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insufficient in itself to warrant calling the bird Merula confinis. In other words, the Haywards 

 "Cape Robin", is a pale individual extreme of the Western Robin [Merida migratoria pro- 

 pinqua). — ^J. GRiNNEtL, Berkeley, California. 



Early Record for Passerculus rostratus in Los Angeles County. — On August 18, 1908, I 

 secured a female P. rostratus in the marsh at Alamitos Bay, Los Angeles County, California. I 

 observed two or three others on this date and by September 1 they were quite coiumon. — C. B. 

 Linton, Long Beach, California. 



Notes on the Western Gnatcatcher. — The Western Gnatcatcher {Polioptila carulea ob- 

 scura) has appeared this summer over its breeding range in Central California in larger numbers 

 than ever before, and has visited localities where previously unknown. 



At Fyffe, El. Dorado County, it had been noted by Barlow in June, but in no numbers. This 

 year, however, it was a very common bird and no less than eight pairs of birds were observed 

 nesting at Fyffe, and three sets of eggs were taken by H. W. Carriger and myself. Mr. Carriger 

 in his three previous trips from Placerville to Fyffe had never seen a bird along the stage road, 

 yet this year its note could be heard nearly everywhere, and seven specimens were taken over a 

 range of twelve miles. 



On March 22, 1908, near Point San Pedro, San Mateo County, I took a male gnatcatcher, 

 thus making a record for this county. 



In Alameda County, where observations were made over March, April, July and August, 

 these birds were abundant nearly everywhere in the bushy regions and specimens of all ages 

 were taken. Mr. W. Otto Emerson, probably the best posted man on Alameda County ornithol- 

 ogy, can only report two instances of this bird having occurred in the county over a long period 

 of years. 



From the data thus taken from the widely separated localities mentioned, it would appear 

 that the species has made a very large migration northward this last summer and I should like 

 to hear of its occiirrence in other localities this year. — ^J. R. PemberTon, Stanford University, 

 California. 



BOHIvMAN AND EINLKY IN CAMP ON A FLOATING TUIvE ISLAND, DURING THEIR 

 EXPIvORATlON OF LOWER KLAMATH LAKE, SUMMER OF 1908 



