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GAME BIRDS OF CALIFOBNIA 



Table 8. — Data relative to the nesting of the Mallard in California 



Locality 

 Gridley, Butte Co. 

 Los Angeles Co. 



Lake Merced, 



San Francisco Co. 

 San Biego 



Hueneme, Ventura Co. 

 Near San Jo86, 



Santa Clara Co. 

 Olancha, Inyo Co. 



Wheeler Island, 



Solano Co. 

 Alvarado, Alameda Co. 

 Alvarado, Alameda Co. 

 Stockton, 



San Joaquin Co. 

 Hayward, Alameda Co. 

 Los Banos, Merced Co. 



Los Banos, Merced Co. 



Gridley, Butte Co. 

 San Diego 

 Merced Co. 

 Merced Co. 

 Gridley, Butte Co. 



Gridley, Butte Co. 



Gridley, Butte Co. 



Lake Tahoe 

 Lake "Valley, 



Lake Tahoe 

 Los Banos, Merced Co. 



Stow Lake, 



San Francisco 

 Willow Creek, Lower 



Klamath Lake 

 Willow Creek, Lower 



Klamath Lake 

 Lake Tahoe 

 Bear Valley reservoir, 



San Bernardino Co. 

 Rowlands Marsh, 



Lake Tahoe 

 Tulare Lake, Kings Co. 



Kern Valley, Kern Co. 

 Chowchilla, Merced Co. 

 Fresno district 

 Eagle Lake, Lassen Co. 



Date Eggs oe Young 



Mar. 25, 1890 Eggs 

 First of 'April Breeding 



AUTHOKITT 



Belding, MS. 

 Grinnell, 1898, p. 10 

 to last of 

 June 

 Apr. 28, 1915 10 eggs (7 on Apr. 22) Squires, 1915, p. 234 



Apr. 24, 1862 Female with egg nearly Cooper, 1880, p. 251 



matured 

 May 1, 1910 11 eggs, partly incubated Willett, 1912a, p. 22 

 May 1, 1893 11 eggs 



May 6-11, Believed to be breeding 



1891 



May 8, 1914 Four broods about one 



week old 



May 9, 1914 11 eggs 



May 9, 1914 14 eggs 



May 9, 1878 A brood of young 



May 11, 1884 Half-grown young seen 



May 12, 1914 Brood of half-grown 



young 



May IS, 1914 10 downy young 



May 19, Young a month old 



May 19, 1897 Eggs 



May 19, 1896 9 eggs, fresh 



May 19, 1896 8 eggs 



Barlow, 1893, p. 38 



A. K. Fisher, 1893a, p. 15 



Pair, MS. 



Dirks, MS. 

 Dirks, MS. 

 Belding, 1879, p. 446 



Emerson, in Belding, MS. 

 H. C. Bryant, 1914«, 



p. 219 

 H. C. Bryant, 1914e, 



p. 219 

 Belding, MS. 

 Reed, 1904, p. 70 

 Mailliard coll. 

 Mailliard, MS. 



May 25, 1914 Brood of young 10 inches H. C. Bryant, 1914e, 



long 

 May 26, 1914 Nest found from which 



young had hatched 

 May 27, 1914 Brood of young 7 inches 



long 

 May — , 1901 Nest; eggs hatched later Ray, 1901, p. 116 



p. 227 

 H. C. Bryant, 1914e, 



p. 227 

 H. C. Bryant, 1914e, 



p. 227 



Bred in this month 



May — , 



1901-02 

 June 1, 1915 9 eggs, incubation 



various 

 June 5, 1915 70 young seen with 66 



adults 

 June 6, 1914 5 eggs, bird sitting 



June 7, 1914 9 eggs, incubated 



June 9, 1911 9 eggs, half incubated 

 June 14, 1886 8 eggs, fresh 



Ray, 1903, pp. 48-49 

 Mailliard coll. 

 Squires, 1915, p. 234 



H. C. Bryant, 1914e, 



p. 231 

 H. C. Bryant, 1914«, 



p. 231 

 Carriger coll. 

 Stephens, MS. 



June 16, 1903 7 eggs, practically fresh Ray, 1905, p. 367 



Goldman, 19086, p. 201 



June 18— July Large young 



12, 1907 



June 22, 1891 Present 



June 24, 1900 Young 3 days old 



.Tune 26, 1906 Female with brood 



June 26, 1905 Half-grown young 



(or later) 



Eagle Lake, Lassen Co. June 27, 1884 8 eggs 



Walker Basin, Kern Co. 

 BakersHeld, Kern Co. 



Escondido, San Diego 



Co. 

 Santa Barbara 



Santa Cruz 



July 13, 1891 Broods of downy young 

 July 19, 1891 Brood of young nearly 



grown 

 . 1896 One nest found 



Breeds on e8tuai*y, 6 



miles away 

 Eggs found 



A. K. Fisher, 1893o, p. 15 

 Mailliard coll. 

 Tyler, 1913!), pp. 15-16 

 Sheldon, 1907, p. 186 



C. H. Townsend, 1887, 



p. 193 

 A. K. Fisher, 1893a, p. 15 

 A. K. Fisher, 1893a, p. 15 



Sharp, 1907, p. 86 



Streator, 1886, p. 90 



Skirm, 1884, p. 150 



