March, i8g8. Birds of the Pacific Slope of Los Angdes County. 1 3 



60 — i6ga. Chen hyperborea nivalis (Forst.)- 



Greater Sqow Goose. 

 Evan Davis writes me that he secured specimens of this race along 

 with the Lesser Snow Goose in winter near Santa Ana. 



61 — lyia. Anser albifrons gambeli ( Hartl. ) . 



flmericao White-froQted Goose. 

 Quite numerous during winter and spring on the fresh water 

 marsh lands. A. M. Shields states that this is the goose usually dis- 

 played in the Los Angeles game markets, being most easily secured by 

 the pot-hunters. 



62 — 1^2. Branta canadensis (Linn.). 



Canada Goose. 

 Tolerably common in midwinter in the vicinity of fresh water 

 marsh lands. I saw good-sized flocks at Bixby, Dec. 26, '95, when 

 several specimens were secured. A. M. Shields states that this goose 

 was formerly much more abundant than it now is. 



63 — i'j2a. Branta ca7iadensis hutchinsii (Rich.). 



Hutcbins's Goose. 

 A. M. Shields regards this as nearly as numerous as the Lesser 

 Snow Goose, and occurring in company with that species. 



64 — 77/. Branta jiigricans (Lawr.). 



Black Brar)t. 

 A. M. Shields is the sole authority for adding this species to our 

 list. He states that the Black Brant is an occasional winter visitant 

 along the coast. It appears in small flocks after severe storms further 

 north. 



65 — ijS. Dcndrocygna fulva (Gmel.). 



Fulvous Tree-ducK- 

 A.M. Shields furnishes all the information we have in regard to 

 this interesting species. He has found it to be a regular visitant in the 

 spring months from the last of January until the latter part of April or 

 even later. In the spring of ' 96 a flock of about seventy-five remained 

 in the vicinity of Nigger Slough until the middle of May. They then 

 abruptly disappeared, probably returning southward where this species 

 is known to breed, in Northern Mexico. 



66 — 181. Olor buccinator (Rich.). 



Trumpeter Swan. 

 A regular winter and spring visitant in small numbers on fresh 

 water ponds and lakes. A. M. Shilds has taken two fine specimens. 



67 — /c?7. Plegadis guarauna (Linn.). 



Whjite-faced Glossy Ibis. 

 Of common occurrence in fall, winter and spring. A few remain 

 through the summer in the Ballona marshes, and A. M. Shields be- 

 lieves that they breed there. 



