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Bird - Lore 



alder catkins. Chickadees have been several 

 times reported from Pasadena and Eagle 

 Rock and Red-breasted Sapsuckers from sev- 

 eral different parks. Two of these handsome 

 and not common visitors have evidently 

 selected for their winter home the same long 

 row of pepper trees that are furnishing suste- 

 nance to so many Robins, and there they may 

 be seen daily visiting their freshly excavated 

 and liberally flowing source of supply. 



The Lewis' Woodpeckers noted early in the 

 season have remained in the vicinity where 

 first observed, and many others were seen in 

 January among the oaks of the Canejo region, 

 where Slender-billed Nuthatches, Robins, 

 California Woodpeckers, and Crows were also 

 numerous. Mountain Bluebirds added a 

 delicate charm to the brilliance of the assem- 

 blage. A Kingbird, presumably the Cassin's, 

 has remained on a ranch at Artesia. Say's 

 Phoebe, Western Bluebirds, and Ruby- 

 crowned Kinglets are distributed about as 

 usual. Dusky Warblers have been noted 

 during each month, and Western Gnatcatch- 

 ers have visited many city gardens. During 

 the fall, their abundance about the brushy 

 margins of fields was many times noticed, 

 but as garden visitors they add a new bird to 

 our lists. 



Two Phainopeplas have been noted, one 

 early in January and one February lo, in a 

 different locality; Both were females. A 

 Black-and- White Warbler was collected early 

 in February by a well-known ornithologist. 

 There have been but very few records of this 

 Warbler in the state. 



Hermit Thrushes and Fox Sparrows are 

 scarce; Gambel's and Golden- crowns abun- 

 dant; and a large flock of the handsome 

 Western Lark Sparrows is usually to be found 

 in the vicinity of Eagle Rock. California 



Purple Finches in small numbers are often 

 seen among the oaks of foothill canons. 



Sharp-shinned Hawks are numerous and 

 bold, and have not been slow to discover the 

 gardens in which the presence of birds is 

 encouraged, their depredations occurring 

 frequently at our very doors. California 

 Gulls make regular daily rounds of the school 

 yards throughout the city and also extend 

 their foraging excursion far inland, many of 

 them following the plow. 



Loons, Western and Horned Grebes are 

 common on the ocean, and the beautiful Bona- 

 parte's Gulls are wintering in large numbers. 

 Two Caspian Terns were seen near San Pedro 

 on January 15. The Egrets of the inner har- 

 bor are suffering from oil in their plumage, as 

 are also many Gulls. The bird-life of these 

 shallow waters and mudflats has presented an 

 interesting study. At the opening of the 

 hunting season many Marbled Godwits and 

 Black-bellied Plover were there, with a few 

 Willets, Long-billed Dowitchers, 13 Avocets, 

 and 15 Egrets, besides many Sanderling and 

 small Sandpipers. On December 18, began a 

 record rainstorm, which continued a week, 

 resulting in floods and the filling of every 

 slough and swale in the region. The abun- 

 dance of fresh water, so long lacking, did not 

 tempt the Avocets out, for January 9 the full 

 quota of Avocets were there. January 30, 

 two weeks after the close of the shooting 

 season, they were gone. The date of their 

 departure is not known, no visit having been 

 made to the place during the period inter- 

 vening between the dates mentioned. Ten of 

 the Egrets had moved to the marshes near 

 Anaheim Landing on January 28. At this 

 date the lagoons were filled with Ducks, Pin- 

 tails being noted as very numerous. — 

 Frances B. Schneider, Los Angeles, Calif. 



