FROM FIELD AND STUDY 
A Correction. — In an article upon the manuscript of Charles Lucien Bonaparte, in the 
March number of The Condor, is a mistake in the family history evidently made originally by 
Dr. Cooper and which was not corrected later on in the text. Prince Carlo Luciano Bonaparte was 
a nephew of Napoleon I instead of a cousin, his father being Lucien, prince of Canino, a brother 
of Napoleon I, and he was a cousin of Napoleon III instead of an uncle. — JosepH Maileiard, San 
Geruvimo, Marin Co., Cal. 
San Geronimo Notes. — The present winter has been such a mild one, with such a splendid 
rainfall and heavy growth of verdure, that it seemed reasonable to suppose these unusual condi- 
tions would have more or less effect upon our bird life. I looked forward to an increase in the 
number of birds inconsequence of it. The reverse has been the case, however, as far as our win- 
ter residents are concerned. Instead of the varied thrush ( Ixoreus navi 11s) being in evidence on 
all sides I have seen but one or two during the whole winter, while the dwarf hermit thrush 
{Hylocichla g. nana) has been exceedingly scarce and the western robin {Mernla in. propin qua) 
present in very small numbers. The same state of affairs has been reported from other localities in 
the vicinity of San Francisco. Under these circumstances it is natural to assume that either these 
birds have found food and climatic conditions so favorable farther north that they have not 
worked their way down to us, or they have found food so plentiful everywhere that they have 
scattered widelv through the state instead of concentrating in the usually most favorable localities. 
Will not some of the members of the Cooper Club in different parts of the state help us to solve 
this problem by giving their observations in these pages? 
The only records worthy of especial note at the moment in this locality are the capture of an- 
other white-throated sparrow (Zonofrich ia albicollis) in February, and the taking of a female 
Hutton’s vireo (Vireo huttoni) that was evidently either laying or just ready to do so on March 
14th, a remarkably early date for the nesting of this species in this region. — Joseph Maii.uard, 
San Geronimo , Marin Co., Cal. 
Falco richardsoni in Southern California. — In a list of birds noted at the Annual Out- 
ing Meeting of the Southern Division of the Cooper Ornithological Club which was held in the 
San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles Co., Cal., October 31st to November 2nd 1903 (see Condor, 
vol. VI, No. 1, page 22), I noted the taking of a specimen, October 31st, of Falco columbarius. At 
the time Mr. Grinnell called attention to its light color, and other members thought it might prove 
to be Falco richardsoni , but several hawks taken heretofore in the same locality were all typical 
Falco columbarius, and there being no richardsoni in southern ‘California collections for compar- 
ison, it was, for the time being labeled columbarius. Through the kindness of Dr. Dearborn, the 
skin has recently been compared with the Field Columbian Museum series under his care, and at 
once pronounced Falco richardsoni. It is evidently a bird of the year in fresh fall plumage, with 
the light colored tail bands somewhat narrower than in the adult. The only previous California 
record (see Grinnell’s Check List of California Birds, page 33.) is that of Henshaw who records a 
specimen secured at Walker Basin, August 28, 1875.— Frank S. Daggett, Chicago, III. 
A Correction. — In the Condor for July and August, 1904, p. 99, Rev. S. H. Goodwin calls 
attention to an error in the Handbook of Birds of the Western United States, under Lams frank- 
linii. The Utah note that he refers to, as I now recall the circumstance, was interpolated in the 
copj', and by a most unfortunate accident placed under franklinii instead of californicus. 
Absence in the field prevented my seeing the July Condor on publication, and Mr. Goodwin's 
article has only just come to my attention. I now hasten to acknowledge the correction and to 
thank Mr. Goodwin for calling attention to the error, which will of course be corrected in the next 
edition of the Handbook. — Vernon Bailey, Washington , I). C., March 27, /905. 
Snow-bound. — A specimen of Kalins virginianus, in the flesh, was sent me from the .Sum- 
mit of the C. P. R. R. (Donner, P. O.) altitude 7000 feet, April 21, 1904. It must have been cross- 
ing to the east slope of the Sierras but a violent snow storm compelled it, presumably, to take re- 
fuge in an outbuilding, where it was caught. Snow at that time was nine feet deep on the level 
at the summit. — L. Bedding, Stockton, Cal. 
The Irrepressible Oregon Chickadee. — Has anyone ever collected Parus a. occidentalis 
in California? When I was working on Land Birds of the Pacific District 1 enquired of four per- 
sons, who had given it a place in their lists of birds from central and southern California, if P. 
gambeli was not the species they had seen instead of P. a. occidentalis, and three of them said 
they thought it was. One of the three was Mr. Evermann. Not one of the four had mentioned 
the very common P. gambeli. 
On page 268, Land Birds of the Pacific District, there is an annoying error. My manuscript 
