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afoot; remainder by automobile. Western Grebe, 7; Pied-billed Grebe, i; Pacific Loon, 3; 

 Glaucous-winged Gull, 10; Western Gull, 500; Herring Gull, 11; California Gull, 1,300; Ring- 

 billed Gull, 40; Short-billed Gull, 8; Heermann's Gull, 8; Bonaparte's Gull, 180; Royal Tern, 

 15; Forster's Tern, 6; Farallone Cormorant, 1,200; Brandt's Cormorant, 700; Baird's Cor- 

 morant, 2; California Brown Pelican, 120; Red-breasted Merganser, 2; Mallard, 2; Shoveller, 

 40; Pintail, 60; Canvasback, 60; Lesser Scaup, 150; White-winged Scoter, 60; Surf Scoter, 80; 

 Ruddy Duck, 160; California Great Blue Heron, 7; American Coot, 120; Least Sandpiper, 15; 

 Sanderling, i; Killdeer, 20; Snowy Plover, 40; Spotted Sandpiper, 3; Valley Quail, 3; Mourn- 

 ing Dove, 39; Sharp-shinned Hawk, 4; Cooper's Hawk, i; Western Redtail, 5; Duck Hawk, i ; 

 Sparrow Hawk, 5; California Screech Owl, i; Burrowing Owl, i; Kingfisher, 3; California 

 Woodpecker, 47; Lewis's Woodpecker, i; Red-shafted Flicker, 40; Anna's Hummer, 7; Say's 

 Phoebe, 6; Black Phoebs, 11; California Horned Lark, 7; California Jay, 20; San Diego (?) 

 Redwing, 3,700; Western Meadowlark, 300; Brewer's Blackbird, 700; House Finch, 150; 

 Green-backed Goldfinch, 20; Willow Goldfinch, 3; Western Lark Sparrow, i; Western Savan- 

 nah Sparrow, lo; Belding's Marsh Sparrow, 3; Gambel's Sparrow, 250; Nuttall's Sparrow, 

 20; Golden-crowned Sparrow, 120; Sierra Junco, 10; Rufous-crowned Sparrow, i; San Diego 

 Song Sparrow, 16; Valdez Fox Sparrow, i; San Diego Towhee, 12; Anthony's Towhee, 40; 

 California Shrike, 6; Hvitton's Vireo, i; Dusky Warbler, 7; Audubon's Warbler, 175; Tule 

 Yellow-throat, 7; Pipit, 30; Western Mockingbird, 2; California Thrasher, 4; San Diego 

 Wren, i; Western House Wren, 3; Tule Wren, 6; Plain Titmouse, 15; Pallid Wren-tit, 20; 

 Coast Bush-tit, 400; Western Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 45; Western Gnatcatcher, 14; Dwarf 

 Hermit Thrush, 16; Western Robin, 40; Western Bluebird, 12. Total, 88 species; 11,305 

 individuals. — W. Leon, and William Oberlin Dawson. 



Mayaguez, Porto Rico (hill country in A.M., swamp land in P.M.). — Dec. 18; 7.10A.M. to 

 12.30 P.M., and 3.15 to 6 p.m. Fair in a.m., tropical shower? in the p.m.; temp. 78° to 86°. 

 Fourteen miles on foot. Observers together. Cuban Green Heron, 4; Little Blue Heron, 10; 

 Snowy Egret, 2; Porto Rican Sparrow Hawk, 3; Ruddy Turnstones, 9; Porto Rican Ground 

 Dove, i; Mangrove Cuckoo, i; Ani, 5; Porto Rican Woodpecker, 6; Porto Rican Tody, 5; 

 Fork-tailed Hummingbird, i; Gray Kingbird, 21; Porto Rican Petchary, 13; Porto Rican 

 Wood Pewee, 2; Jamaican Cliff Swallow, 11; Jamaican Mockingbird, 6; Latimer's Vireo, i; 

 American Redstart, 8; Waterthrush, i; Louisiana Waterthrush, 3; Prairie Warbler, 3; Ade- 

 laide's Warbler, 2; Northern Parula Warbler, i; Black-and- White Warbler, 3; Porto Rican 

 Honey Creeper, or Bananaquit, 68; Hooded Weaver Finch, 11; Yellow-shouldered Blackbird, 

 470; Porto Rican Oriole, i; Porto Rican Blackbird, 18; Porto Rican Spindalis, 8; Porto Rican 

 Grosbeak, 9; Carib Grassquit, 9; Bryant's Grassquit, 4. Total, 33 species, 720 individuals. — 

 Ralph E. and Stuart T. Danforth. 



