Nov., 1914 
FROM FIELD AND STUDY 
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February 15, 1910, I secured a Tree Swallow, Iridoprocne Mcolor, from a small flock 
that flew about a stream of water during a shower. I have seen two Audubon Caracaras 
(Polydorus cJieriway), one on each side of the Gila River, and also the head, wings and 
tail of one shot at Sacaton by an Indian. 
September 4, 1910, I secured a male Anna Hummingbird, Galypte anna. Two Ru- 
fous Hummingbirds, Selasphorus rufus, immature males, were secured the same year, 
one September 4, the other October 1. — M. Fkench Gilman, Sacaton, Arizona. 
Migrations of the Gannet. — If any correspondent would be so good as to inform me 
of any authenticated occurrence of the Gannet {Sula hassana) in any part of the Carib- 
bean Sea, or off the shores of Panama, Venezuela or Columbia, I should be greatly 
obliged, as information is lacking on the points. The Gannet (Sula bassana) is stated 
to make an annual migration in the winter to the Gulf of Mexico, which is some 2500 
miles from its Canadian breeding-places — Bird Rocks and Bonaventure. It has been 
identified, although not actually obtained, at Trinidad island, lat. 10° 50' N (see The 
Field, April 17, 1897, p. 586), but it must be a very occasional visitant so far south as 
this, and there is no other notice of it on such a latitude. According to Mr. Beebe it is 
not uncommon off Vera Cruz (Bird Lovers in Mexico, p. 381). — J. H. Guekey, Keswich, 
Norwich, England. 
New Breeding Records for California. — Early last spring the services of Mr. Adriaan 
van Rossem were engaged by my brother and myself for a collecting trip which was 
to start from Los Angeles, going northerly through Los Angeles County to the Tejon 
Pass, take in some of the Buena Vista Lake country, then cross the valley past Bakers- 
field toward the more northeastern part of Kern County, to the South Fork of Kern 
River. The writer hoped to join the expedition but was compelled by developments to 
abandon the idea, to his great regret. Tejon Pass was one of the halting places on the 
itinerary, and there a small number of Gallinago delicata were found breeding, making 
the first nesting record in southern California, or for any part of the state south of the 
extreme northern portion. 
Mr. van Rossem’s notes regarding this find are as follows: — (Near Gorman, Tejon 
Pass, Los Angeles County, California, April 24, 1914) “Wilson’s Snipe are fairly com- 
mon. About a dozen in all were seen. While walking toward one of the Redwing’s 
nests I kicked against a small tussock of grass and flushed a snipe which merely flut- 
tered a few feet and stood watching me. A glance downward revealed the nest, and the 
bird was promptly ‘auxed’ for positive identification.’’ This bird is now number 7636, 
and the set number 4269/4-14, collection of J. & J. W. Mailliard. Incubation was so far 
advanced as to necessitate drilling out a very large hole, cutting the embryo into small 
bits with scissors and removing the pieces with forceps. In the center of the bunch of 
grass above referred to, which was about one foot in diameter and two in height, in a 
swampy area, the nest was situated, it being “simply a few fine gr.asses, probably pulled 
from the stems directly beside the nest, as several bare stalks were noticed.” 
Other individuals, according to van Rossem’s notes, showed indications of anxiety 
regarding the spots from which they were flushed, and, as no more nests were found, 
doubtless had young ones hidden nearby. 
Another record is that of the Dwarf Cowbird (Molothrus a. obscurus) near Buena 
Vista Lake, where the nest of a Western Gnatcatcher (Polioptila c. obscura) was found 
containing three of the owner’s eggs and one of the Dwarf Cowbird, the contrast in size 
between the two varieties being very marked. This set was taken on May 12, 1914, and 
is now number 4273/3-1-14, collection of J. & J. W. M. — Joseph Mailliaed, San Francisco, 
California. 
