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THE OOLOGIST 



the territory from San Pedro proper, 

 west along the coast from Point Fer- 

 min to Point Vincentee and seaward 

 ten miles. From March 10th to May 

 15th, we journeyed inland visiting 

 "Nigger Sloughs", thence east to the 

 "Dominguez Rancho" via the "Doniin- 

 guez Water-way" to the "Dominguez 

 Sloughs", southeast of the rancho. 

 The Rancho lies about ten miles 

 northeast of San Pedro and "Nigger 

 Sloughs" is four miles north of Wil- 

 mington. Wilmington is two miles 

 east of San Pedro. Throughout the 

 entire year, the bird life in the "Sig- 

 nal Hill" district, two miles northeast 

 of Long Beach, Long Beach is seven 

 miles east of San Pedro, has received 

 careful attention and a complete sys- 

 tematic survey has been made of this 

 district in view of the fact that Profes- 

 sor Welch and the writer are residents 

 of the city of Long Beach. 



During the nesting season of 1914, 

 we returned to the same field to study 

 the nesting habits of the birds. Our 

 observations during the nesting sea- 

 son of the year 1913 was largely 

 from an economic standpoint and to 

 make a census of the bird life in this 

 territory. More complete and syste- 

 matic notes are being taken through- 

 out this year and thus far, we have se- 

 cured some very interesting notes 

 from our field observations. The re- 

 sults of our work we are not prepared 

 to publish as yet, but expect to have 

 them ready sometime in the near fu- 

 ture. 



We were royally entertained at the 

 various gun clubs and in fact, wher- 

 ever we have been carrying on our or- 

 nithological survey, the public have 

 treated us with the kindest respect. 



Throughout the year, the writer has 

 lectured before clubs and schools in 

 various counties in Southern Califor- 

 nia on the Nesting Habits of the Birds. 

 The object of my lecturing was to 



awaken in the minds of the people to 

 whom I was previleged to address, a 

 deeper interest in the study of the 

 feathered songsters and to plea for 

 those creatures who can not plea for 

 themselves. Last month, the writer 

 was privileged to address the Parent- 

 Teachers Association of Whittier. The 

 lecture was given out of doors in the 

 Central Park. It was a pleasing sight 

 to witness 1,500 school children stand- 

 ing erect with their right hand raised 

 and in one accord exclaim, "We will 

 promise so to do." At the close of my 

 lecture, I had them pledge allegiance 

 to the birds, to do all in their power 

 to attract them to their city and to 

 protect them from harm and from un- 

 timely death. 



Most of our observations were made 

 on foot, although automobiles often 

 conveyed us to the desired locality. 

 Our observation of the bird life at sea 

 and along the coast was accomplish- 

 ed by the use of several steam laun- 

 ches from San Pedro. There is one 

 little boat, the "Anton Dorhn", a thir- 

 ty-five foot launch, the property of the 

 Venice Marine Biological Station of 

 the University of Southern California, 

 which we were privileged to use on 

 several occasions. 



We have almost finished our survey 

 of the San Pedro Harbor territory 

 and next year, we expect to devote a 

 large part of our time in the San Ga- 

 briel Mountains in Southern California 

 studying the hawks and owls inhabit- 

 ing the Mt. Lowe to Mt. San Bernar- 

 dino via the West Ford Range to 

 Cliristal Lake and Mt. Wilson district. 



A Day With the Birds at Weeping 

 Water, Nebraska. 

 On Saturday, May 30, 1914, I ac- 

 companied the annual foray of the 

 Botanical Seminar of the University 

 of Nebraska for a day's outing in the 

 neighborhood of Weeping Water. This 



