Nov., 1901. 
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est in the Sierras with a hope of hear- 
ing it. Mr. Osgood in North American 
Fauna No. 2[ describes Nvctala acadica 
scotcea from Queen Charlotte Islands, 
which is probably quite, if not entirely, 
identical with specimens that liave been 
taken in California, and also including 
Lichenstein’s Strix frontalis which is 
grouped in Vol. 9 of Pac. R. R. Reports 
with Nyctale albifrons. 
I hope Nyctala will be retained for 
the generic name of these owls and 
think no great violence will be done 
our code of nomenclature by retaining 
it. Dr. Coues somewhere suggested a 
statute of limitations whereby a name 
that had been in use about fifty years 
should continue in use, — a wise sug- 
gestion I think. A^cytale and Nyctala 
have done good service about that long; 
it seems to me that our greatest present 
want is stability of ornithological nomen- 
clature. 
L. Beluing. 
Stockton, Cal. 
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^Iniotilta varia Recorded Again in California 
A S the result of an outing at Pacific 
drove. Cal. I am enabled to again 
record the Black-and-White Warb- 
ler for California the specimen 
being a male in fall plumage. On Sep*-. 
8, 1901 while driving out to Point Lo- 
bos, Monterey Co., at the Carmel River 
crossing ray attention was attracted to a 
chickadee which I thought seemed to 
be cha.sing a chickadee of larger size. 
On collecting the bird 1 found it to be a 
Black-and-White Warbler (Mniotilta 
varia)', making the third recorded speci- 
men for California. The two skins I 
have taken measure as follows; No. 
784, Coll, W, O. E.; wing, 2.1 1; tail, 
2.00 inches, Farallone Island, May 28, 
1887; No. 3047, Coll. W. O. E., wing, 
2.10; tail, 1. 14 inches, Monterey Co., 
Cal. Sept. 8, 190 r. 
There seems to be no perceptible dif- 
ference between these specimens and 
those from the Atlantic Coast. An im- 
mature female is recorded in “Birds of 
the Pacific Slope of Los Angeles Co., 
Cal.” by Grinnell, the specimen having 
been taken by H A. Gaylord on Oct. 2, 
1895 in Arroyo Seco near Pasadena, 
Cal. W. Otto Ejierson. 
Hayivards, Cal., Oct. 30, 1901. 
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The American Redstart in Oregon. 
While looking over the University of 
California collection of skins at Berke- 
ley the pa.st month for .some records of 
the old Dr. Cooper collection, I noted a 
female American Redstart {Selophaga 
rnticilla) labelled “John Day River, 
Oregon, July i, 1899,” collected by 
Loye Miller, catalogue number 130. 
While being an Oregon take I consider 
it worthy of recording, as the date be- 
ing late would indicate a nesting bird, 
and it may be found by .some of the 
field-workers later on as occurring spar- 
ingly on the Pacific Slope, it being a 
summer resident of British Columbia. 
W. Otto E^fekson. 
Haywards, Cal., Nov. 2, igoi. 
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Warbler Notes from Los Angeles, Cal. 
Idendroicamaculosa. On October 5, 1901 
while watching a flof'k of about a dozen 
lAite-cent and Pileolated warblers feed- 
ing in some willows, I saw among them 
what I took to be an immature Calaver- 
as Warbler. I shot at and secured it 
and on picking the bird up was agree- 
ably surprised at finding it to be a fe- 
male Magnolia Warbler. I believe this 
is onl}^ the second thus far taken in this 
county. On Oct. 21, 1897 I secured 
one, also a female, (recorded in Grin- 
nell’s “I^ist of Birds of the Pacific Slope 
of Los Angeles Co.”) about a quarter of 
a mile from where I took this bird. 
Helmi^ithopliila celata. P'or about six 
weeks, commencing with Sept. i, 
Lutescent Warblers were quite abun- 
dant in the vicinity of Los Angeles. I 
carefully scrutinized the various flocks 
I saw in the hope of finding some 
Orange-crowned Warblers, and was re- 
warded by securing two specimens, a 
