Jan., 1911 
FROM FIKLI) AND vSTUDV 
The Western Winter Wren (XanJtus hiema/is pacijicns) at Santa Barbara. — On Novem- 
ber 14, 1910, IMr. M'atson Snyder of Newark, N. J., told me he saw one of these wrens in a small 
canyon on the outskirts of town. We visiteil the locality on the da}- following-, hnt were nnsnc- 
cessfnl i!i locating onr l)ird. 
On November 26, IMr. .Snyder reported another in a canyon situated a nnmher of miles from 
where he saw the first. I visited this place on the day following and was successful in .seeing 
three, of which 1 .secured one for my collection. — II. Bowi.KS. 
Notes from Ventura County, California. — On May 12, 1910, .Sidne}' Peyton found a set of 
eggs of Anthony Oreen Heron (Butorides virescetis anthouyi) in an old crow's nest in a swamp 
east of the Sespe River. It consisted of six considerably incubated eggs. 
On October 2d, 1910, I found a nest of the Oreen-hacked Ooldfmch (Astragaliuus ps. hespero- 
philiis] in a walnut tree near my home at .Sespe. It contained four nearly grown young. They 
left the nest on Octol)er 29. Harold Pyle found a nest on October 26 which contained four young 
birds. They left the nest November 8. — L.wvrenck Picvtox. 
A Stray White Pelican. — I recentlj' inspected the skin of a White Pelican (Pelccauns 
ery/hrorhynchos) that was cajAured on November 27 in the vicinit}’ of Lankershim, Tos Angeles 
County, California. It had been woiinded by a rifle l)all, hut when found was still alive and very 
pugnacious, though the appearance of the surrounding ground indicated that it had had an all 
night fight with the coyotes. It died soo!i after. — ^^1. Ivugenk T.\w. 
Note.s from Santa Barbara. — The Western [Orasshopper Sparrow (AintHodrainns saz'an- 
narum bimaculatus) is a common summer resident in the \'icinity of .Santa Barbara, California. I 
secured a set of five eggs last summer and found several nests with j'oung. 
Wilson Phalaropes [Steganopus tricolor'] stayed around here a good deal this fall. I .saw a 
pair on July 22, three together on .Vugust .1, and a pair on .September 8; one of the latter was 
shot. They all stayed around for some time; hut these three dates must certainly have been for 
different birds. 
I fir.st saw the Pectoral Sandpiper [Pisobia maculata) this fall on .September 8, and collected 
one on .September 9. — H. Bowi.ES. 
Notes from Sacaton, Arizona. — The fall of 1910 was prolific in the occurrence of unusual 
bird visitors, and I send the following notes concerning them. 
.September .1, a Rocky Mountain Nuthatch [Sitta carolirensis nelsoni) made his appearance 
and was later joined by several more. They were here till the first week in December, when I 
saw the last one. 
September ,5, I secured a male Ant-eating Wooilpecker [Melanerpes forinicivorus forniici- 
vorus), l)eing the second one seen in three years. When first seen, he was at work on a lues- 
(juite wood-pile in the hack-yard. 
October .S, a Red-hreasted Nuthatch (Sitfa catiadefisis) was seen on a cement irrigating ditch, 
which was probably rather poor picking. Later in the da}- I saw him or another, and during 
the month following 1 saw several. One day ! noticed one fly several times from a tree trunk, 
warhler-like, and snap up worms hanging at the ends of webs. 
The most incongruous combination was a Clarke Nutcracker (Xuci/raga coluoibiana) 
perched on a Deglet Noor date tree the morning of October 17. Me was (juite tameand though an 
instinct demanded his accpiisition as an avian record for this locality I refrained and he departed 
in peace about noon. 
I lis place however was taken that afternoon by a Long-crested Jay [Cyanocitta sleUeri 
diadeniata) which I saw in some cotton-wood trees along a field of Ivgyptian cotton. .Several of 
these jays were seen the next day and were around till November 22 when the last was seen. The 
most seen at one time were seven in a flock. They were strangely silent for these jays, perhaps 
feeling like strangers in a strange land. 
October 2,i, a Towmsend .Solitaire (Myadestes toiunsendi) was seen in the date grove. 
November 21, while driving across the desert, I found a Whistling .Swan (Olor columbianiis) 
with a crippled wing. He conld half fly and half run and it took cpiite a chase to run him down. 
It was a long ways from water so I gave him a drink from my canteen which he seemed glad to 
get, and putting him in the wagon took him home. Here I placed him in a big irrigating 
ditch with grassy hanks and gave him corn, wheat and bread. 1 hoped his wing would heal 
hut he grew weaker and died the foiirth day. — M. French ('iU.m.^n. 
