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sometimes bunches of them. They were always bright and in good condition of 
flesh. They appeared to be idle which leads me to think that the late hatches do 
not lay the following spring. If this were to be seen only in summer I would be- 
lieve that they had been robbed of their possessions, but it occurs when the hens 
should be nesting. 
The counties of Albany, Converse, Natrona, and Carbon are the places where 
grouse are most abundant in Wyoming. A single hunter has been known to kill 
a hundred birds in a day without a dog. The best hunting is found over lands 
adjacent to springs, down green draws and the bottoms along streams, and the best 
time to find coveys is in the morning or evening when the birds are feeding. After 
feeding they hide either on the feeding ground or at some distance from it where 
the sage is large enough to screen them from enemies and the rays of the sun. 
Ofttimes a hen with her brood will venture to take refuge in the shade of a ranch- 
man’s cabin or barn. It is certain that grouse breed above seven thousand feet 
but just how much I am unable to say. Hail storms often kill large numbers 
when they strike the places of hiding. When their feathers are drenched with 
rain, the birds are often unable to rise, and at such times have been killed with a 
stick. 
Birds from the West Coast of Lower California and Adjacent Islands 
BY HENRY B. KAEDING 
I T was the writer’s privilege during the summer of 1897 to form one of a party 
that visited the islands off the west coast of Lower California. This expedition 
was made in a small schooner, leaving San Diego during the first week in 
March, and an endeavor was made to touch at all the islands between San Diego 
and Socorro Island, with the exception of Los Coronados. This was done, some 
of the more important islands being visited twice and even three times, and land- 
ings were also made on the mainland of the Lower California peninsula. Many 
interesting facts were brought to light concerning the breeding habits of little 
known shearwaters and petrels and several new species of birds were described 
from the material collected. 
The ornithological material was for the collection of Mr. A. W. Anthony, who 
has written at length on the results of the expedition (see list of references ap- 
pended), but as yet there has been no attempt to compile a complete list of the birds 
encountered on the trip. The following list is intended to furnish in as concise 
form as possible a complete hand list of the birds taken or noted by the writer. 
Obviou-ly it cannot be expected that a list of this kind will embody all the birds of 
the region visited, and for additional information on the avifauna of the region in 
question the writer has appended a list of the principal publications pertaining to 
the subject. With regard to this list of publications, it may be as well to state that 
no attempt has been made to compile a complete bibliography; this has been done 
by Mr. Brewster" and others, and the list of references appended is one of only the 
principal and leading publications on the subject; a bibliography of this region will 
be found in several of the works referred to. 
Prior to the time of the visit of our party, the more southerly group of islands, 
Los Revillagigedos, comprising Socorro, San Benedicte and Clarion Islands, had 
a. Cf. Brewster, Birds of tile Cape Region of I.ower California. Bull. Harv. Mus. Comp. Zool , XI. I, 1902. 
