Sept, 1908 NOTES FROM BUENA VIvSTA I.AKE, IMAY 20 TO JUNE 16, 1907 197 



Dafila acuta. Pintail. Fairly common. Breeding. Several broods just out 

 of the nest noted. One fresh set of six eggs found June 2. One brood of 9 

 hatched June 4. 



Aythya americana. Redhead. Reported breeding by market hunters. 



Erismatura jamaicensis. Ruddy Duck. Several seen. 



Plegadis guarauna. White- faced Glossy Ibis. One single bird seen May 25. 

 Flock of about 75 seen flying over camp June 4. 



Botaurus lentiginosus. American Bittern. Fairly common. 



Ardetta exilis. Least Bittern. One seen. 



Ardea herodias. Great Blue Heron. Abundant. Colony nesting in sycamores, 

 ten miles from lake. 



Ardea egretta. Egret. Pair seen in river marsh, feeding. 



Ardea candidissima. Snowy Heron. Seen flying over camp. 



Ardea virescens anthonyi. Anthony Green Heron. Rare in May, becoming 

 common by June 15. Reproductive organs showed nesting must have commenced 

 in early June. 



Nycticorax nycticorax naevius. Black-crowned Night Heron. Abundant. 

 Nesting in thousands in the cormorant rookery, both herons and cormorants some- 

 times occup5dng the same tree. 



Porzana Carolina. Carolina Rail. One specimen secured. 



Fulica americana. American Coot. Abundant. Breeding. 



Recurvirostra americana. American Avocet. Fairly common. Several small 

 colonies nesting on the lake shore. 



Himantopus mexicanus. Black-necked Stilt. Thousands seen. Several colo- 

 nies nesting on river and lake marshes. 



Pisobia minutilla. I^east Sandpiper. Two specimens secured June 4. They 

 were feeding on small island with several Snowy Plovers. 



Actitis macularia. Spotted Sandpiper. Several seen. 



Oxyechus vociferus. Killdeer. Fairly common. Breeding. 



.^gialitis nivosa. Snowy Plover. Several seen. One set of two fresh eggs 

 found June 2, on a tiny island near lake shore. On this same island several sets of 

 Avocets and one set of 6 fresh eggs of Dafila acuta were found. 



Zenaidura macroura carolinensis. Mourning Dove. Fairly common. 



Gymnogyps californianus. California Vulture. Reported breeding in the 

 mountains near lake. 



Cathartes aura septentrionalis. Turkey Vulture. Occasionally seen. 



Circus hudsonius. Marsh Hawk. Rare. Breeding. 



Buteo borealis calurus. Western Red-tail. Several seen. One specimen 

 secured . 



Buteo lineatus elegans. Red-bellied Haw^k. Fairly common in the willows 

 along the river. One specimen secured. 



Falco sparverius phaloena. Desert Sparrow Hawk. Several .seen. 



Aluco pratincola. American Barn Owl. Seen. 



Asio wilsonianus. lyong-eared Owl. One seen in dense mesquite near lake. 



Bubo virginianus pacificus. Pacific Horned Owl. Often heard. One specimen 

 secured. 



Speotyto conicularia hypogaea. Burrowing Owl. Not common. 



Geococcyx californianus. Road-riumer. Fairly common. Breeding. 



Coccyzus americanus occidentals. California Cuckoo. Fairly common. 

 Breeding. 



Colaptes cafer coUaris. Red-shafted Flicker. Common. Breeding. 



