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 224 THE CONDOR Vol. XIV the sand-spit near Carpinteria, in company wit.h some gulls. It flew at first in wild alarm, but would not forsake its less distracted comrades. Two days later, namely, on the 4th of May, it was seen standing at rest, this time quite alone, upon the mud-flats not half a mile back from the sand-spit. Anthony Green Heron (Butorides virescens anthonyi). The occurrence of this bird is not remarkable for this section, save that its abundance this year is in marked contrast with its total absence last year. It has evidently bred this year at half a dozen near-by stations. Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis). Counted a rare bird locally, but, its occurrence near Goleta on the 3rd of May completed a list of seven Herodiones seen hereabouts within two days; namely, White-faced Glossy Ibis, Bittern, Least Bittern, Treganza Blue Heron, Snowy Egret, Anthony Green Heron, and Black-crowned Night Heron. Baird Sandpiper (Pisobia bairdi). Of regular occurrence again during the August migrations, from the 8th to the 22nd inclusive. Birds of this species rarely appear by them- selves, but mingle freely with the more abundant Westerns (E. mauri). However, on the 22rid, a solitary bird settled near me on the Carpinteria beach as though seeking the coln- panionship of a larger wader. I meekly accepted the role of Curlew, and by judicious ad- vances succeeded in establishing a compromise distance of fifteen feet. Back and forth we fared for half an hour, "one little sandpiper and I", the bird keeping steadily to the upper wash-line, or flitting if too hard pressed, 'while I jabbed the button feverishly as long as thc plates lasted. The result is a handsome series of portraits, "if I do say it as shouldn't." Yellowlegs (Totanus [lavipes). On the 30th of August five of these birds were'sighted in company with two "Greaters" (T. melanoleucus), as they fed upon the Beale estero, with- in the eastern limits of Santa Barbara. Mr. Torrey and I had them under frequent obser- vation for a period of two weeks and I was able to secure a few photographs, albeit indif- ferent ones by reason of the. extravagant alarm invariably displayed by the larger species. Surf-bird (,4phria virgata). A flock of twenty-three birds afforded three hours of pleasant diversion on a rocky point beyond La Patera, May 3rd, 1912.--W. LEON DAWSON. The Probable Breeding of the Bohemian Waxwing in Montana.--I have to record the occurrence and probable breeding of a pair of Bohemian Waxwings (Bombycilla gat. rula) on the West Fork of the Sun River in northern Lewis and Clark County, Montana, in August, 1912. I first observed these birds on August 18, a very wet, rainy Sunday, when the shortness of our food supply had tempted ne out of camp to try the fishing. I was crossing a small grassy flat along the bank of the mountain stremn, which was bordered by scattered clumps of lodgepole pine, spruce and cottonwood, when I first heard waxwing notes that were louder and of a different quality from those of the common Cedarbird. 1 soon found a waxwing, seated in the dead top of a small lodgepole pine. The light was poor, and the damp weather made my glass almost useless, but I believed that I detected the wing-bar which distinguishes this species from the Cedarbird and was sure that the note was decidedly different. The bird was soon joined by its mate, and I spent the next two hours in watching the pair and searching through the wet bushes for a nest. The birds re- mained in the vicinity and acted as though they had a nest, probably containing young, but, though it seemed as if I searched every tree and bush within several hundred yards, I failed to find it. Three days later, August 21, my work took ne near tbis place agairi. I had no time to make further search for the nest, but took my collecting gun along. I found the birds frequenting the same spot, and after examining them in a much better light than formerly, and finding my former identification correct, I secured one in order that the record would be unquestioned. The bird secured, which I had hoped was the male, proved to be the fe- male. Her throat was much distended and I found that it contained fourteen berries of a small mountain shrub (Shepherdia canadensis). Assuming that the feeding habits of this specie are similiar to those of the Cedar Waxwing, this fact strengthens my behef that the birds were feeding ycung in the vicinity. The point where these birds were found is in the Canadian life zone, at an approximate elevation of 5200 feet. This is, to my knowledge, the first authentic summer record of this species south of the Canadian border.--AEAs A. SAUNDERS. The Calaveras Warbler in the Yellowstone National Park.--On the morning of September 9, 1912, while examining the remains of birds overcome by noxious gases in the Stygian Cave near Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, I was surprised to find a Calaveras Warbler in a fair state of preservation. The specimen had evidently not been dead more than twenty-four or forty-eight hours. It was in good plumage and the