42 Bird - Lore 



i; Western Bluebird, 9. Total, 20 species, 129 individuals. (3 English Sparrows were 

 also noted.) Live Oak Belt, 4,500 to 5,000 feet (four miles of rocky, dry stream-bed 

 with liveoaks, junipers, bear-grass, a few cacti and yuccas). — 10 a.m. to 12 m. Clear; 

 wind southwest, light; temp., 52°. Gambel's Partridge, 12; Woodhouse's Jay, 4; Raven, 

 i; Intermediate Junco, 100; Spurred Towhee, i; Canon Towhee, 5; Townsend Soli- 

 taire, i; Western Bluebird, i. Total, 8 species, 125 individuals. Mesquite Belt, 4,500 

 to 4,000 feet (six miles of sandy river-bed with mesquite, many cacti and yuccas). 3 to 

 5 P.M. Clear; wind southwest, light; temp., 60°. Gambel's Partridge, 3; Cooper's (?) 

 Hawk, 2; Western Red-tailed Hawk, 2; Red-shafted Flicker, i; Gilded Flicker, i; 

 Woodhouse's Ja}', 3; Gambel's Sparrow, 4; Desert Sparrow, i; Canon Towhee, i; 

 Arizona Cardinal, i; Palmer's Thrasher, 3; Cactus Wren,2; Baird'^ Wren, i; Lead- 

 colored Bush-Tit, 9. Total, 14 species, 34 individuals. Grand total, 30 species, 291 

 individuals. — W\ Gray Harman. 



Buena Park, Cal. — Dec. 25; 8.50 to 11. 15 a.m. Partly cloudy, had been raining; 

 strong breeze from east; temp., 47°. Florida Gallinule, 5; American Coot, 10; Killdeer, 

 78; Valley Quail, 3; Turkey Vulture, 31; Sharp-shinned Hawk, i; Western Red-tail, 2; 

 Desert Sparrow Hawk, 2; Short-eared Owl, 7; Red-shafted Flicker, 2; Arkansas King- 

 bird, i; Say's Phoebe, 6; Black Phcebe, 9; California Horned Lark, estimated, 275; 

 Crow, very large flock, estimated, 2,000; Red-winged Blackbird (sub-species un- 

 determined) 52; Western Meadowlark, 41; Brewer's Blackbird, 2; House Finch, 133; 

 Willow Goldfinch, 3; Lawrence's Goldfinch, 38; Western Vesper Sparrow, 27; White- 

 crowned Sparrow, 124; San Diego Song Sparrow, 38; California Shrike, 10; Audubon's 

 Warbler, 20; Pacific Yellow-throat, 7; Pipit, 58; Western Mockingbird, i; Tule 

 Wren, 8; Lead-colored Bush-Tit, i. Total, 31 species, 2995 individuals. — John McB. 

 Robertson. 



Marysville, Cal. — Dec. 25; 7.25 a.m. to 12 m. Clear, ground dry; light frost; wind 

 north changing to south, light; temp., 33°. Pied-billed Grebe, i; Farallone Cormorant, i; 

 Mallard, 2; Wood Duck, 2; White-fronted Goose, Canada Goose and Cackling Goose 

 over I, coo; Great Blue Heron, 7; American Coot, 63; Spotted Sandpiper, i; Killdeer, 

 about 155; Valley Partridge, about 30; Mourning Dove, 3; Sharp-shinned Hawk, i- 

 Cooper's Hawk, i; Western Red-tail, i; (also two other large hawks, probably the same); 

 Red-bellied Hawk, 2; Swainson's Hawk, i; Prairie Falcon, 4; Desert Sparrow Hawk, 12; 

 Burrowing Owl, i; Gairdner's Woodpecker, 2; Nuttall's Woodpecker, 9; Red-breasted 

 Sapsucker, i; Calif ornian Woodpecker, 17; Red-shafted Flicker, 55; Say's Phoebe, i; 

 Black Phoebe, 2; Yellow-billed Magpie, 22; California Jay, about 17; Crow, 14; Bi- 

 colored Blackbird, estimated 1,500; Western Meadowlark, at least 1,000; Brewer's Black- 

 bird, 11; California Linnet, 28; Cahfornia Goldfinch, i; Green-backed Goldfinch, 16; 

 Western Lark Sparrow, 4; Gambel Sparrows and Golden-crowned Sparrows were so 

 intermingled and shy that they could not be counted separately, about 134 were seen. 

 Oregon Junco, about 100; Heermann's Song Sparrow, 16; Spurred Towhee, 16; California 

 Towhee, 24; California Shrike, i; Audubon's Warbler, 25; Pipit (estimated) 400; Vigor's 

 Wren, 21; Interior Tule Wren, i; Rubj^-crowned Kinglet, 17; Russet-backed Thrush, i; 

 Western Bluebird, 13. On December 21, a Mountain Bluebird, a rare bird in this vicin- 

 ity, was seen, and on December 23, a Black-chinned Humming-bird was observed. 

 Total, 53 species, 4,666 individuals. — Carl and Julius Mueller. 



Redlands, Cal. — Dec. 26; 7.30 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. Clear; wind moderate, northwest; 

 temp., 36° to 59°. Killdeer, 6; Valley Partridge, 30; Sharp-shinned Hawk, 2; Cooper's 

 Hawk, i; Western Red-tail, 4; Desert Sparrow Hawk, 6; Barn Owl, 2; Red-shafted 

 Flicker, 9; Anna's Hummingbird, 18; Say's Phoebe, 10; Black Phoebe, 4; California Horned 

 Lark, 15; California Jay, 11; Western Meadowlark, 52; Brewer's Blackbird, 250; Cal- 

 ifornia Purple Finch, 8; House Finch, 110; Green-backed Goldfinch, 150; Western Vesper 

 Sparrow, 16; Western Savanna Sparrow, 13; Western Lark Sparrow, 17; Gambel's Spar- 



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