Mar. ,1917 



LIST OF BIRDS BREEDING IN SAN FRANCISCO COUNTY 



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to a letter of inquiry Mr. Dawson says "there can be absolutely no doubt" that the birds 

 he saw there July 21, 1912, were brooding birds. 



10. Phalacrocorax penicillatus. Brandt Cormorant. Breeds on the Farallon 

 Islands. 



11. Phalacrocorax pelagicus resplendens. Baird Cormorant. Breeds on the Far- 

 allon Islands. 



12. Anas platyrhynchos. Mallard. Breeds commonly in Golden Gate Park, and 

 in limited numbers at other places in the county. A nest was found at Lake Merced, 

 April 23, 1915. A careful count was made of the mallards in the park in the summer 

 months and about two hundred, old and young, were found to be there as permanent res- 

 idents. In winter the number is 



much larger. 



13. Marila affinis. Lesser 

 Scaup Duck. Breeds at Stow 

 Lake in Golden Gate Park 

 (Mailliard, Condor, xvn, p. 235). 

 A brood of five young was noted 

 by us at Stow Lake, August 1, 

 1916. 



14. Erismatura jamaicensis. 

 Ruddy Duck. Breeds at the 

 Chain of Lakes and at Lake 

 Merced. Many young noted. 



15. Rallus virginianus. Vir- 

 ginia Rail. Noted at Lake Mer- 

 ced throughout the breeding sea- 

 son. Nesting very probable. 



16. Fulica americana. Am- 

 erican Coot. Common; long 

 breeding season; young seen 

 early in April and a nest with 

 fresh eggs discovered August 

 10. 



17. Oxyechus vociferus vo- 

 ciferus. Killdeer. Not common. 

 A few nest about the buffalo 

 paddocks in Golden Gate Park; 

 young seen there during the 

 summer of 1916. 



18. Phasianus torquatus. 

 Ring-necked Pheasant. Breeds 

 in Golden Gate Park unconfined. 

 It also breeds in the open on 

 Yerba Buena Island (Bryant 

 Calif. Fish and Game, n, p. 163) 



19. Lophortyx californici 

 californica. California Quail. 

 Abundant in Golden Gate Park 

 and found in lesser numbers at 

 other places in the county. 



20. Zenaidura macroura marginella. Western Mourning Dove. Not common, but 

 found in small numbers in Golden Gate Park and in the southwestern part of the county. 

 Young were seen in the Presidio and in Golden Gate Park the past summer. 



21. Buteo borealis calurus. Western Red-tailed Hawk. Seen throughout the year 

 about the Twin Peaks; probably nests in Sutro Forest. 



22. Falco sparverius sparverius. American Sparrowhawk. Seen throughout the 

 year in the Presidio and about Sutro Forest. Breeding probable. 



23. Aluco pratincola. American Barn Owl. Nest found in a cliff at Lake Mer- 

 ced, May 1, 1915. Another was found in a tank house at Twenty-fourth Avenue and Ful- 



Fig. 23. Nest of California Quail, with 

 23 eggs, in Golden Gate Park, San 

 Francisco. 



