AGRICULTURAL NATURE STUDY OUTLINES 
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Tuscan, cling, Canning 
Phillips, cling, Canning 
Pears 
Bartlett 
Winter Nelis 
Comice 
Quinces 
Champion 
Orange 
Nectarines 
Stanwick 
Boston 
Plums 
Wickson (Jap) 
Climax (Jap) 
Grand Duke 
Diamond 
Prunes 
French 
Robe de Sargent 
Imperial 
Sugar 
Cherries 
Napoleon Bigarreau 
(Royal Ann) 
Black Tartarian 
Bing 
Black Republican 
Apricots 
Royal 
Blenheim 
Moorpark 
Plumcots 
Rutland 
Strawberries 
Jessie 
Dollar 
Longworth 
Oregon 
Marshall 
Raspberries 
Cuthbert 
Blackberries 
Lawton 
Mammoth 
Himalaya 
Loganberries 
Logan 
Phenomenal 
Huckleberries (Wild) 
Salmon Berries (Wild) 
IX. COMMON CALIFORNIA BIRDS 
By PROFESSOR HAROLD C. BRYANT 
The following birds have been selected from more than five 
hundred different varieties found in California as being those most 
commonly met with. As a cheek list of the commoner birds this list 
will be helpful but for more detailed descriptions and habits resort 
must be made to various books on birds. It should be remembered 
that not all of the birds here listed are to be found in one locality or 
at one season of the year. 
Western Gull ( Lams occidentalis). —The commonest gull found along the 
California coast; recognized by its slaty-gray back and wings, black wing- 
tips and white head and underparts; young gulls are brownish with under¬ 
parts streaked. Permanently resident, nesting on the Farallone Islands. 
A valuable scavenger. 
Great Blue Heron ( Ardea lierodias herodias). —A large, bluish bird with ex¬ 
tremely long legs usually seen wading at the edges of shallow ponds. Per¬ 
manently resident. Valuable as a destroyer of pocket gophers, which it 
catches by watching the gopher hole like a cat. 
Mallard ( Anas platycynchos) .—Male, with green head, white neck-ring, and 
chestnut breast; female, dark brown streaked with lighter brown; both 
sexes with metallic purple patch on wing. Usually seen on or around ponds, 
lakes, or streams. Permanently resident. Considered our best table duck; 
feeds on grain and seeds of acquatic plants. 
Coot or Mudhen (Fulica americana). —Slate-colored, with white bill; the com¬ 
monest species of waterfowl found on lakes and ponds. Permanently resi¬ 
dent. Feeds on grains, seeds, and other vegetable matter; inferior to ducks 
for the table. 
