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necessarily estimated. Western Grebe, ii; Horned Grebe, i; American Eared Grebe, 6; 

 Pied-billed Grebe, i; California Brown Pelican, lo; Farallon Cormorant, 300; Brandt 

 Cormorant, 100; Great Blue Heron, 4; Green-winged Teal, 40; Cinnamon Teal, 5; 

 Shoveller, 1,200; Pintail, 700; Canvasback, 200; Lesser Scaup, 100; Bufflehead, 

 3; White-winged Scoter, 200; Surf Scoter, 75; Ruddy Duck, 150; Turkey Vulture, 

 3; Prairie Falcon, i; American Sparrow Hawk, 25; Sharp-shinned Hawk, i; Cooper's 

 Hawk, 2; Western Red-tailed Hawk, 4; Red-bellied Hawk, 2; Valley Quail, 10; Coot, 

 200; Least Sandpiper, 20; Red-backed Sandpiper, 5; Sanderling, 150; Black-bellied 

 Plover, 30; Killdeer, 75; Snowy Plover, 20; Glaucous- winged Gull, 10; Western Gull, 

 300; California Gull, 40; Ring-biUed Gull,' 40; Short-billed Gull, 20; Heermann Gull, 

 10; Bonaparte Gull, 500; Royal Tern, 4; Belted Kingfisher, 3; Barn Owl, 2; Short- 

 eared Owl, 2; California Screech Owl, i; Burrowing Owl, i; Anna Hummingbird, 6; 

 White-throated Swift, 60; California Woodpecker, 20; Red-shafted Flicker, 200; Black 

 Phoebe, 7; Say Phoebe, 12; California Horned Lark, 30; American Pipit, 140; Dwarf 

 Hermit Thrush, 10; Western Robin, 4; Western Bluebird, 6; Pasadena Thrasher, i; 

 Western Mockingbird, 5; Tule Wren, 6; Western House Wren, 2; Pallid Wren-tit, 20; 

 Ashy Kinglet, 150; Western Gnatcatcher, 2; Tree Swallow, 15; California Shrike, 

 20; Hutton Vireo, i; Plain Titmouse, 12; California Bush-Tit, 40; California Jay, 

 20; Dusky Warbler, 2; Audubon's Warbler, 300; Tule Yellowthroat, 4; Brewer's 

 Blackbird, 400; San Diego Redwing, 500; Western Meadowlark, 250; Willow Goldfinch, 

 20; Green-backed Goldfinch, 200; California Purple Finch, 2; California Linnet, 200; 

 Western Lark Sparrow, 60; Western Savannah Sparrow, 3; Bryant Marsh Sparrow, i; 

 Belding Marsh Sparrow, 2; Large-billed Marsh Sparrow, 10; Sierra Junco, 20; Golden- 

 crowned Sparrow, 6; Intermediate Sparrow, 400; Nuttall Sparrow, 15; San Diego Song 

 Sparrow, 8; Rocky Mountain (?) Song Sparrow, 20; Lincoln Sparrow, 2; Valdez Fox 

 Sparrow, 3; Spurred Towhee, 7; Anthony Brown Towhee, 20. Total, 95 species, 

 7,831 individuals. — William Leon Dawson and William Oberlin Dawson. 



Vallejo, Cal. (Mare Island Navy Yard). — Dec. 25 ; i to 4.30 p.m. Clear; ground bare; 

 wind southwest, light; temp. 58°. Western Gull, 88; Desert Sparrow Hawk, i; Short- 

 eared Owl, 2; Red-shafted Flicker, 2; California Horned Lark, 22; California Jay, 2; 

 Western Meadowlark, 25; Brewer's Blackbird, 2; House Finch, 2; Bryant's Marsh 

 Sparrow, 3; Intermediate Sparrow, 5; Oregon Junco, 5; California Shrike, i; Audubon's 

 Warbler, i. Total, 14 species, 161 individuals. — F. M. Bennett. 



Santa Barbara, Isle of Pines, Cuba. — Dec. 4. Cool; wind northeast, strong. Great 

 Blue Heron ' ^rJgg herodias), i; Louisiana Jl&xon\Hjydranassa trico^), i; Cuban Green 

 Heron ^uiorides hrunnescens), 3; Black-crowned Night H&TOTi.\Nycticorax nycticorax 

 navius), i; Least 'Eittefa.Xlxohrychus exilis), i;'Cuban Bob-white {Colinus cuhanensis), 

 12; 'El bobo' Vigeon {Colunib a inornata),^; Cuban Mourning DoveXZenaidura macroura 

 macroura), 24; Cuban Ground Dove {Chamepelia passerina aflavida), 150; Southern 

 Turkey Ynltuv e'XCO'thartes aura aura), 20; Cuban Sparrow Hawk ^alco sparver aides), 

 10; Cuban Owl {Gymnasia lawrencei?), 1; Cuban Pigmy Owl '\Glaucidium siju), 3; 

 Cuban Parrot {Amazona leucacephala), 25; Ani'XCroiaphaga ani), 18; Isle of Pines Lizard 

 Cuckoo {Saurathera merlini decalar) , 4; Isle of Pines Trogon {Friotelus temnurus vescus)^ 

 2; Cuban Tody (Tadus multicolor), 5; Cuban Kingbird Xjjyi^V:'"'^^ cubensis), 4; Cuban 

 Crested Flycatcher \Myiarchus sagrcs.), 11; Cuban Vtwte^Blacicus caribcBus), 15; Cuban 

 Meadowlark (Sturnella hippocrepis), 6; Cuban Oriole (Icterus hy Pamelas), 20; Cuban 

 Grackle XHolapiiiscalus gundlachi), 75; Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum 

 australis), i; Melodious Grassquit ^r^'arw canora), i; Yellow-faced Grassquit ^ifl^j^ 

 olivacea olivacea) , 30; Mangrove Warbler {Dendroica petechia gundlachi), 2; Yellow Palm 

 Warbler (Dendraica palmarum hypochrysea), 95; Florida Yellowthroat \Geothlypis 

 trichas ignota) , 2,', Red-legged Thrush ^(MiwocicA/o rubripes rubripes), 2. Total, 31 spe- 

 cies, 551 individuals. — A. C. Read. 



