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the summer about San Pedro Harbor. It does not breed within our 

 limits that I know of, though I am told that it does north of us on 

 Ana Capa Island and south, on Los Coronados. 



36 — 128. Fregata aquila Linn. 



Mar)-o'-War Bird. 



Of not infrequent occurrence along our coast in winter. W. B. 

 Judson reports seeing it at Santa Monica, and H. A. Gaylord, at Long 

 Beach. There is a specimen in a Los Angeles taxidermist's, which 

 was taken near Santa Monica. A specimen was shot about August, 

 '92, in North Pasadena (R. H. Lawrence in "Auk," Vol. X). H. S. 

 Swarth reports seeing three of these birds circling overhead near Los 

 Angeles, in December, '97. 

 37 — i2g. Merganser americanus (Cass.). 



ArT)ericar) Merganser. 



Probably a not uncommon winter visitant. F. .Stephens took a 

 male at Alamitos Bay, Dec. 15, '79. 

 38 — /JO. Merganser serrator (Linn.). 



F^ed-breasted Mergaoser. 



Common winter visitant, occurring mostly along the coast. I saw 

 it at Catalina Island in December, '97. H. S. Swarth took a specimen 

 near Los Angeles, Dec. 27, '94. 



39 — iji. Lophodytes cucullatus (Linn.). 



hiooded Merganser. 



A. M. Shields states that this Saw-bill is a common fall and win- 

 ter visitant, arriving in November and leaving by February. Mostly 

 found along the coast in the vicinity of the salt marshes. F. Stephens 

 took an adult male at Alamitos Bay, Dec. 23, '79. 

 40 — IJ2. Anas boschas Linn. 



Mallard. 



Abundant resident in the neighborbhood of fresh water marshes, 

 and along irrigating ditches and streams. A. M. Shields states that 

 it breeds from the first of April to the last of June. 



41 — /J5. Anas sirepera Linn. 



Qadwall. 

 Tolerably common resident in the vicinity of fresh water lagoons. 

 A. M. Shields took a set of eleven eggs, considerably incubated, on 

 April 16. 



42 — ijy. Anas americana Gmel. 



Baldpate. 

 Abundant winl^er visitant. A. M. Shields states that after the 

 first rains, as soon as the new growth of grass appears, this duck ar- 

 rives in thousands. They generally spend the day^ iii common with 

 many other species of ducks, several miles out at .sea, resting on the 

 water in beds of acres in extent. Here they'are safe from the- gunner 

 during the day, and only after nightfall they go inland, dispersing over 

 alfalfa and grain fields to feed. This duck remains late in the spring. 



