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coincident with the notable movement of Blue-winged Teals, was a phenomenal outpour- 
ing of Pintails. Some of the flocks looked in at the Estero or Laguna Blanca, but most 
of them parallelled the coast offshore, moving east (and so south). The males were in 
full eclipse plumage at this time, and for several weeks thereafter were difficult to dis- 
tinguish save by bearing. 
Marila collaris. Ring-necked Duck- “Now rather uncommon . . . fourteen records”. 
From the unfailing regularity with which a small group of these birds occupies a certain 
corner on Laguna Blanca during late December, I have little doubt that we have been 
seeing practically the same birds every winter for the past five years. Seven birds con- 
stitute the nucleus of this flock. Only once have I seen it elsewhere, on Round Pond, 12 
miles west of town, November 4, 1911. 
Dendrocygna bicolor. Fulvous Tree-Duck. “Interior valleys southerly”. Mention 
should, I think, be made of the occurrence of this bird on the sea-beaches during migra- 
tions: Santa Barbara, May 2, 1912 (9 birds photographed on beach at Sandyland); Aug- 
ust 16, 1913; May 5, 1915. 
Ixobrychus exilis. Least Bittern. “Only four definite breeding records”. On the 
23rd of May, 1912, H. W. Carriger, Fred Truesdale and the writer, each took a nest with 
three eggs near Dos Palos. Again in 1914, May 30, three nests with eggs were found 
near Los Banos by Mr. Rossiter M. Wheeler and William O. Dawson, n/5, n/1, and 
n/2. The bird undoubtedly breeds also at Santa Barbara where it is of regular occur- 
rence. I noted it on the 29th of May, 1915. 
Lobipes lobatus. Northern Phalarope. Additional records are: Dos Palos, May 17, 
1912 (12 birds photographed); Goose Lake, June 24, 1912 (5 birds in high plumage); 
Surprise Valley, July 12, 1915. 
Himantopus mexicanus. Black-necked Stilt. “Common summer visitant to interior 
localities”. According to Mr. Bradford Torrey, who conducted me to the locality on the 
21st of August, 1912, at least two, and possibly three, pairs of Stilts had bred in the 
Estero that season. The Estero, I need scarcely remind Condor readers, is a brackish 
backwater lagoon (of a high degree of uncleanliness), which is flanked by warehouses, 
railrcad yards, and the City gas-works of Santa Barbara. The birds to the number of 
ten or a dozen were there on the 21st and again on the 22nd of August, and I judged 
many of them to be young of the year. 
Gallinago delicata. Wilson Snipe. In a swamp near Lone Pine in Inyo County, we 
heard on the 17th of June, 1911, the “hooting” nuptial song of the Wilson Snipe; and the 
day following flushed a mother bird in charge of a chick, which had undoubtedly been 
hatched in the near vicinity. 
Pisobia maculata. Pectoral Sandpiper. “Rare spring and fall migrant”, with exact 
citations. Rare, but not so rare, say ravish. Recent records are: Santa Barbara, Aug- 
ust 20, 1913; Elkhorn (Monterey County), October 11, 1913 (6 birds photographed); La 
Patera (8 miles west of Santa Barbara), August 25, 1915. 
Pisobia bairdi. Baird Sandpiper. “Rare fall migrant”. The species is of infalli- 
ble occurrence along the Santa Barbara coast in autumn, where it is at least as certain, 
if not as abundant, as the Red-backed Sandpiper. Fall appearances range from July 25 
(1914) to September 4 (1911). I suspect that its appearances in spring are quite as reg- 
ular, although, naturally, more condensed. My meager records (due merely to lack of 
attention) are April 27, 1912, May 2, 1913, May 5 and 7, 1915. 
Pelidna alpina sakhalina. Red-backed Sandpiper. The Salton Sea appears to be an 
unrecorded wintering station. Mr. Brooks and I found them in company with Western 
( Ereunetes mauri) and Least (P. minutilla) Sandpipers, near Mecca in January (Jan 
30, 1913). 
Totanus melanoleucus. Greater Yellow-legs. “Many records . . . almost span the 
summer”. Then June 30, 1912, Eagleville, Modoc County, comes pretty nearly to being 
the keystone of the arch; but Grinnell is quite right in saying that these midsummer 
records have no breeding significance. 
Oxyechus vociferus vociferus. Killdeer. “Abundant resident of suitable localities 
throughout the State”. True; but the term ‘resident’, unqualified, conceals the fact 
that the population (at least of southern California) is heavily augmented in winter, 
presumably by influx of extra-territorial migrants. There are forty times as many Kill- 
deers in winter as in summer along the Santa Barbara coast. 
Aegialitis nivosa. Snowy Plover. “Occurs sparingly in the interior”, with citation, 
