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of Owens Lake from one to half a dozen were seen almost every clay 

 through December. A specimen shot on December 28 had its craw full 

 of duck meat and feathers, and from the actions of its associates when 

 a duck was shot it was evident that they prey upon such game, since 

 the lake affords little other food. 



The same observer saw a number of gulls of this species at Buena 

 Vista Lake, in the San Joaquin Valley, in October, and found it com- 

 mon along the coast from San Simeon to Carpenteria, November 4 to 

 December 18, 1891. 

 Larus delawarensis. Ring-billed Gull. 



Mr. Nelson observed the ring-billed gull a few times at Owens Lake, 

 and secured two specimens at a pond abounding in small fish near Lone 

 Pine, in December, 1890. He found it rather common along the coast 

 from San Simeon to Carpenteria, November 4 to December 18, 1891. 

 Larus heermanni. Heermann's Gull. 



Common along the coast from San Simeon to Carpenteria, November 

 4 to December 18, 1891. 



Larus Philadelphia. Bonaparte's Gull. 



Mr. Nelson saw one immature bird on a small lake near Lone Pine 

 the last of December, 1890, and found a few along the coast from San 

 Simeon to Carpenteria, November 4 to December 18, 1891. 

 Sterna maxima. Royal Tern. 



A large tern, which Mr. Nelson reported as this species, was very 

 common about the bays and inlets along the coast south of San Simeon. 

 Phalacrocorax dilophus albociliatus. Farallone Cormorant. 



Mr. Nelson reported this cormorant as common along the coast from 

 San Simeon to Carpenteria, November 4 to December 18. 

 Phalacrocorax penicillatus. Brandt's Cormorant. 



Common in the same place. 

 Phalacrocorax pelagicus resplendens. Baird's Cormorant. 



Noted by Mr. Nelson at Santa Barbara. 



Pelecanus erythrorhynchos. White Pelican. 



Mr. Stephens saw a flock of white pelicans sailing high in the air 

 midway between Haway Meadows and Olancha, at the southern end of 

 Owens Lake, May 15. Mr. Palmer found the wings and shoulder gir- 

 dle of one of these birds at Crane Lake, near Old Port Tejon, July 2, 

 and saw an individual on a small lake at Lone Pine, August 23. 



Mr. Nelson saw the species at Buena Vista Lake, in the San Joa- 

 quin Valley, in October, and observed a large flock on Morro Bay in 

 November. 

 Pelecanus californicus. California Brown Pelican. 



Brown pelicans were common about San Francisco Bay and outside 

 of the Golden Gate duriDg the latter part of September. Mr. Bailey 

 found them numerous at Monterey, September 28 to October 9, and Mr, 



