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recorded from that state, so far as I am 
aware. The specimen was obtained 
from Mr. C. K. Worthen, of Warsaw, 
Illinois, and according to the label is a 
female, and was taken in Kern Co., 
May 10, 1882. 
Robert Ridgway. 
Washmgton, D. C. 
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The Parasite Question Again. 
The remarks of Mr. Lyman Belding 
in The Condor, (Vol 3, No. 4) concern- 
ing the absence of intestinal parasites 
in Lopliortvx c. vallkclus have been a 
great surprise to me, proving as they do 
that his experience with this bird has 
been so different from mine. It is true 
that my own experience has been al- 
most wholly with L. californicus but it is 
hardly reasonable to suppose that a 
parasite would turn up its nose at a 
subspecies. It must be a question of 
infected localities. 
I have seen so many cases of intesti- 
nal parasites in the Lophortyx of this 
region that I was led to believe that 
this bird was especially subject to such 
afflictions. In Marin County, and if my 
memory is correct, in San Benito County 
also, these birds are ver}^ frequently 
found with either what appear to be 
small tapeworms, or with numbers of 
round, white, rather blunt worms about 
half an inch long, closely resembling 
those sometimes found in domesticated 
poultry. Besides these I have often 
found a group of exceedingly small 
parasites of a bright vermilion color, 
suggesting fungoid growth, around the 
vent, but have never examined these 
with a microscope. 
I might remark that I recently found 
what appeared to be this same vermilion 
parasite grouped around the eyelids of 
a 5"Oung dog, and in sufficient quantity 
to be visible at a distance of several 
feet. A light brushing with kerosene 
removed these in a short time. As 
there is no rea.son to suppose that a 
parasite would have any more compunc- 
tions about attacking a Lophortyx c. 
vallicolus than an L. califorjiiciis the 
matter resolves itself into a local issue. 
Joseph Mailliard. 
San Geronimo, Cal. 
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Common Loon at Palo Alto, Cal. 
WISH to record a specimen of 
Gavia iniber secured near Palo Alto, 
California, on April 15, 1901. It 
was shot b}’ a .student of Stanford Uni- 
versity at a fresh water reservoir on the 
campus. I prepared the skin, which is 
now' in the University collection. It 
proved to be an adult male, and is in 
complete summer plumage. The bird 
was probably on its way northward to 
its breeding grounds, as I have not ob- 
served the species in wdnter in this im- 
mediate vicinity. 
Although of regular occurrence in 
California, this loon has not been re- 
corded very often. The red-throated 
and pacific loons have been much more 
frequently noted, though both the latter 
seem to be confined to the sea-coast; 
while the common loon occurs princi- 
pally on fresh bodies of water inland. 
The latter has been found also in 
summer in the Sierras, and has been re- 
corded as breeding in the lakes lying a 
few miles east of Mt. Lassen. 
Joseph Grinneel. 
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Notes from Oakland and Pescadero. 
On May 20, 1901, four ruby-crowned 
kinglets, were seen on a redwood cov- 
ered ridge near Pescadero, Cal. The 
birds were apparently paired, but the 
two pairs did not separate very much. 
I shot a California creeper from a cy- 
pre.ss hedge near Oakland, on Decem- 
ber 31, 1901. I have never seen one in 
this valley before, although I saw' one 
near Lafayette in March of 1900. 
So far this season, the varied thrush 
is not in anything like the numbers 
in which they appeared last year. 
Blue-fronted jays are not rare in the 
foot-hills this winter. They were rare- 
ly met with at all during the past eight 
years. 
J. M. Willard. 
