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lew), one seen; Plegadis (?) (A black Ibis), one seen; Fulica americana (American Coot), two seen 

 feeding under banks on the edge of the lagoon. Several hundred ducks were seen, the majority 

 being of the following species: Dafila acuta (Pintail); Mareca Americatia (Bald pate); Querquedula 

 discors (Blue-winged Teal); Spatula clypeaia (Shoveller); and a single Fuligula vallisneria (Can- 

 vasback). Tho several flocks flew quite near me in circling about the lagoon the only one shot 

 was a Shoveller and this one was only winged and was not secured. Sula variegata — Amongst 

 the thousands of Blue-faced Boobies, two of this species were seen and one of them, a female, 

 shot. The other seemed to be paired with a Blue-faced Booby. 



On Cocos Island, January 26, 1902: ^Fgialitis semipalmata (Semipalmated Plover), four 

 s&tn; Strepsilas inierpres {ynrnston&), s\^se.&n\ Butorides virescens (Green Heron), one shot; 

 Nydanassa violacea (Yellow-crowned Night Heron), two seen; Querquedula discors (Blue-wing 

 Teal), one shot, two more seen; Sula variegata (Variegated booby), two seen; Falco peregrinus 

 (Duck Hawk), one seen. — R. H. Beck, RIonterey .California. 



The Mew Gull in Southern California.— On the 14th of April, 1907, I secured a 

 female specimen of Larus canus on Alamitos Bay, Los Angeles County, California. 



The gull was resting on the mud flat exposed by low tide; it was standing alone, about fifteen 

 feet from a large flock of American Herring and Western Gulls and was quite easily appoached 

 by boat, altho the Herring and Western Gulls were noisily leaving the vicinity. 



This is the only individual of this species that I have seen this season, altho I have spent 

 almost the entire time on the Los Angeles County coast and adjacent islands, since January ist. — 

 C. B. Linton, Long Beach, California. 



Magnolia Warbler in Oregon. — Mr. William Warner of Salem, Oregon, says that in 

 January one of his friends brought in a Magnolia Warbler {Dendroica maculosa) which was 

 picked up dead in his front yard. He thought the bird had killed itself by flying against the 

 window. The person who found the bird reported seeing a small band of these Warblers about 

 the locality. I do not know of any other record of this bird in Oregon. — W. L. FinIvEy, Port- 

 land, Oregon. 



The Horned Grebe in Southern California. — On the morning of November 4, 1906, 

 while rowing in San Diego Bay, near the Hotel Del Coronado, I heard a shot from a yacht nearby 

 and noticed the yachtsmen put about and pick np a bird from the water, glance at it and throw it 

 back. 



I was immediately^upon the scene and gathered in the specimen which proved to be a beau- 

 tiful adult female Horned Grebe {Colymbus auriius). 



There were several hundred American Kared Grebes in the bay, but I observed no other 

 C. rtwrzVw^ during my four months stay in this locality. I have since taken a juvenile female 

 C. auritus in Alamitos Bay, Los Angeles County, January 14, 1907. — C. B. Linton, Long Beach, 

 California. 



A New Record for Colorado. — In "May or June, 1900", Mr. B. G. Voigt (deceased) shot 

 a Prothonotary Warbler {Protonotaria cilrea) between Palmer Lake and Monument, Colorado. 

 In "May 1902", he shot two more specimens of the same species on the Arkansas River about 2 

 miles east of Pueblo, Colorado. I examined and identified these birds and while doing so was 

 struck with the paleness of the bill, corresponding to the fall and winter plumage of this species. 

 I thereupon sent one of the birds to Mr. Robert Ridgway, who writes that there is in the National 

 Museum collections a specimen in this plumage which was taken as early as July 28, and who 

 thinks that the dates, "May" and "June", as given to me, are certainly erroneous. I cannot 

 vouch for these dates, nor is it possible now to confirm the note which Mr. Voigt gave me. This 

 establishes another new species for Colorado. — A. H. Fei^GER, Denver, Colorado. 



Mexican Black Hawk in California — On the 26th of November, 1906, I secure ad 

 male Urubitinga authracina within the city limits of National City, San Diego County, Califor- 

 nia. The hawk was making a second attempt to capture a tame duck on the shore of a pond 

 about twenty-five yards from the Wallace racing stables of this city, and was shot by one of the 

 stable hands, I being present at the time. 



This is the third of this species killed in this locality during 1905-06. — C, B. Linton, Loftg 

 Beach, California. 



