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fifteen or twenty yards out and one can see where the water has been for two 
springs previous by the old nests now high and dry. 
Following is a list of the birds collected, or noted where identification is posi- 
tive. 
1 . iEchmophorus occidentalis. Western Grebe. About a dozen individuals, 
well out to sea on January 8, were exceptionally tame and unsuspicious. 
2. Larus californicus. California Gull. Abundant at the “neck’’ where the 
railroad trestle crosses the sea. Doubtless attracted by the refuse thrown from 
trains as well as by the swarms of fish which come for the same purpose. 
,3. Larus delawarensis. Ring-billed Gull. At Brawley large flocks fed every 
day in the flooded fields. All seen here were adults or nearing maturity, while at 
Salton nearly all .seen were birds of the year. Not so common as the last. 
4. Phalacrocorax auritus albociliatus. Farallon Comorant. Abundant at 
Salton Sea. A favorite roosting place was the partly submerged telephone poles, 
though the tree-tops about a quarter of a mile out were well occupied. 
.8. Pelecanus erythrorhynchos. White Pelican. Seen almost every day at 
Brawley in large flocks, and at Salton Sea. As early as January 8 they had begun 
to pair and by the thirteenth couples formed the majority. 
6. Anas platyrhynchos. Mallard. Seen only at the Alamo River in threes 
and pairs, usually in quiet inlets. 
7. Mareca americana, Baldpate. Three noted in a market shipment Dec- 
ember 25. 
8. Nettion carolinense. Green-winged Teal. Small flocks of from four to 
eight seen on the Alamo, and one taken. 
6. Querquedula cyanoptera. Cinnamon Teal. A male seen in the bag of a 
local hunter December 16. 
10. Spatula clypeata. Shoveller. Perhaps the most common duck both at 
Brawley and Salton. 
11. Dafila acuta. Pintail. Quite common at Brawley and on the Alamo. A 
few seen at Salton. 
12. Marila americana. Redhead. One bunch of four on the Alamo River 
Dec. 4, and several others examined in market bags. 
13. Marila valisineria. Canvas-back. One in a game shipment December 25. 
14. Charitonetta albeola. Bufflehead. A flock of six, all females, at Salton 
Sea January 8. 
15. Erismatura jamaicensis. Ruddy Duck. Several individuals noted at the 
river and one at Salton January 8. 
16. Branta canadensis subsp ? A flock of seven Canada geese passed close 
over my camp at Mecca January 12, but no specimens were taken. 
17. Ardea herodias treganzii. Treganza Blue Heron. One seen at Brawley 
December 12. Abundant at Salton Sea. 
18. Nycticorax nycticorax naevius. Black-crowned Night Heron. Fairly 
common at Salton but not in the numbers of the last. 
19. Grus mexicana. Sandhill Crane. About a hundred, usually split into 
two or three flocks, passed over every morning about 7:00. On several occasions 
they were accompanied by a solitary White Pelican whether the same individual or 
not I could not tell. 
20. Rallus virginianus. Virginia Rail. Two at least and perhaps three stay- 
ed about a tide grown spring, and were seen closely several times. 
