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Field Notes From Central California.— Passerel/a iliaca i/jaca—One of these rare 

 Eastern visitauts was taken by the writer on the Big Sur River in Monterey County, California, 

 on December 27, 1903. The specimen was shot accidentally while collecting some of the com- 

 mon Yakutat Fox Sparrows. The specimen is a full grown male in fine plumage and identical 

 with a series of typical eastern birds which were in the California Academy of Science collection. 

 The bird was identified by Mr. L. M. Loomis. 



Troglodytes aedon parkmani.—K female specimen of the Parkman Wren was taken at 

 Sur, Monterey County, California, on December 21, 1903. This bird is a common summer resi- 

 dent here but winters in the warm San Diegan district and this specimen was left behind for some 

 unknown cause. The specimen is a female of the year, probably, and in rather poor plumage. The 

 exceptionally warm winter may have had something to do with the lagging behind of this bird. 



Zonotrichia albicollis. — I have to record an additional specimen to the list of winter visit 

 records by this bird. A male bird was shot from a flock of Intermediate Sparrows at Petaluma, 

 Sonoma County, on March 16, 1903. This specimen is in typical spring plumage; the brown 

 stripes on the head being half moulting to white and black of the adult ])ird, while the ashy 

 throat patch is about half white. This identification was confirmed by Mr. D- M. Loomis at the 

 California Academy of Sciences. — J. R. Vz'hi^-EK^o^, Stanford University, California. 



Dafila acuta Breeding at Buena Vista I^ake, Kern Co., California.— During late 

 May and early June, 1907, I examined two nests of Dafila acuta, each containing six eggs, at 

 Buena Vista Lake. I also noted several females with broods of young just out of the nest. One 

 set of six eggs, which for some reason had been deserted by the bird, I hatched under a hen at 

 the dredger camp. The hen refused to accept the guardianship and several of the youngsters 

 died. These I "made up" and are now in my collection. 



There is no doubt of the authenticity of these records as communication with the Editor of 

 The Condor will verify. Anyone visiting Buena Vista Lake during May and June should find 

 Dafila afWifa fairly common. — C. B. Linton, Los Angeles, California. 



The Common Tern and Ruddy Turnstone in Southern California.— September 



25, 1907, Mr. C. B. Linton of this city gave me two terns which he had taken that day at Alamitos 

 Bay. One of these was Sterna forsteri, but the other which was an immature female, I believed 

 to be Sterna hiriindo. This identification has been confirmed by Dr. Richmond of the National 

 Museum. Upon looking over the other terns which Mr. Linton had taken at the same time we 

 found three more hirundo, the rest h^xng forsteri. 



September 20, 1907, at Sunset Beach, Orange Co. Cal., I took a female Ruddy Turnstone 

 [Arenaria morinella) in fall plumage. This bird was with a flock of Black-bellied Plovers on the 

 sandy beach. — G. WiLLETT, Los Angeles, Cal. 



Pacific Fulmar in San Diego Bay. — While rowing in San Diego Bay near Hotel del 

 Coronado, November 4, 1906, I secured an adult male Pacific Fulmar. It was resting on the 

 water about 40 feet from shore. My attention was first attracted to it by some children on shore 

 who were pelting it with pebbles, the Fulmar paying no attention to them. — C. B. Linton, Los 

 Angeles, California. 



Is the Mountain Bluebird Resident at High Altitudes? — During the latter part of 

 February and early March of this year (1907), Sialia arctica was very numerous in and about Flag- 

 staff, Arizona, altitude 6800 feet; in fact, the commonest bird. That period also covers the coldest 

 weather for that locality. And as this bird is a known breeder in northern Arizona (San Fran- 

 cisco Mountains), can we not infer that they are resident in that zone? — Austin Paul Smith, 

 Benson, Arizona. 



