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130 THE CONDOR Vol. XIII fifteen or twenty yards out and one can see where the water has been for two springs previous by the old nests now high and dry. Following is a list of the birds collected, or noted where identification is posi- tive. 1. ?Echmophorus occidentalis. Western Grebe. About a dozen individuals, well out to sea on January 8, were exceptionally tame and unsuspicious. 2. laxus californicas. California Gull. Abundant at the "neck" where the railroad trestle crosses the sea. Doubtless attracted by the refuse thrown from trains as well as by the swarms of fish which come for the same purpose. 3. Laxus delawarensis. Ring-billed Gull. At Brawley large flocks fed every day in the flooded fields. All seen here were adults or nearing maturity, while at Salton nearly all seen were birds of the year. Not so common as the last. 4. Phalacrocorax aurittm albociliatus. Farallon Comorant. Abundant at Salton'Sea. A favorite roosting place was the partly submerged telephone poles, though the tree-tops about a quarter of a mile out were well occupied. 5. Pelecanus erythrorhynchos. White Pelican. Seen almost every day at Brawley in large flocks, and at Salton Sea. As early as January 8 they had begun to pair and by the thirteenth couples formed the majority. 6. Anas platyrhynchos. Mallard. Seen only at the Alamo River in threes and pairs, usually in quiet inlets. 7. Mareca americana. Baldpate. Three noted in a market shipment Dec- ember 25. 8. 1%ttion carolinense. Green-winged Teal. Small flocks of from four to eight seen on the Alamo, and one taken. 6. Querquedula cyanoptera. Cinnamon Teal. A male seen in the bag of a local hunter December 16. 10. Spatula clypeata. Shovellet. Perhaps the most common duck both at Brawley and Salton. 11. Dafila acatl. Pintail. Quite common at Brawley and on the Alamo. A few seen at Salton. 12. Marils americana. Redhead. One bunch of four on the Alamo River Dec. 4, and several others examined in market bags. 13. Marils valisineria. Canvas-back. One in a game shipment December 25. 14. Charitonetta albeola. Bufflehead. A flock of six, all females, at Salton Sea January 8. ? 15. l?rismatura jamaiceasis. Ruddy Duck. Several individuals noted at the river and one at Salton January 8. 16. Branta canadensis subsp ? A flock of seven Canada geese passed close over my camp at Mecca January 12, but no specimens were taken. 17. Ardea herodias treganzii. Treganza Blue Heron. One seen at Brawley December 12. Abundant at Salton Sea. 18.' l?lycticorax nycticorax naevius. Black-crowned Night Heron. Fairly common at Salton but not in the numbers of the last. 19. Grus mexicans. Sandhill Crane. About a hundred, usually spfit into two or three flocks, passed over every morning about 7:00. On several occasions they were accompanied by a solitary White Pelican whether the same individual or not I could not tell. 20. Railus virginianus. Virginia Rail. Two at least and perhaps three stay- ed about a tule grown spring, and were seen closely several times.