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Merganser serrator. Red-breasted Merganser. — Four 

 individuals were met with — the last one May 25. 



In a female, April 3, the white of the chin and throat is 

 mottled with brownish black, the black prevailing over the 

 white on the lower throat. A brownish black patch sur- 

 rounds each eye. 



Histrionicus histrionicus. Harlequin Duck. — A fe- 

 male, with bleached wing and tail feathers, was shot 

 May 25. 



Oidemia deglandi. White-winged Scoter, — Four were 

 seen on the 5th of May and six on the loth. All were fly- 

 ing up the coast. 



Oidemia perspicillata. Surf Scoter. — At intervals, up 

 to the 24th of May, loiterers were quite common off the 

 sandy beach above the Monterey wharf. One was seen as 

 late as June 12. 



Ardea herodias. Great Blue Heron. — May 31 being 

 too windy for a trip upon the bay, I visited the Monterey 

 lagoon, finding, besides a few other water birds, a Great 

 Blue Heron. 



Nycticorax nycticorax. Night Heron. — On the day of 

 my visit to the lagoon, a little company of these Herons 

 occupied the live-oaks overhanging the water. 



Fulica americana. American Coot. — About a dozen 

 Mud-hens were also at the lagoon on May 31. A male and 

 three females were taken, and were in worn and faded 

 plumage. They appeared to be sickly birds. 



Phalaropus lobatus. Northern Phalarope. — Not 

 many were noticed during the first ten days of my stay, but 

 on May 11 there was an influx, and for four days they were 

 abundant. During the forenoon of the 14th, several great 

 flocks were assembled with Bonaparte's Gulls on the ocean 

 near Point Pinos. They were apparently feeding on tuni- 

 cates, which abounded in an ' oil-slick.' There were adults 



