THE OOLOGIST 



Kentucky Warbler, Pine WaTbler, 

 Catbird, Southern Downy Woodpecker, 

 Flicker, Field Sparrow, Chipping Spar- 

 row, Mourning Dove, Purple Martin, 

 Chimney Swift, Towhee, Crested Fly- 

 catcher, Wood Pewee, Yellow Breasted 

 Chat. All of the above species breed 

 here. Now I will give the names of 

 the species that breed here that are 

 holding their own as they have been 

 for the past twelve years: Blue Gros- 

 beak, American Crow, Oven Bird, Bob- 

 white, Chuck Wills Widow, Screech 

 Owl, Cooper Hawk, Barn Owl, Great 

 Blue Heron, Scarlet Tanager, Green 

 Crested Flycatcher, Red-eyed Vireo, 

 White-eyed Vireo, Yellow-billed 

 Cuckoo. 



Now I will give the names of the 

 species of the birds that are on the 

 decrease; they are the following 

 species and breed here: Red-tailed 

 Hawk, Red Shouldered Hawk, Sharp 

 Shinned Hawk, Broad Winged Hawk, 

 Sparrow Hawk, Great Horned Owl, 

 Little Green Heron, Turkey Vulture, 

 Snowy Heron, Black Vulture, Pileated 

 Woodpecker, Red-headed Woodpecker, 

 Hairy Woodpecker, Red-bellied Wood- 

 pecker, Whip-poor-will. 



I will now give the names of the 

 species of birds that breed here that 

 are now nearly extinct in the counties 

 named; they -are the following species : 

 White Breasted Nuthatch, Brown 

 Headed Nuthatch, Bachman Sparrow, 

 Kingfisher. 



These are the birds that spend the 

 winter here and leave here when 

 spring opens up. The following are the 

 birds that are on the increase that 

 winter here: the Fox Sparrow, Song 

 Sparrow, White Throated Sparrow, 

 Vesper Sparrow, Slate Colored Junco, 

 Winter Wren. 



Birds that migrate through here in 

 March, April and May were the most 

 plentiful here this spring, they have 

 ever been since I have been collecting 

 bird skins and eggs, and these species 

 are the following: Myrtle Warbler, 



Cerulean Warbler, Black Throated 

 Green Warbler, Cairn's Warbler, Black 

 Throated Blue Warbler, Bay Breasted 

 Warbler, Orange Crowned Warbler, 

 Canada Warbler, Blue Winged Warb- 

 ler, Spotted Sandpiper, Least Sand- 

 piper, Bobolink. 



D. V. Hembree, 

 Roswell, Ga. 



CARQUINEZ STRAITS, CALI- 

 FORNIA NOTES 



Judging it was about the time for 

 Jays' eggs, on April 9th, 1921 I took a 

 one-day collecting trip along the south 

 shores of the Carquinez Straits, Con- 

 tra Costa County, (California) in 

 search of their nests. My home is on 

 the north shore, but owing to the fact 

 that there is little brush on my side of 

 the straits, I embarked for the oppo- 

 site shore on the "Contra Costa," 

 which, by the way, is the largest ferry 

 boat constructed, and which, with the 

 "Solano," carries entire trains across 

 the straits enroute to and from San 

 Francisco. From the boat, a full view 

 is obtained of the opposite side of the 

 straits, a range of hills rising from 

 the water's edge to a height of seven 

 hundred feet, which on the water side 

 are largely covered with trees and 

 brush. On the way over on the ferry 

 I called the mate's attention to a large 

 dog swimming across the straits, and 

 volunteered that the animal could not 

 swim the entire distance, about one 

 mile, to the other shore. Even then 

 the creature was dropping below the 

 surface for a few seconds, and then 

 rising again to continue its way. I 

 was quite surprised when the mate en- 

 lightened me by advising that this was 

 not a dog, but a sea-lion, which ani- 

 mals, he says, come up the bay from 

 the ocean at this season to eat the sal- 

 mon and other fish. After leaving the 

 ferry at the little town of Port Costa, 

 the opposite terminus, I sighted my 



