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93. Dendroica townsendi (Towns.) 



94. Oporornis tolmiei (Towns.) 



95. Geothlypis trichas oeeidentalis Brewst. 



96. Wilsonia pusilla pileolata (Pall.) 



97. Anthus rubeseens (Tunst.) 



98. Cinclus mexicanus unicolor Bonap. 



99. Thryomanes bewicki ealophonus Oberh. 



100. Troglodytes aedon parkmani And. 



101. Nannns hiemalis pacificus (Baird) 



102. Certhia familiaris oeeidentalis Ridgw. 



103. Sitta canadensis Linn. 



104. Penthestes rufescens rufescens (Towns.) 



105. Regulus satrapa olivaceus Baird 



106. Myadestes townsendi (Aud.) 



li)7. Hylociehla ustulata ustulata (Nutt.) 



108. Hylociehla guttata nanus (Aud.) 



109. Planesticus migratorius caurinus Grinn. 



110. Ixoreus naevius naevius (Gmel.) 



111. Sialia mexicana oeeidentalis Towns. 



GENERAL ACCOUNTS OF THE BIRDS 

 jEchmophorus oeeidentalis (Lawrence) 

 Western Grebe 

 Seen only in the harbor at Beaver Creek wharf (near Parks- 

 ville) on September 28, where they were abundant. 



Podilymbus podiceps (Linnaeus) 

 Pied-billed Grebe 

 Only a single bird secured, at the head of Great Central Lake. 

 August 22 (no. 15553). This bird is in first winter plumage, 

 with the throat and sides of the head and neck variously streaked 

 with dusky markings. Its stomach was filled with a mass of 

 what appeared to be its own feathers. 



Gavia immer (Briinnich) 

 Common Loon 

 Two seen in a little mountain lake on the west slope of Mount 

 Douglas on July 8. Quite common at the head of Tahsis Canal 

 during the last week in July. At Friendly Cove, August 2 to 11. 

 one was seen daily in a little lake in the woods. Every day at 

 precisely the same time it left the lake, circled about once or 

 twice, and then flew out to sea, calling as it went. I watched it 



