20 NORTH AMERICAN FAUNA. [* T o.7. 



places single individuals were seen: At a small lake near Lone Pine, 

 December, 1890 ; at Tejon ranch, near the month of the Pass, July 13 ; 

 at Little Owens Lake, June 20 ; at Kernville, July 12, and at Soda 

 Springs, September 7. Mr. Nelson found the species common in the 

 San Joaquin Valley wherever the streams or lakes furnish it proper 

 surroundings. He reported it common on the coast between San 

 Simeon and Oarpenteria, and saw a few near San Luis Obispo and be- 

 tween Oarpenteria and Santa Paula in November and December. 



Ardea egretta. Egret. 



A white egret was seen by Dr. Merriam at a little pool of muddy 

 water between the south end of Panamint Yalley and Lone Willow 

 Spring, California, April 21 j and another at the Great Bend of the 

 Colorado, May 4. The latter was on the Arizona or east side of the 

 river, opposite the mouth of Vegas Wash. Mr. Nelson saw several 

 about Morro Bay, California, in November. 



Ardea virescens. Green Heron. 



The green heron was not uncommon along the river, sloughs, and old 

 ditches near Bakersfield, in the San Joaquin Valley, California, July 

 17-20; one was seen at Elk Bayou, near Tulare, in the same valley, 

 July 22; and Mr. Stephens saw one at Little Owens Lake, California, 

 May 6-11. 



Nycticorax nycticorax nsevius. Black-crowned Night Heron. 



As a matter of course, night herons were rare in a region where streams 

 and lakes containing fish were almost absent. Dr. Merriam saw an 

 adult April 7, resting on a rock near the road in Windy Gap, between 

 Panamint and Death valleys. Several were seen by him on a small 

 alkaline pond at the west end of the Mohave Desert fAntelope 

 Valley), June 28, and one in northwestern Arizona (where Beaverdam 

 Creek joins the Virgin), May 9. Mr. Stephens saw several at Little 

 Owens Lake May 6-11, and Mr, Palmer saw one at Crane Lake, at 

 the west end of the Mohave Desert, June 28, and again July 2. Mr. 

 Bailey shot an immature specimen near the reservoir at Furnace 

 Creek, Death Valley, June 19. Its stomach contained two carp about 

 5 inches long. At Keeler, in Owens Valley, r one was observed near a 

 small fresh- water pond not far from the lake, June 26. At Walker 

 Basin several were seen flying over toward their feeding grounds, and 

 one was observed at the edge of a slough July 13-16. 



At Bakersfleld, in the San Joaquin Valley, the species was common 

 July 17-20, and at Morro Bay, on the coast, in November. 

 G-rus canadensis. Little Brown Crane. 



A little brown crane was seen for several days around the fields and 

 marshes at Ash Meadows, Nevada, and finally was secured March 10. 

 It was a female, and proved to be very good eating. The stomach con- 

 tained small bulbous rootlets, foliage of young plants, and a quantity 



