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let, 36; Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 4; (Dwarf) Hermit Thrush, i; Western Robin, i; Westerrt 

 Bluebird, 2. Total, 23 species, about, 1,783 individuals. Concerning the Hermit Thrush, 

 there is a variety which spends the winter here, but the authorities are too indefinite 

 concerning winter ranges, for a positive statement as to its correct name. Bird seen at 

 twenty feet with an 8X glass. — Leslie L. Haskin. 



Turlock, to Newman, Calif. — Dec. 25; n a.m. to 3 p.m. Clear; warm; light northwest 

 wind; temp. 53°. Twenty-two miles by auto. Pied-billed Grebe, i; White Pehcan, 8 

 Mallard, 2; Green- winged Teal, i; Shoveller, 17; Geese, (sp.?) 300; Great Blue Heron, i 

 -Little Brown Crane, 5; Coot, 125; Greater Yellow-legs, i; Killdeer, 98; Valley Quail, 6 

 Western Mourning Dove, 23; Turkey Vulture, 3: Marsh Hawk, 3; Western Red-tail, 8 

 Red-bellied Hawk, 2; Ferruginous Rough-leg, i; Sparrow Hawk, 5; Burrowing Owl, 7 

 Nuttall Woodpecker, i; California Woodpecker, 6; Red-shafted Flicker, 10; Say Phoebe 

 i; Black Phoebe, 6; Yellow-billed Magpie, 126; California Jay, 16; Western Crow, 11 

 Bicolored Red-wing, 50; Tricolored Red-wing, 300; Western Meadowlark, 175; Brewer 

 Blackbird, 86; House Finch, 12; Willow Goldfinch, 8; Green-backed Goldfinch, 3; Western 

 Savannah Sparrow, 15; Western Lark Sparrow, 4; Gambel Sparrow, no; Golden-crowned 

 Sparrow, 20; Thurber Junco, 60; San Diego Towhee, i; California Towhee, 10; Cedar 

 Waxwing, 2; California Shrike, 11; Audubon Warbler, 4; Pipit, 15; Western Mocking- 

 bird, 4; Plain Titmouse, 3; Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 5. Additional species seen in same 

 locality on Dec. 20: Willow Woodpecker, 2; White-tailed Kite, 2; Flycatcher, (Empi- 

 donax sp.?) i; Fox Sparrow, (Insularis ?) 5; Phainopepla, i; Pacific Yellow-throat, i; 

 San Diego Wren, 2; Cahfornia Bush- Tit, 12; Pallid Wren-Tit, i; Western Robin, i; 

 Western Bluebird, 18. Total, 6ospecies, i,738individuals. — Mr and Mrs. John G. Tyler. 



Riverside, Calif. (City Parks). — Dec. 25; 9.30 to 11.30 a.m. Clear, strong northwind; 

 temp. 58°. American Coot, 81; Killdeer, i; Western Red-tail Hawk, i; Black-chinned 

 Hummingbird, i; Cassin's Kingbird, i; Say Phoebe, i; Black Phoebe, 4; California Jay, 

 i; Western Meadowlark, 11; Brewer's Blackbird, 36; Lawrence's Goldfinch, 6; Western 

 Vesper Sparrow, i; Gambel's Sparrow, 12; Golden-crowned Sparrow i; Western 

 Chipping Sparrow, 2; Black-chinned Sparrow, 2; San Diego Song Sparrow, 8; House 

 Finch, 11; California Towhee, 4; Bohemian Waxwing, i; California Shrike, 6; Hutton's 

 Vireo, i; Myrtle Warbler, i; Audubon's Warbler, 13; Pacific Yellow-throat, 2; Western 

 Mockingbird, 10; Western House Wren, 3; California Bush-tit, 16; Ruby-crowned 

 Kinglet, 5; Western Robin, 3; Western Bluebird, 16. Total, 31 species, 262 individuals. — 

 Mrs. George M. Turner. 



San Francisco County (Golden Gate Park, Sutro Park, and Lake Merced). — Dec. 22; 

 Clear; temp. 55°. Western Grebe, 2; Eared Grebe,- 25; Pied-billed Grebe, 9; Western 

 Gull, Herring Gull, California Gull, Ring-billed Gull, 6,000 in all; Glaucous-wingedGuU, 

 2; Farrallone Cormorant, i; California Brown Pelican, 2; Mallard, 84; Baldpate, 22; 

 Green-winged Teal, 44; Shoveller, 188; Canvasback Duck, 3,500; Lesser Scaup Duck, 

 20; Bufilehead Duck, 3; White- winged Scoter, i; Ruddy Duck, 50; Great Blue Heron, 

 9; Coot, 1,000; Killdeer, i; Black Turnstone, (i on Seal Rocks); California Quail, 50; 

 Barn Owl, i; Burrowing Owl, i; Willow Woodpecker, i; Red-shafted FHcker, 5; 

 Belted Kingfisher, 2; Anna Hummingbird, 7; Black Phoebe, 4; California Jay, i; 

 Bi-colored Blackbird, 250; Western Meadowlark, 50; Brewer Blackbird, 2; California 

 Purple Finch, 2; California Linnet, 35; Green-backed Goldfinch, 8; Gambel's Sparrow 

 and Nuttall Sparrow, 300; Golden-crowned Sparrow, 12; Sierra Junco, 30; Santa Cruz 

 Song Sparrow, 200; Yakutat Fox Sparrow, 5; San Francisco Towhee, 2; California Shrike, 

 2; Hutton Vireo, 2; Audubon Warbler, i; Townsend Warbler, i; Salt Marsh Yellow- 

 throat, 2; Pipit, 25; Vigors Wren, 2; Western Winter Wren, i; Tule Wren, i; Santa 

 Cruz Chickadee, 14; Coast Bush-Tit, 35; Golden-crowned Kinglet, 32; Ruby-crowned 

 Kinglet, 8; Dwarf Hermit Thrush, 6; Varied Thrush, i; Western Robin, i. Total, 61 

 species, 12,058 individuals. — (Troop 20, San Francisco, Boy Scouts of America.) — 



