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THE CONDOR 
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Townsend Solitaire. Myadestes townsendi. Rare and irregular mid- 
winter visitant. One individual observed February 2 (), 1909. among bay-trees 
along the lower Strawberry Creek. In January, 1911 (4th to 24th), and in Feb- 
ruary and up to March 15, 1913, single individuals were repeatedly seen in the 
pepper trees along the west side of the foot-ball bleachers ( J. G. and H. S. S.). 
IxussET-JLACKED Til RUSH. Hylocichla ustulata ustulata. Common summer 
visitant, occurring in the larger city gardens as well as along the stream-courses 
on the lower Campus and up in the hills. Arrives late ; dates of first observation : 
May 3, [904 (A. S. A.) : May 1, 1909 (J. G.) : April 15, 1911 (A. S. A.) ; May 
3, 1912 (J. G. ) : April 21, 1913 (A. S. A.). In full song from a few days after 
arrival until about July 10, after which the birds become extremely cfuiet. Noted 
in numbers up to the first week in September. Latest record : September 24, 
1908 ( J. G. ). Nest with four small young bv stream near Facultv Club June 
23. 1909. 
Dw.\rf Hermit Thrush. Hylocichla guttata nanus. Common winter visi- 
tant, a])pearing in wet weather all over the Campus and through the town, but in 
dry weather restricted to the shaded canyon sides and wooded ravines. Dates of 
first seen in the fall: October 16, 190O. and October 16. 1907 (A. S. A.) ; Oc- 
tober 15, 1908, and October 6, 1910 (J. G. ) : October 4, 1912 (A. S. A.) ; Oc- 
tober 4, 1913 (H. C. P).). Latest spring dates: April 14, 1912 (J. G.) ; April 
17, 1913 ( H. C. B.). 
Western Robin. Planesticus migratorius propinquus. Irregularly common 
mid-winter visitant. At times considerable numbers come to tbe tall pines near 
the Center Street entrance at about sundown to roost for the night. Earliest re- 
corded dates of observation in the fall: November 5. 1907 (A. S. A.) ; November 
13, 1910 ( J. G.) : November 12, 1911, November 4, 1912, and December 14. 
1913 ( H. C. B.). Last seen in the spring: IMarch 25, 1911 ( J. G.) : March 15. 
1913 ( H. C. B.). 
X'aried Thrush. Ixoreus naevius naevius. Irregularly common mid-winter 
visitant. Mo.st numerous as a rule in tracts of bay, but at times affecting live- 
oaks and even brushy hillsides. Some dates of first observation are : December 
1, 1906 (A. S. A.) ; November 16, 1911 (J. G.) ; November 16, 1913 (A. S. A.). 
Late spring records: March 27, 1911 (T. 1 . S.) : April 5. 1912, and March 15, 
1913 (J. G.). 
Western Bluicbird. Sialia mexicana occidentalis . Rather rare and sporadic 
winter visitant. Reported as having been seen on a few unspecified dates about 
the hill-tops within the Campus domain. February i, 1913- ^ large flock was ob- 
served on the hillsides near the rifle range ( H. C. B.). February 23, 1913, a com- 
pany of a dozen was seen in flight along a North Berkeley hillside ( J- G.). 
FROM FIELD AND STUDY 
Some Notes on Sea Birds from Los Angeles County, California. — On October 11, 
1913, at Hyperion Beach, Los Angeles County, a single charge of no. 10 shot into a flock 
of terns brought down four of the birds. Two of these proved to be of the more common 
species of the region. Sterna forstcri, and the other two of the less common Sterna hirundo. 
Willett in his notes on the latter species in Pacifie Coast Avifauna no. 7, appears to con- 
sider it advisable to, record actual takes of the birds, thus implying its relative scarcity. 
It would seem proper, therefore, to record this common flocking of the two species with 
the suggested equality of numbers. The writer’s identification was kindly checked up and 
concurred in by Mr. H. S. Swarth. 
