Jan., 1922 FROM FIELD AND STUDY jog) 
the testes fully enlarged, indicating, though not conclusively, that the pair might have 
.been breeding in the vicinity. Winter records of this duck are not common and I can 
find no previous Summer record. 
A pair of San Diego Song Sparrows (Melospiza melodia cooperi) was seen on Fet- 
ruary 8, 1920, carrying nesting materials into the center of a clump of honeysuckle vines 
growing on our side fence in the city of Los Angeles. The next day I examined the 
clump and found a nest nearly completed. The first egg was laid February 15. I did 
not look at the nest again until February 22, when I found the one egg and the broken 
empty shell of another. Soon after this, heavy rains came on and the nest was deserted. 
Nor did the sparrows attempt to use the nest again or the nesting site that year. 
| During a trip of two weeks, October 16 to November 2, 1921, down the coast from 
San Francisco to Los Angeles, I made stops of a few days each at Moss Landing, Mon- 
terey County, Pismo, San Luis Obispo County, Goleta, Santa Barbara County, and Point 
Mugu, Ventura County. It was interesting to note the great abundance of Red Phala- 
ropes (Phalaropus fulicarius), but the unusual fact was the large numbers of sick, dead 
and dying birds. I shot birds of this species that appeared strong and active but, in 
most cases, they were aS much emaciated as the dead ones I picked up on the beach. 
At Ludlow, San Bernardino County, April 17, 1921, I observed in the course of an 
afternoon at a corral where there were a water trough and two or three small cotton- 
wood trees, sixteen species of birds, among which were two pairs of the Lark Bunting 
(Calamospiza melanocorys), one pair of which I collected. This place is located deep in 
the Mohave Desert, but the water and a few shade trees seem to attract quite a number 
of birds——CHESTER C. Lams, Los Angeles, November 22, 1921. 
Corrections of Errors in Pacific Coast Avifauna no. 14.—Asio wilsonianus. Long- 
eared Owl. On page 68, for “Stevensville, Ravalli County, April 14, 1912, 2 eggs,” read 
Corvallis, instead of Stevensville. 
Junco hyemalis mearnsi. Pink-sided Junco. “It has also been found .. . in 
the Bitterroot Valley in migration’; and “Corvallis, March 22, 1913” (page 128). This 
specimen was taken May 22 instead of March 22, which would bring it in the breeding 
season instead of in migration. The exact locality was eight miles east of Corvallis at 
4500 feet elevation, in heavy yellow pine and Douglas fir forest.—BrrNarp BaAILEy, Elk 
River, Minnesota, October 10, 1921. 
An Inland Occurrence of the Common Tern.—A male of the year of the Common 
Tern (Sterna hirundo) was taken by van Rossem at Victorville, San Bernardino County, 
California, on September 22, 1921. When shot, it was on a sandbar in the Mohave River, 
in company with a few Killdeers. No other terns were observed during the eight days 
spent in that vicinity—D. R. Dickry and A. J. vAN Rossem, Pasadena, California, No- 
vember 25, 1921. 
Burrowing Owl off the Virginia Coast.—While on depth-charge watch at night 
just out of Hampton Roads enroute to New York, October 22, 1918, I observed a small 
owl which for four hours flew about the quarter-deck of the vessel but eluded capture. 
The next morning a marine caught the bird perched on one of the depth-charges, and on 
examination it proved to be a Burrowing Owl (Speotyto cunicularia). It was very docile 
and eagerly gulped down pieces of raw beef fed by hand. As the marine wished to take 
it ashore as a pet I was unable to secure it, and though I positively identified it as a 
Burrowing Owl I could not determine its subspecific characters. One would, however, 
presuppose the Florida bird (Speotyto cunicularia floridana), rather than our western 
representative. At all events its appearance so far from its known range seems worthy 
2 Sti even at this late date—W™mn. DuNcAN ° Strone, Berkeley, California, November 
30, 1921. 
Rare Birds in Arizona and New Mexico.—Harris Hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus 
harrisi). While on an auto trip through Arizona I took an adult male on the Superior 
Highway about fifteen miles east of Mesa, Arizona, on March 15, 1921. Three were seen 
together in the giant cactus association. I have never been able to find this species in 
southwestern New Mexico. 
