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nests with eggs were located, one with nine; but from the majority the young had 
hatched. 
Dafila acuta. Pintail. A pair flushed from the marsh grass at the east end of 
Bear Lake, June 26, but I was not able to locate their nest. 
Querquedula cyanoptera. Cinnamon Teal. On June 25, this duck was quite com- 
mon at the east end of Bear Lake where at least twenty-five pairs were seen. Three 
or four young about one-third grown were seen here in the marsh grass, but flopped 
away hurriedly at our approach. This same day one nest was discovered with ten eggs 
nearly ready to hatch. The nest was in a bunch of marsh grass in very swampy land 
in a pasture and about a quarter of a mile from the lake proper. The female flushed 
from the nest, the latter being heavily lined with down feathers. In this pasture there 
was a large herd of cattle and they had tramped all around the nest; it seemed just 
luck that the nest had not been destroyed. The same day two or three pairs of these 
Fig. 45. Nest, eggs, and one newly hatched chick of Soea Rail; Bear Lake, San Ber- 
nardino Mountains, June 25, 1916 
ducks were seen at the west end of Baldwin Lake, and one destroyed nest was found 
in the same locality. 
Porzana Carolina. Sora Rail. In the same meadow where the Cinnamon Teal's 
nest was found, a nest containing ten eggs and a recently hatched young of the Sora 
Rail was discovered (see fig. 45). Though just hatched the little dark colored fellow 
attempted to crawl away when we parted the grass over the nest. I managed to keep 
him still long enough to secure a photo. The nest was composed of marsh grass closelj 
woven into a cup and completely arched over, making its discovery rather difficult. 
Further search disclosed another nest with six eggs, a newly hatched young and many 
egg shells. Also several nests from which the young had hatched were found nearby. 
Soras were flushed several times. I believe this is the first nesting record for this 
bird for Big Bear Valley. 
