BIRDS OF SHASTA AND VICINITY. 
(All dates oxcept where the year is stated are for the year 1898.) 
1. Podilymbus podiceps. Pied-billed Grebe; Hell Diver. 
Several seen in the pond at Big Spring, in Shasta Valley, September 
17, by W. H. Osgood. C. H. Townsend obtained it ‘on ponds near the 
base of Mount Shasta in summer” in 1883 or 188+. 
2. Anas boschas. Mallard. 
W.H. Osgood shot a mallard in Lower Squaw Creek, near Warm- 
castle Soda Springs, September 13, and found the species common at 
Big Spring, in Shasta Valley, September 17. In 1883 C. H. Townsend 
“found mallards August 1, at the base of Mount Shasta, in certain wet 
meadows where, in all probability, they had nests.” 
3. Querquedula cyanoptera. Cinnamon Teal. 
The commonest duck on the small ponds and streams in Shasta Val- 
ley September 17-20 (Osgood). 
4. Spatula clypeata. Shoveller. 
Several seen in Shasta Valley September 17 by W. H. Osgood. 
5. Dafila acuta. Pintail. 
A flock of six seen in Shasta Valley September 18 by W. H. Osgood. 
6. Branta canadensis. Canada Goose. 
Three seen at Big Spring, in Shasta Valley, September 18 (Osgood). 
7. Ardea herodias. Great Blue Heron. 
Seen at Sisson July 13 by W. H. Osgood, and repeatedly observed 
during the first half of September by R. T. Fisher; several seen in 
Shasta Valley September 17-20 by W. H. Osgood; common along 
Shasta River (W. K. Fisher). 
8. Porzana carolina. Sora Rail. 
One seen in Shasta Valley September 18 by W. H. Osgood. 
9, Fulica americana. Coot; Mud Hen. 
One seen among the numerous ducks in the pond at Big Spring, in 
Shasta Valley, September 18 (Osgood). 
10. Gallinago delicata. Wilson Snipe. 
In Shasta Valley one was seen by W. H. Osgood September 18; and 
I saw one at Edgewood August 2%, 1899. On a small tributary of 
McCloud River, flowing from the east base of Mount Shasta, one was 
shot by C. H. Townsend July 25, 1883. 
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