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78; Western Mockingbird, 10; Pasadena Thrasher, 3; Western House Wren, 2; Western 

 Robin, 375 ; Western Bluebird, 150. Total, 40 species, 1,700 individuals. — Fred Gallup. 



San Francisco, Cal. (Golden Gate Park and Lake Merced). — Dec. 25; 8 a.m. to 

 5 :3o P.M. Clear; light west wind; temp. 40° to 50°. Observers together. Western Grebe, 

 8; Eared Grebe, 50; Pied-billed Grebe, 20; Common Loon, i; California Murre, i; 

 Glaucous-winged Gull, 3; Western Gull, 150; Herring Gull, 105; Mallard, 310; Bald- 

 pate, 73; Green-winged Teal, 130; Shoveler, 220; Canvasback, 1,580; Lesser Scaup, 128; 

 Buflaehead, 12; White- winged Scoter, 35; Surf Scoter, i; Ruddy Duck, 485; Great Blue 

 Heron, 3; Coot, 1,735; Killdeer, 130; Snowy Plover, 24; California Quail, 60; Sharp- 

 shinned Hawk, i; Cooper's Hawk, 2; Western Goshawk, i; Western Red-tailed Hawk, 3; 

 Northern Pigeon Hawk, i; Sparrow Hawk, 2; Western Kingfisher, i; Red-shafted 

 Flicker, 10; Anna's Hummingbird, 15; Black Phoebe, 8; California Horned Lark, 12; 

 California Jay, 2; Bicolored Blackbird, 320; Western Meadowlark, 160; Brewer's Black- 

 bird, 20; California Purple Finch, i; Green-backed Goldfinch, i; House Finch, 170; 

 Bryant's Marsh Sparrow, 18; Gambel's and Nuttall's Sparrows, 1,500; Golden-crowned 

 Sparrow, 7; Sierra Junco, 25; Santa Cruz Song Sparrow, 125; Yakutat Fox Sparrow, 3; 

 San Francisco Towhee, 2; California Shrike, 5; Hutton's Vireo, i; Audubon's Warbler, 

 850; Townsend's Warbler, 5; Salt Marsh Yellowthroat, 5; American Pipit, 176; Vigors's 

 Wren, 4; Red-breasted Nuthatch, 2; Santa Cruz Chickadee, 25; Coast Bush-Tit, 50; 

 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 12; Sitkan Kinglet, 4; Dwarf Hermit Thrush, 30; Western 

 Robin, 126; Varied Thrush, 8; Pale Varied Thrush, i. Total, 65 species, 8,979 i^idi- 

 viduals. On Dec. 23 and 24, the following also: Bonaparte's Gull, 3; Red-breasted 

 Merganser, i; Pintail, 2; Virginia Rail, i; Red-backed Sandpiper, 40; Western Sand- 

 piper, i; Say's Phoebe, 2; Golden-crowned Kinglet, 2. Grand total for 3 days, 73 species. 

 — Harold E. Hansen, Walter A. Squires, C. R. Thomas and Jesse Klapp. 



Los Angeles, Cal. (Los Angeles Harbor, San Fernando Valley, Benedict Canyon, 

 Eagle Rock Valley, Silver Lake, Nigger Slough, Sunset Beach, Eaton Canyon, HoUen- 

 beck Park). — Dec. 27; 6:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Cloudy after 10 a.m., misty in p.m.; wind 

 northeast, light; temp. 28° to 68°. Observers in six parties as indicated, each covering 

 different territory. Western Grebe, 4; Eared Grebe, 8; Pied-billed Grebe, 10; Red- 

 throated Loon, i; Glaucous-winged Gull, 6; Western Gull, 280; California Gull, 34; 

 Ring-billed Gull, 40; Short-billed Gull, 3; Forster's Tern, 5; Farallon Cormorant, 4; 

 Baird's Cormorant, 9; California Pelican, 21; Mallard, i; Baldpate, 7; Cinnamon Teal, 

 4; Shoveler, i; Pintail, 5; Redhead, 2; Canvasback, 212; Scaup, i; White- winged 

 Scoter, i; Ruddy Duck, 21; Great Blue Heron, 13; American Egret, 11; Black-crowned 

 Night Heron, 4; Sora, i; Coot, 122; Northern Phalarope, 4; Wilson's Snipe, 17; Least 

 Sandpiper, 12; Red-backed Sandpiper, 19; Western Sandpiper, 41; Sanderling, 34; 

 Greater Yellowlegs, i; Hudsonian Curlew, 13; Black-bellied Plover, 3; Killdeer, 53; 

 Snowy Plover, 13; Valley Quail, 100; Mourning Dove, 21; Turkey Vulture, 14; Marsh 

 Hawk, 2; Western Red-tailed Hawk, 2; Bald Eagle, i; Desert Sparrow Hawk, 18; 

 Barn Owl, i; Burrowing Owl, 8; Roadrunner, 3; Kingfisher, i; Willow Woodpecker, i; 

 Nuttall's Woodpecker, 2; Red-naped Sapsucker, i; California Woodpecker, 7; Red- 

 shafted Flicker, 40; Anna's Hummingbird, 28; Cassin's Kingbird, 11; Say's Phoebe, 12; 

 Black Phoebe, 39; California Horned Lark, 400; California Jay, 28; Western Crow, 8; 

 San Diego Redwing, 1,125; Western Meadowlark, 194; Arizona Hooded Oriole, i (stray, 

 living in a private yard); Brewer's Blackbird, 1,161; House Finch, 871; Willow Gold- 

 finch, 200; Green-backed Goldfinch, 2,700; Western Savannah Sparrow, 9; Large-billed 

 Sparrow, 70; Belding's Sparrow, 119; Gambel's Sparrow, 391; Golden-crowned Sparrow, 

 29; Thurber's Junco, 677; Rufous-crowned Sparrow, i; San Diego Song Sparrow, 78 

 Thick-billed Fox Sparrow, 5; Towhee (P. maculatus subsp.), 15; Anthony's Towhee, 87 

 Tree Swallow, 3; California Shrike, 33; Hutton's Vireo, 5; Audubon's Warbler, 1,306 

 Townsend's Warbler, i; Pacific Yellowthroat, 9; Pipit, 136; Dipper, 2; Western Mock 



