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Jan., ?9o? I THE, CONDOR ?7 here, within about three miles of the place at which the one recorded by Mr. Mc- Gregor was captured. Both albinos are in my collection. CeAse; Lrr'rL?;joa?r, Redwood City, Cal. I'lotes from bos ?,ngeles 6o., 6el. Uria lroile cal?ornica. On Nov. 3, T9oo in a box of birds in the flesh, sent me by Mr. Lee Chambers from Santa Monica, I found a California Murre . The bird had been found dying on the beach and was in a greatly emaciated condition. I believe that this is an addition to our county list as I can find no record of its occurrence here. Coccolhraustes v. monlanus. On Oct. 2T, T9oo I saw an Evening Grosbeak in the Arroyo Seco Canyon, but failed to secure it. On Dec. 7 on Mt. Wilson I heard the loud call note of one, but did not even see the bird. On Dec. T 3 I heard the same note in the wash issuing from the Arroyo Seco Canyon, and was fortunate enough to secure the bird, an adult female. funco h. yemalis. I shot a male Slate-colored Junco on Mt. Wilson, Dec. 6, T9oo. Another, also a male, was seen the day before; both were observed in flocks of J. h. thurberi [Yelminl/wphila celala. Three warblers that I have shot at Los Angeles ( ? Sept. T 7, ?9oo. ?2 Oct. 3 o, T899; Oct. 8, T896) have been identified by Mr. Ridg- way as belonging to this species. I have seen specimens of this bird every fall in the vicinity of Los Angeles, usually in company with H. c. lutescens, from which its grayish head renders it readily distinguishable. ?mmodramus sandwichensis br. yanli, An ?mmodramus shot by me at San Pedro Dec. To, x899, has been identified as Bryant's Marsh Sparrow by Mr. Ridgway. I have one or two others taken about the same time, apparently similar, so it may be found to be of regular occurrence here in the winter, though not recorded be- fore. H.S. Sw.?d?'rn, Los Angeles, Cal. blotes ?rom ban l?ui? Obi?po 60, 6el. While at Morro on the San Luis Obispo coast I discovered three sets of Snowy Plover's (.?ialitis nivosa) eggs on August T, two sets being of three and one of two eggs. All were heavily incubated at this date and would have hatched in a day or two. The eggs were laid on the sand above high-water lnark in slight hollows. During April, x9oo, I had the good fortune to record Cubahis' Woodpecker (Z)r_?,obates v. h_yloscopus) for this county by taking two sets of eggs, i? andS. One of the nests which I found was peculiar in that it had two entrances, one about five inches below the other and to one side, but each entrance seemed equally used. In ?899 I obtained a set of Z). nutlalli from the same tree, a dead cottonwood. This addition to the list now gives the upper Salinas valley,six breeding species of Picidae. While at Morro, Nov. 25 , T9oo I saw two Bald Eagles. One flew away but the other circled about and finally pounced upon a White-winged Scorer which it carried up the beach and started to devour. At our. approach it dropped the bird, which waddled toward the water and swam away apparently unharmed. On Nov. 24 I captured three Scoters alive. They were far up on the beach and ap- parently were unable to fly from a "ground start". All captured were birds of the year and fully feathered. CH^s. S. Tuo?I'soN, Paso Robles, Cal. blotes on the Dwarf Hermit Thrush and Other blotes. On the xTth ?of December, T9oo I witnessed a rather amusing, yet interesting performance by watching a Dwarf Hermit Thrush ([Yy/ocichla aon?laschk?e) securing his dinner. Being confined to the house by illness, I was looking out of a window into our garden for something in the birdline, when I noticed athrushon the ground under an English walnut