224 University of California Publications in Zoology [Vol. 10 



GENERAL ACCOUNTS OP THE BIRDS 



Colymbus nigricollis calif ornicus (Heermann) 

 Eared Grebe 

 One seen at Hemet Lake. August 8; apparently still in the 

 breeding plumage. 



Podilymbus podiceps (Linnaeus) 

 Pied-billed Grebe 

 Seen only at Hemet Lake, where several were observed on 

 August 10. 



Phalacrocorax auritus albociliatus Ridgway 

 Farallon Cormorant 

 At Cabezon, May 11, a Hock of about fifty was seen Hying 

 westward through San Gorgonio Pass. At Banning. June 8, one 

 was taken on a reservoir near the town, a male in the brown, 

 presumably immature, plumage (no. 2054). Observed elsewhere 

 only at Hemet Lake, where a single bird was seen August 9. 



Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus 

 Mallard 

 Seen only at Hemet Lake, where on August 10 a flock of five, 

 and on August 21 several flocks of ten or twelve were rioted. 



Dafila acuta ( Linnaeus) 

 Pintail 

 Migrating pintails appeared at Hemet Lake in August, a 

 flock of six being noted on the 8th. and several Larger flocks on 

 the 21st. 



Querquedula cyanoptera (Vieillot) 



Cinnamon Teal 

 Observed at Hemet Lake in August, flocks being noted on 

 the 8th, 10th, and 21st. 



