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Tachycineta thalassina lepida. Violet-green Swallow. Migrant; one of the 
most abundant birds in the locality, in March of both 1905 and 1906. ' 
Stelgidopteryx serripennis. Rougli-winged Swallow. Migrant; several were se- 
cured on March 30, 1905. 
Vireo gilvus swainsoni. Western Warbling Yireo. Not common; one speci- 
men was secured May 28, 1904. 
Helminthophila celata lutescens. Lutescent Warbler. One migrant was se- 
cured March 26, 1905. 
Dendroica auduboni. Audubon Warbler. A few stragglers were seen during 
March, 1905 and 1906; the majority had evidently departed. 
Geothlypis trichas scirpicola. Tule Yellowthroat. Common in the tide 
patches. 
Mimus polyglottos leucopterus. Western Mockingbird. Quite common 
among the “eholla” cactus where it breeds. 
Toxostoma redivivum pasadenense. Pasadena Thrasher. One individual was 
seen on March 25, 1906. 
Heleodytes brunneicapillus couesi. Cactus Wren. Several pair-> were seen in 
tlie cactus where a set of eggs was found March 27, 1905. 
Troglodytes aedon parkmani. Western House Wren. Common in the syca- 
mores where several nests were located. 
Baeolophus inornatus. Plain Titmouse. A single individual was secured 
March 28, 1906. 
Chamaea fasciata henshawi. Pallid Wren-tit. One pair was seen in the brush 
on the hillside in March, 1905. 
Psaltriparus minimus. California Bush-tit. One flock was encountered in 
some willows May 29, 1904. 
Sialia mexicana occidentalis. Western Bluebird. A nest with large young 
was found May 30, 1905. 
7 '/troop Polytechnic Institute , 
Pasadena, Cal. 
Notes on Birds Observed While Traveling From Yokohama to Manila 
BY RICHARD C. MCGREGOR 
I VENTURE to offer the readers of The Condor the following notes made while 
traveling from Yokohama, Japan, to Hongkong, China, on the T. K. K. 
“America Maru,” and from Hongkong to Manila on the steamer “Rubi.” The 
point of particular interest is that while gulls were abundant at and between 
Yokohama and Hongkong none of them followed the ship to Manila. Lams ridi- 
bundus is the only gull known to occur regularly in Philippine waters; only one 
other, Lams vegee , is recorded, and this from a single specimen taken near Manila. 
vSea birds of all kinds are extremely scarce in Philippine waters; thus but two 
Tubinares and eleven Laridae are known from the Philippines against eleven 
Tubinares and twenty-one Laridae from Japan. Similar proportions are found 
when all the water birds are considered. McGregor and Worcester enumerate but 
101 water birds in their “Hand-List of Philippine Birds” (1906), while more than 
twice that number are given by Seebohm in “The Birds of the Japanese Empire” 
(1890). 
Yokohama Bay, February 19.-— During our stay here we had very line clear 
