Birds of the Pacific Slope of Los Angeles County. 



1 — I* ALchmophorus ocddentalis (Lawr.)- 



Western Grebe. 

 Tolerably common winter visitant along the coast, and occasional 

 in the interior on the larger ponds. A disabled individual of this spe- 

 cies was found by Arthur Hewitt on one of the streets of Pasadena, 

 Feb. 21, '95. 



2 — /. Colymbus nigricollis calif amicus (Heerm. ). 

 Anjericar) Eared Grebe. 

 Occasional in summer on the larger fresh water ponds, and in 

 winter along the coast. I found it numerous at Catalina Island in the 

 last week of December, '97. It breeds at Elizabeth I^ake in the north- 

 ern part of the county, and abundantly at Bear Valley I^ake in the San 

 Bernardino Mountains. W. H. Wakeley has an immature male of this 

 species in perfect albino plumage, shot near San Pedro, Sept. 30, '86. 



3 — 6. Podilymbus podiceps fl^inn.). 



Pied-billed Grebe. 

 Common resident on ponds and lagoons throughout the lowlands. 

 It appears in the fall in localities where it is not seen at other times; V. 

 W. Owen has tak n specimens at that season on a reservor at Gar- 

 vanza. Breeds in May. 



4 — 7. Urinator imber (Gunn.). 



LooQ. 

 Tolerably common along the coast as well as inland on fresh wa- 

 ter ponds in midwinter. For several years, before the reservoirs in 

 North Pasadena were cemented, I,oons were of regular occurrence, 

 subsisting on the fish which were then abundant in the reservoirs. 

 One bird in particular became very tame and was regularly fed by the 

 " zanquero " until it disappeared in the spring. 



5 — 10. Urinator pacificus (I,awr.). 



Pacific LooQ. 

 Tolerably common midwinter visitant along the coast. A. M. 

 Shields shot an adult male specimen at Nigger Slough in January, '93. 

 I found it common at Catalina Island in the latter part of December, 

 '97, and took two specimens. 



6 — II. Urinaior lumme (Gunn.). 



F^ed-throated Loon. 

 Tolerably common winter visitant along the coast. F. S. Daggett 

 took a specimen at San Pedro, Jan. 4, '96, and several others were 

 seen. I have noted it in the spring as late as the first week in April. 



* Numbers and nomeclature are according to the A. O. U. Check-list, 



