44 Bird - Lore 



Laura Kent; George W. Parker; Miss Susan Weed; Mrs. Eleanor DeLong 

 and Leroy DeLong; Mrs. Nellie Timmerman and Mrs. C. N. Compton; D. E. 

 Brown, T. D. Burleigh and A. D. McGrew. 



Portland, Ore. — Dec. 24; 9 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. Rain; ground bare except for occasional 

 spots of melting snow in drifts; temp. 54°. Holboell's Grebe, i; Pied-billed Grebe, 2; 

 Glaucous- winged Gull, 200; Mallard, 5; Baldpate, 40; Blue- winged Teal, i; Pintail, 15; 

 Lesser Scaup Duck, 25; Bufflehead, 10; Coot, 30; Ring-necked Pheasant, 3; Cooper's 

 Hawk, i; Short-eared Owl, i; Belted Kingfisher, i; Red-shafted Flicker, 2; Steller's 

 Jay, 3; California Purple Finch, 12; English Sparrow, 4; Golden-crowned Sparrow, i; 

 Oregon Junco, 50; Rusty Song Sparrow, 8; Oregon Towhee, 3; Bohemian Waxwing, 4; 

 Cedar Waxwing, 24; Audubon's Warbler, i; Western Winter Wren, i; Tule Wren, 2; 

 California Creeper, 2 ; Red-breasted Nuthatch, i ; Oregon Chickadee, 2 1 ; Chestnut-backed 

 Chickadee, 7; Bush Titmouse, 10; Golden-crowned Kinglet, 5; Western Robin, i; 

 Varied Thrush, i; Western Bluebird, 2. Total, 37 species, 508 individuals. — Mary E. 

 Raker. 



Los Angeles, Calif, (to Brush Canyon, Griffith Park, Silver Lake, and back). — Dec. 2 2 ; 

 7.30 A.M. to 5.30 P.M. Clear; ground bare; wind light; temp. 48° at start, 52° at return. 

 Nine miles on foot. Observers together. Western Grebe, 5; California Gull, 2; Duck 

 (unidentified), 19; American Coot, 250; Spotted Sandpiper, 2; Killdeer, 35; Valley Quail, 

 (heard); Sharp-shinned Hawk, 2; Road-runner, i; Nuttall Woodpecker, 4; Red-shafted 

 Flicker, 44; Hummingbird (unidentified), 2; Black Phoebe, 2; Steller Jay, i; California 

 Jay, 2; Red-winged Blackbird (sub. sp. ?), 7; Western Meadowlark, 13; Brewer Black- 

 bird, 175; House Finch, 28; Green-backed Goldfinch, 22; Western Lark Sparrow, i; 

 Gambel Sparrow, 11; Sage Sparrow (?), 4; Song Sparrow, 5; Shumagin (?) Fox Spar- 

 row, 2; Spurred Towhee, 2; California Towhee, 7; California Shrike, 4; Audubon War- 

 bler, 13; Pacific Yellow- throat, 3; Western Mockingbird, 11; California Thrasher, 2; 

 Wren (unidentified), i; Plain Titmouse, i; Wren- tit, 2; Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 4; 

 Western Gnatcatcher, i; Hermit Thrush, 6; Western Robin, 25. Total, 39 species, 690 

 individuals. On Dec. 21 we saw and identified for certain, a Sandhill Crane, about 25 

 miles northeast of here. — Edward Peterson, Richard Starr. 



Santa Barbara, Calif. — Dec. 24; 5.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m. Clear, except low fog on ocean 

 which greatly hindered sea work; temp. 42° at alt. 300 feet, 54° at alt. 700 ft. Territory 

 covered 8 miles across, 44 miles by auto, 6 miles on foot. All observers in one party. 

 Western Grebe, 2; Eared Grebe, i; Pied-billed Grebe, i; Red-throated Loon, 2; Ancient 

 Murrelet, i; Glaucous-winged Gull, 6; Western Gull, 200; California Gull, 500; Ring- 

 billed Gull, 50; Heermann Gull, 10; Bonaparte's Gull, 200; Royal Tern, 11; Farallone 

 Cormorant, 500; Brandt's Cormorant, 400; Baird's Cormorant, 10; California Brown 

 Pelican, 2; Mallard, 16; Gadwall, i; Baldpate, 20; Green- winged Teal, 20; Cinnamon 

 Teal, i; Shoveller, 1,500; Pintail, 500; Canvasback, 300; Lesser Scaup Duck, 50; White- 

 winged Scoter, 4; Surf Scoter, 40; Ruddy Duck, 300; Whistling Swan, 44; Great Blue 

 Heron, 4; Egret, i; Coot, 400; Least Sandpiper, 200; Sanderling, 500; Spotted Sand- 

 piper, i; Black-bellied Plover, 150; Killdeer, 10; Snowy Plover, 30; Valley Quail, 12; 

 Mourning Dove, 3; Turkey Vulture, i; Marsh Hawk, i; Sharp-shinned Hawk, 2; 

 Western Red-tail, 2; Red-bellied Hawk, 2; Bald Eagle, i ; Duck Hawk, 2; Sparrow Hawk, 

 6; Barn Owl, 4; Short-eared Owl, i; California Screech Owl, 2; Pacific Horned Owl, i; 

 Road-runner, i; Belted Kingfisher, i; Nuttall's Woodpecker, i; Red-breasted Sap- 

 sucker, 2; California Woodpecker, 30; Red-shafted Flicker, 60; Anna's Hummingbird, 8; 

 Say's Phoebe, 4; Black Phoebe, 6; California Horned Lark, i; California Jay, 16; San 

 Diego Redwing, 400; Western Meadowlark, 80; Brewer's Blackbird, 300; California 

 Purple Finch, 20; House Finch, 700; Willow Goldfinch, 2; Green-backed Goldfinch, 40; 

 Pine Siskin, 30; Western Savannah Sparrow, 40; Bryant's Sparrow, 4; Belding's Spar- 

 row, 30; Large-billed Sparrow, 2; Western Lark Sparrow, 10; Gambel's Sparrow, 1,200; 



