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temp, about 42°. Holboell's Grebe, 4; Pied-billed Grebe, 3; Herring Gull, 7; California 

 Gull, 50; Ring-billed Gull, 4; Hooded Merganser, i; Baldpate, 3; Bufflehead, 15; Shoveler, 

 4; Lesser Scaup, 25; Great Blue Heron, i; Coot, 12; Ring-necked Pheasant, 5; Desert 

 Sparrow Hawk, i ; Belted Kingfisher, 2; Red-shafted Flicker, 2; Steller's Jay, 3; Crow, 15; 

 California Pvirple Finch, 12; Pine Siskin, small flock; White-crowned Sparrow, i; 

 Golden-crowned Sparrow, 3; Oregon Junco, 50; Rusty Song Sparrow, 7; Townsend's 

 Fox Sparrow, i; Oregon Towhee, 9; Oregon Chickadee, 4; Chestnut-backed Chickadee, 

 10; Varied Thrush, 5. Total, 29 species, 250 individuals. — W. A. Eliot, W. S. Raker, 

 Yvonne Jarrett and Mary E. Raker. 



Netarts, Tillamook Co., Ore. — Dec. 25; 8.30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Cold and rainy; wind 

 north; temp. 48° to 50°. Horned Grebe, 6; Loon, 3; Cassin's Auklet, i; Ancient Mur- 

 relet, i; Glaucous- winged Gull, 60; Western Gull, 40; Pacific Kittiwake, i; Brandt's 

 Cormorant, 10; Baird's Cormorant, 2; Scaup Duck, i; Golden-eye, 18; Bufflehead, 10; 

 White- winged Scoter, 25; Coot, 5; Black Oyster-catcher, 2; Western Red-tail, i; Bald 

 Eagle, i; Belted Kingfisher, i; Northwest Flicker, 3; Coast Jay, 2; Raven, i; Pine Siskin 

 75; Junco (Shufeldt's and Oregon), 50; Rusty Song Sparrow, 4; Sooty Fox Sparrow, 6, 

 Oregon Towhee, 2; Western Winter Wren, 2; California Creeper, i; Oregon Chickadee, 4; 

 Coast Wren-tit, 2; Western Golden-crowned Kinglet, 8; Sitka Kinglet, i; Alaska Hermit 

 Thrush, 2; Varied Thrush, 2; Western Bluebird, 4. Total 35 species, 357 individuals. — 

 Alex. Walker. 



Santa Barbara, Calif, (wharf , Estero, foothills, Hope Lake (fresh water), tide fiats at 

 Goleta). — Dec. 24; 6.30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Cloudy with low fog till 3.30 p.m., after that clear; 

 calm; temp. 40° to 60°. Distance of course 30 miles, largely in automobile. Western 

 Grebe, 5; Horned Grebe, i; Eared Grebe, 4; Pied-billed Grebe, 4; Loon, 2; Parasitic 

 Jaeger, i; Glaucous- winged Gull, i; Western Gull, 600; Herring Gull, i; California 

 Gull, 130; Ring-billed Gull, 25; Short-billed Gull, 8; Heermann's Gull, 7; Bonaparte 

 Gull, 50; Royal Tern, 10; Farallone Cormorant, 50; Brandt Cormorant, 12; Baird's 

 Cormorant, 2; California Brown Pelican, 15; Green- winged Teal, i; Cinnamon Teal, 3; 

 Shoveller, 40; Pintail, 50; Canvasback, 150; Lesser Scaup, 50; Bufflehead, 2; White- 

 winged Scoter, 100; Surf Scoter, 75; Ruddy Duck, 50; Great Blue Heron, 5; Anthony's 

 Green Heron, i; Sora Rail, i; American Coot, 215; Wilson's Snipe, 4; Least Sandpiper, 

 10; Sanderling, 25; Western Willet, i; Black-bellied Plover, 2; Killdeer, 5; Snowy 

 Plover, i; Spotted Sandpiper, 2; California Valley Quail, 225; Mourning Dove, 3; 

 Turkey Vulture, 9; Sharp-shinned Hawk, i; Western Red- tail, 2; Duck Hawk, 4; 

 Pigeon Hawk, i; Desert Sparrow Hawk, 8; California Pygmy Owl, i (W. L. D.); King- 

 fisher, 2; Calif ornian Woodpecker, 8; Red-shafted Flicker, 20; Anna's Hummer, 15; 

 Say's Phoebe, 10; Black Phoebe, 14; California Horned Lark, 2; California Jay, 20; 

 San Diego Redwing, 2,400; Western Meadowlark, 3; Brewer's Blackbird, 300; California 

 Purple Finch, i; House Finch, 140; Green-backed Goldfinch, 4; Belding's Sparrow, 5; 

 Gambel's Sparrow, 200; Golden-crowned Sparrow, 10; Large-billed Sparrow, 3; Thurber's 

 Junco, 50; Rufous-crowned Sparrow, 5; San Diego Song Sparrow, 40; Mountain Song 

 Sparrow, 2 (W. L. D.); Lincoln's Sparrow, i; Valdaz's Fox Sparrow, 12; San Diego Tow- 

 hee, 12; California Towhee, 20; California Shrike, 12; Dusky Warbler, 6; Townsend's 

 Warbler, 3; Audubon Warbler, 200; Pacific Yellow-throat, 5; Pipit, 20; Western Mock- 

 ingbird, 4; California Thrasher, 2; Dotted Canon Wren, i; Western Bewick's Wren, 4; 

 Western House Wren, 3; Tule Wren, 3; Sierra Creeper, i (H. E. P.); Plain Titmouse, 

 8; Pallid Wren-tit, 2; California Bush-tit, 12; Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 40; Western 

 Gnatcatcher, 4; Hermit Thrush, 12; Western Bluebird, 6. Total, 96 species, 5,596 indi- 

 viduals. Three Egrets were seen daily from Dec. i to Dec. 15. — H. C. Henderson, H. 

 E. Parmenter and Vv'm. L. Dawson. 



