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Pintail, 2; Canvasback, 20; Lesser Scaup, 75; American Goldeneye, i; Bufflehead, 6; 

 Whistling Swan, 2; Great Blue Heron, 9; Black-crowned Night Heron, i; Sora, i; Coot, 

 800; Killdeer, 185; California Quail, 337; Cooper's Hawk, i; Western Goshawk, 3; 

 Western Red-tailed Hawk, i; Ferruginous Rough-legged Hawk, 2; Desert Sparrow 

 Hawk, 3; Western Belted Kingfisher, i; Red-shafted Flicker, 6; Anna's Hummingbird, 

 22; Black Phoebe, 5; California Jay, i; Bi-colored Blackbird, 463; Brewer's Blackbird, 

 18; Western Meadowlark, 35; Western Purple Finch, i; California Linnet, 2; Green- 

 backed Goldfinch, i; Bryant's Marsh Sparrow, 2; Gambel's Sparrow, 1,200; Nuttall's 

 Sparrow, 1,200; Santa Cruz Song Sparrow, 100; Golden-crowned Sparrow, 12; Sierra 

 Junco, 55; Lincoln's Sparrow, i; Yakutat Fox Sparrow, 4; San Francisco Towhee, 5; 

 California Shrike, i; Hutton's Vireo, 2; Audubon's Warbler, 475; Salt Marsh Yellow- 

 throat, 6; Pipit, 70; Vigors's Wren, 5; Western Winter Wren, 2; Tule Wren, i; Santa 

 Cruz Chickadee, 16; Coast Bush-tit, 49; Ruby-crowned Kinglet, i; Dwarf Hermit 

 Thrush, 7; Western Robin, 2. Total, 67 species, 9,868 individuals. On December 24, 

 the following, also, in the near vicinity: American Bittern, i; Western Sandpiper, 

 (flock); Least Sandpiper; Hudsonian Curlew, 1; Western Mourning Dove; Marsh 

 Hawk; California Woodpecker; Western Crow; Western Bluebird. Grand total, 76 

 species, for two days. — -W. A. Squires, C. R. Thomas, and Harold E. Hansen. 



Santa Barbara, Calif. (Mission Canyon, Steams Wharf, Laguna Blanca, west to La 

 Patera — 12 miles over all). — Dec. 26; 6 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. Partially overcast to clear; 

 light rain the preceding evening; temp. 51° at 6 A. M. Forty miles by automobile and on 

 foot. Observers together. Western Grebe, 7; Horned Grebe, 1; Eared Grebe, 20; Pied- 

 billed Grebe, 7; Glaucous- winged Gull, 3; Western Gull, 600; California Gull, 250 

 Ring-billed Gull, 150; Heermann's Gull, 40; Bonaparte's Gull, 60; Royal Tern, 6 

 Farallon Cormorant, 2,500; Brandt's Cormorant, 500; California Brown Pelican, 60 

 Mallard, 3; Baldpate, 60; Green-winged Teal, 40; Cinnamon Teal, 3; Shoveler, 1,000 

 Pintail, 2,000; Canvasback, 90; Lesser Scaup, 300; White-winged Scoter, 300; Surf 

 Scoter, 40; Ruddy Duck, 400; Bittern, i; Great Blue Heron, 6; Sora, i; California Black 

 Rail, i; Coot, 1,000; Least Sandpiper, 200; Red-backed Sandpiper, 3; Western Sandpiper, 

 100; Sanderling, 250; Spotted Sandpiper, 3; Black-bellied Plover, 50; Killdeer, 40; 

 Snowy Plover, 4; Valley Quail, 10; Mourning Dove, 2; Turkey Vulture, 7; White-tailed 

 Kite, i; Marsh Hawk, i; Western Redtail, 4; Golden Eagle, i; Duck Hawk, 3; Sparrow 

 Hawk, 8; Barn Owl, i; Burrowing Owl, 2; Belted Kingfisher, i; Nuttall's Woodpecker, i; 

 California Woodpecker, 14; Red-shafted Flicker, 20; Anna's Hummingbird, 10; Say's 

 Phoebe, 8; Black Phoebe, 6; California Horned Lark, 200; California Jay, 6; San Diego 

 Redwing, 700; Western Meadowlark, 200; Brewer's Blackbird, 400; House Finch, 200; 

 Willow Goldfinch, 2; Green-backed Goldfinch, 2; Western Savannah Sparrow, 200; 

 Belding's Marsh Sparrow, 20; Large-billed Marsh Sparrow, 5; Western Lark Sparrow, 5; 

 Gambel's Sparrow, 800; Golden-crowned Sparrow, 40; Sierra Junco, 10; San Diego 

 Song Sparrow, 20; Spurred Towhee, i; Anthony's Towhee, 6; Tree Swallow, 5; California 

 Shrike, 14; Hutton's Vireo, i; Dusky Warbler, i; Audubon's Warbler, 500; Tule Yellow- 

 throat, 20; Pipit, 400; Western Mockingbird, 2; Western House Wren, i; Tule Wren, 6; 

 Plain Titmouse, 4; Bush-tit, 40; Pallid Wren-tit, 3; Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 8; Western 

 Gnatcatcher, 2; Dwarf Hermit Thrush, 6; Western Robin, i; Western Bluebird, 8. 

 Total, 92 species, about 14,000 individuals. The California Black Rail, the first I have 

 ever seen at Santa Barbara, was flushed at close range in the Estero, within the city 

 limits. On the 24th: Pacific Loon; Parasitic Jaeger; Herring Gull; Baird's Cormorant; 

 Old-squaw (a female narrowly scrutinized); Wilson's Snipe; Cooper's Hawk; Red-bellied 

 Hawk; Pigeon Hawk, California Screech Owl; and Auburn Canon Wren. For two days, 

 103 species. This small list is due in part to an unusually dry season, in part to the recent 

 destruction (by fire) of much of the neighboring chaparral, but most of all to the absence 

 of preliminary scouting trips. — Giles E. Dawson and William Leon Dawson. 



