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the sand-spit near Carpinleria, in company with some gulls. It Hew at first in wild alarm, 
hut would not forsake its less distracted comrades. Two days later, namely, on the 4th of 
May, it was seen standing at rest, this time quite alone, upon the mud-flats not half a mile 
hack from the sand-spit. 
Anthony Green Heron { Butoridcs I'ircscciis antiwiiyi ) . The occurrence of this bird is 
not remarkable for this section, save that its abundance this year is in marked contrast 
with its total absence last year. It has evidently bred this year ;it half a dozen near-by 
stations. 
Least Bittern (I.vobryclius cxilis). Counted a rare bird locally, but its occurrence near 
Goleta on the 3rd of May completed a list of seven Herodiones seen hereabouts witbin two 
days; namely, White-faced Glossy Ibis, Bittern, Least Bittern, Treganza Blue Heron, Snow}' 
Egret, Anthony Green Heron, and Black-crowned Night Heron. 
Baird Sandpiper (Pisobia bairdi). Of regular occurrence again during the August 
migrations, from the 8th to the 22nd inclusive. Birds of this species rarely appear by them- 
selves, but mingle freely with the more abundant Westerns (E. inuuri). However, on the 
22nd, a solitary bird settled near me on the Carpinteria beach as though seeking the com- 
panionship of a larger wader. 1 meekly accepted the role of Curlew, and by judicious ad- 
vances succeeded in establishing a compromise distance of fifteen feet. Back and forth we 
fared for half an hour, ‘‘one little sandpiper and I”, the bird keeping steadily to the upper 
wash-line, or flitting if too hard pressed, while I jabbed the button feverishly as long as the 
plates lasted. The result is a handsome series of portraits, “if I do say it as shouldn’t.” 
Yellowlegs (Totauiis fhwipcs). On the 30th of August five of these birds were sighted 
m company with two ‘‘Greaters" (T. mclanoleucus) , as they fed upon the Beale estero, with- 
in the eastern limits of Santa Barbara. Mr. Torrey and I had them under frequent obser- 
vation for a period of two weeks and I was able to secure a few photographs, albeit indif- 
ferent ones by reason of the extravagant alarm invariably displayed by the larger species. 
Surf-bird (Apliriaa virgafa). A flock of twenty-three birds afforded three hours of 
pleasant diversion on a rocky point beyond La Patera, May 3rd, 1912.— W. Leon D.\wson. 
The Probable Breeding of the Bohemian Waxwing in Montana I have to record 
the occurrence and probable breeding of a pair of Bohemian Wa.xwings (Bonibycilla gar- 
nda) on the West ForL of the Sun River in northern Lewis and Clark County, Montana, 
in August, 1912. I first observed these birds on August 18, a very wet, rainy Sunday, when 
the shortness of our food supply had tempted me out of camp to try the fishing. 1 w'as 
crossing a small grassy flat along the bank of the mountain stream, which was bordered In- 
scattered clumps of lodgepolc pine, spruce and cottonwood, when I first heard wa.xwing 
notes that were louder and of a different qualit)' from those of the common Cedarbird. I 
soon found a w'axwing, seated in the dead top of a small lodgepole pine. The light was 
poor, and the damp weather made my glass almost useless, but I believed that I detected the 
wing-bar which distinguishes this species from the Cedarbird and was sure that the note 
was decidedly different. The bird was soon joined by its mate, and I spent the next two 
hours in watching the pair and searching through the wet bushes for a nest. The birds re- 
mained in the vicinity and acted as though they had a nest, probably containing young, but, 
though it seemed as if 1 searched every tree and bush within several hundred yards, I failed 
to find it. 
Three days later, August 21, my work took me near this place again. 1 had no time 
to make further search for the nest, but took my collecting gun along. I found the birds 
frequenting the same spot, and after examining them in a much better light than formerly, 
and finding my former identification correct, 1 secured one in order that the record would 
be unquestioned. The bird secured, wdiich I had hoped waas the male, proved to be tlie fe- 
male. Her tbroat w'as much distended and I found that it contained fourteen berries of a 
small mountain' shrub {Shepherdia canadensis) . Assuming that the feeding habits of tins 
species are similiar to those of tbe Cedar Waxwing, this fact strengthens my belief that the 
birds were feeding young in the vicinity. The point where these birds were found is in the 
Canadian life zone, at an approximate elevation of 5200 feet. This is, to my knowdedge, the 
first authentic summer record of this species south of the Canadian border. — Aretas A. 
vSaunders. 
The Calaveras Warbler in the Yellowstone National Park On the morning of 
September 9, 1912, while examining the remains of birds overcome by noxious gases in the 
.Stygian Cave near Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, I w'as surprised to 
find a Calaveras Warbler in a fair state of preservation. The specimen had evidently not 
been dead more than twenty-four or forty-eight hours. It was iu good plumage and the 
