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opening and sit there until the parents’ return, apparently enjoying his view of 
the outside world. That this was not always the same bird was shown by the fact 
that the hed was occasionally black and white and occasionally brown, for the sexes 
are markedly different even at this stage. Altho the young were well grown at this 
time, July 8, they had not left the nest on July 13, when we moved away from 
the vicinity. 
FROM FIELD AND STUDY 
Unexpected Birds at Santa Barbara in the Summer of 1910. — 1. Oidemia deglandi. A 
small flock, fifteen or twenty birds, I should say, past the entire summer here, where they were 
seen constantly by Mr. John II. Bowles and myself. It had not occurred to me that their pres- 
ence could be worthy of record until I read in the new A. O. U. Check-List that non-breeding 
birds of this species had been found in summer “as far south as Monterey.” I saw nothing of 
the species here in the summer of 1909. 
2. Marila affims. Two birds, a drake and a duck (or young male), were seen on the 6tli, 
15th and 16th of June, in a small fresh-water lake just outside of the city. 
3. ^Echmophorus occidentalis. A single Western Grebe was seen off the beach on the follow- 
ing dates: June 11, 13, 14, 19, 20, 26, 28, July 5, and August 29 and 30. 
4. Limosa fedoa. A Marbled Godwit appeared on the beach, where it permitted a close ap- 
proach, June 4. 
5. Catoptrophorus seinipaluiatus inornatus. A single Willet was found on the beach June 
24, and July 8 and 24. — Bradford Torrey. 
A Correction. — In The Condor for November, 1909, I publislit an article on the nesting of 
the Broad-tailed Hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus) in Gallatin County, Montana. Since 
then Prof. Wells W. Cooke has called my attention to the fact that the Broad-tailed Hummingbird 
is not ordinarily known to breed in Montana, while the Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus ruf us) 
is known to breed there, tlio not previously from that part of the State. Since the identification 
was by sight only, and that of a female bird, it is most probable that the bird which I saw was the 
Rufous Hummingbird. I was misled by the statement of the ranges of these species in the 
manuals, which led me to believe that the Rufous Hummingbird could occur only as a migrant in 
Montana, while the Broad-tailed, being found as far north as Idaho and Wyoming, might occur 
in southern Montana. — Aretas A. Saunders. 
The California Towhee in Oregon. — The California Towliee ( Pipilo crissalis crissalis) I 
have found to be fairly common at Kerby, Josephine County, Oregon. They are, however, so 
shy and keep so completely hidden in the thickest brash, except for occasional glimpses when 
flying from one thicket to another, that it is almost impossible to collect specimens. I have not 
succeded in finding a nest, but have taken some skins which seem to differ appreciably from 
skins taken farther south. 
I saw California Towhees first in 1901 on the East Fork of the Illinois River 3)4 miles north 
of the California line, and 1 have seen them along the river in suitable places for about 12 miles 
farther north. This area includes all of the level, open river valley in these parts, the high 
mountains or foothills coming right down to the river north and south of it. There seem to be 
suitable places along the West Fork of the river, but I have not seen any of the birds there. I 
have not seen them earlier than May or later than October. — Charees W. BoweeS. 
Southern California Breeding Records of the Western Grasshopper jiparrow The 
Western Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum bimaculatus) is recorded by H. W. 
Idenshaw as breeding on the coast near Santa Barbara in 1875. 
J. E. Law has noted the species all thru the summer months in the San Fernando Valle}-, 
Los Angeles County, and on one occasion took an adult female containing a fully formed egg. 
J. S. Appleton has found this bird a fairly common resident of the Simi Valley, Ventura 
County. He took a set of 4 eggs advanced in incubation May 11, 1896, and a set of 5, incubated 
about one-half, May 15th of the same year. Both nests were on the ground in a barley field. 
I found several pairs of Grasshopper Sparrows, all apparently breeding, in a barley field near 
Gardena, Los Angeles County, in May and June, 1910. On June 2, I found a nest containing 4 
young just beginning to fly, and collected the female bird. — G. WiLEETT. 
