May, 1908 NOTES FROM Sx\NTA CRUZ ISLAND 129 



Psaltriparus minimus minimus. California Bush-tit. Several seen. One 

 taken . 



Regulus calendula. Ruby-crowned Kinglet. Common. 



Polioptila caerulea obscura. Western Gnatcatclier. A gnatcatcher heard on 

 several occasions in the brush. Probably of this species. 



Hylocichla ustulata ustulata. Russet-backed Thrush. One secured. 



Hylocichla guttata nana. Dwarf Hermit Thrush. Common. 



Long Beach, California. 



FROM FIELD AND STUDT 



The Green-winged Teal (Nettion carolinensis) breeding in California.— While en- 

 gaged in field work for the U. S. Biological Survey along the west shore of Tulare Lake, Cali- 

 fornia, I secured a female Green-winged Teal and set of seven eggs, July 7, 1907. The brooding 

 bird was shot as she flew from the nest. Several other ducks of the same species were seen 

 within a few miles, and appeared to be part of a ciuite local colon3\ 



This is apparently the first record of the nesting of Nettion carolinensis in the State. — E. A. 

 Goi,DMAN, Biological Survey, Washington, D. C. 



Cooper Hawks Attacking Crows.— During the fall of 1907 a flock of crows, numbering 

 perhaps a thousand, frequently came out from the San Francisco Bay shore to spend the day 

 with us at San Geronimo, feeding about the fields and on the hillsides. It happened that about 

 noon on October 27th the flock lit in some trees near our barns. As I came out of the house 

 just after lunch there was quite a commotion in the flock, and it proved that two Cooper Hawks 

 {Accipiter cooperi) were attacking the crows, doing some remarkably good team work in their 

 endeavors to lay low one of their dusky enemies. The crows were, however, too alert for the 

 hawks and no loss was inflicted beyond a few feathers. The excitement was so great that I was 

 enabled to walk up on the flock and bag both hawks. One is accustomed to see crows attacking 

 hawks, and it seems rather surprising that the opposite would take place. But in this instance 

 there was no doubt in the world of the true state of the case. The crows were quietly perched 

 on the dead tops of some alders that had been killed by the changing of the course of a small 

 stream, and the hawks deliberately pitched into them, one attacking from above and the other 

 from below. One hawk would perch on top of a tree above the crows while the other would go 

 off a little way and then swoop down on the flock, repeating the operation — with variations. 

 Whether this was all done in a spirit of bravado, or for the purpose of securing a meal, it is of 

 course impossible to determine. My foreman and I watched the game for some time before kill- 

 ing the hawks; then seeing that no damage was being done and fearing to lose the opportunity of 

 destroying such enemies to bird life as the Cooper Hawk has proved itself to be, I walked up to 

 the flock and shot both the members of the attacking party. — ^^[osEPH Mailliard, Sa7i Fran- 

 cisco, California. 



Salpinctes obsoletus pulverius restricted to San Nicholas Island.— After carefully 

 examining specimens from San Clemente Island, Mr. Grinnell confirms my opinion that they 

 are Salpinctes obsoletits and that the name .S. o. pulverius sh.ow\([hz restricted to the San Nicholas 

 Island Rock Wren. — C. B. TiNTON, Long Beach, California. 



Odds and Ends From "Washington State.— What I call my "Old Curiosity Shop," a 

 succession of weed grown fields bordered by alders, is situated in the heart of the Puyallup Val- 

 ley in an abundantly watered region. It has done unusually well for me during the past fall 

 and winter, having produced the following records which must be considered very uniisual for 

 this State. 



The first surprise came on November 7, in the shape of a white-winged Dove [3/clopelia leu- 

 coptera) , which proved to be an adult female. Even at this date the feathers were in a surpris- 

 ingly good state of preservation, removing the very unlikely possibilities of its being a cage- 

 bird. This is the only record of this dove from Washington, and we can hardly siirmise what 

 could have driven it so far from its natural habitat. 



December 16: I flushed two Golden-crowned Sparrows {Zonotrichia coronata) that were in 



