33RD REPORT OF THE CBRC: 2007 RECORDS 
At the 2008 meeting the committee decided to include all records of a 
species, including those accepted, those not accepted because of identifica- 
tion concerns, and those not accepted because of natural-occurrence con- 
cerns, within one species account. This is a major change in format from 
all previous reports and is intended to make finding specific records easier 
by eliminating the need for flipping back and forth between sections during 
a search for all records of a particular species. 
The CBRC uses standard abbreviations for California counties; those used 
in this report are ALA, Alameda; BUT, Butte; DN, Del Norte; GLE, Glenn; 
HUM, Humboldt; IMP, Imperial; INY, Inyo; KER, Kern; KIN, Kings; LAK, 
Lake; LAS, Lassen; LA, Los Angeles; MRN, Marin; MEN, Mendocino; 
MNO, Mono; MTY, Monterey; NEV, Nevada; ORA, Orange; RIV, Riverside; 
SAC, Sacramento; SBE, San Bernardino; SD, San Diego; SF, San Fran- 
cisco; SLO, San Luis Obispo; SM, San Mateo; SBA, Santa Barbara; SCL, 
Santa Clara; SCZ, Santa Cruz; SHA, Shasta; SIS, Siskiyou; SOL, Solano; 
SON, Sonoma; TRI, Trinity; VEN, Ventura; YOL, Yolo. A list of abbrevia- 
tions for all 58 California counties is available at www.californiabirds.org 
counties.html and in CBRC (2007). Other abbreviations used: Cr., creek; 
I., island; L., lake; Mt., mountain; n. miles, nautical miles; N.W.R., national 
wildlife refuge; Pt., point; R., river; W. A., wildlife area; W. M. A., wildlife 
management area. 
Museum collections housing specimens cited in this report, allowing ac- 
cess to committee members for research, or otherwise cited, are the Natural 
History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles (LACM), Museum of 
Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley (MVZ), San Diego 
Natural History Museum, San Diego (SDNHM), Santa Barbara Museum of 
Natural History, Santa Barbara (SBMNH), Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto 
(ROM), Museum of Wildlife and Fish Biology, University of California, Davis 
(MWFB), and the Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology, Camarillo 
(WFVZ). 
RECORDS 
EMPEROR GOOSE Chen canagica (89, 2). An adult was at the north jetty of 
Humboldt Bay, HUM, 2 Mar 2007 (SGe; 2007-085). While examining specimens at 
MVZ, David E. Quady noticed an Emperor Goose that had been collected by Harold 
C. Bryant and “Lamme” on 27 Oct 1915 at West Butte, SUT. The record was not 
included in Grinnell and Miller (1944), nor had it been reviewed by the committee. It 
is surprising that the very thorough Grinnell and Miller would have missed this speci- 
men in their own collection, but that appears to be the case. Photos of the specimen 
were furnished to the committee (tDEQ; MVZ #25861; 2007-097). 
IDENTIFICATION NOT ESTABLISHED: Three adults and one immature were 
reported from the Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge, SIS, 14 Dec 2005 
(2006-225). The observer is experienced with waterfowl, but the majority of the 
committee believed that the description was too brief and incomplete to establish 
the identification. 
TRUMPETER SWAN Cygnus buccinator (76, 1). An adult was with seven Tundra 
Swans (C. columbianus ) at Modoc N. W. R., MOD, 2 Dec 2007 (SCR; 2007-281). 
This bird was vocalizing and showed most of the features distinguishing the Trumpeter 
from the Tundra Swan except the outline of the feathering on the forehead, which 
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