, Pac. Coast Avif., 7, 1912, p. 41. (5) Grinnell, Pac. Coast 
Avif., 11, 1915, p. 56. 
Rare migrant on the islands though probably commoner there than on the 
mainland opposite. C. B. Linton (4) took an adult on San Nicolas, May 15, 1909, 
and J. G. Cooper (1) saw birds on Santa Barbara and Catalina islands which 
he took to be of this species. L. M. Loomis (4) says that R. H. Beck secured sey- 
eral on San Miguel from March 13 to April 1, 1903. My experience with this 
species on the mainland leads me to believe that it is a rapid migrant, and in the 
habit of making long flights, touching usually only at certain favorable promon- 
tories and headlands in its line of travel. If this is the case, the islands should 
be favorite resting places for the birds, and I believe that systematic work on 
the rocks of the Santa Barbara group at the right season would prove them to 
be not so rare as they are usually considered. Indications are that during the 
spring, the first week in May is the most likely time to look for them. 
76. Arenaria interpres morinella (Linnaeus) 
Ruppy TURNSTONE 
Arenaria interpres morinella (1) Mearns, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., ivr, 1907, p. 141. (2 
Grinnell, Condor, x1, 1909, p. 139. (3) Willett, Pac. Coast Avif., 7, 1912, p. 41. (4) 
Wright and Snyder, Condor, xv, 1913, p. 91. 
Probably a regular though not a plentiful migrant. E. A. Mearns (1) took 
this bird at San Clemente in late August, 1894, and C. B. Linton (3) found it 
fairly common on the rocks of San Nicolas from March 30 to May 11, 1910. H. 
Wright (2) shot an immature male at Catalina, September 3, 1907, and (4) saw 
one at Pelican Harbor, Santa Cruz Island, July 8, 1912. C. B. Linton (3) noted 
two birds on San Miguel, October 15, 1910. 
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ie Arenaria melanocephala ( Vigors) 
Buack TURNSTONE 
Stripsilas melanocephalus (1) Henshaw, Rep. Wheeler Surv., 1876, p. 270. 
Arenaria melanocephala (2) Blake, Auk, Iv, 1887, p. 329. (3) Streator, Orn. & Ool., x11, 
