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 July, 19oo [ THE CONDOR 9  tions for Alanleda and vicinity;--I)warf Hermit Thrush (t_,locichla aonalaschk(e) a; Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Reg'ttlts calendula)  to a noticeable degree; West- ern Robin (erula m.propinqna) ; Varied Thrush (esfierocichla nvia) ; Oregon Junco (Junto hiemalls owg'onus) all  's of over forty specimens taken (luring the past few years except 9 March i, 899,  March 24, t9 and 9 Alvarado, April 24, 897; Anna's Hummingbird (613pte anna) all 's in midwiuter. Mexican Horned Lark (Otocoris a. chvsolma) the few specitnens taken were  's; House Finch (6rpodacus m../3'onlalis) mostly  % often seen in pairs; Califi)rnia Purple Finch (CarpodJcus p. ca/J}'ttfctts) mostly a's, in plain garb; Cabanis's Woodpecker (l,obates v. hp'loscopus,) a few noted, all  's; Califi)rnia Clapper Rail (Railus obso/eDts) 9 's by a large majority. I)..A. Con, Alameda Cal. otes rom bos ngeles, 6al.l do not remember having seen the Pileolated War- bler ( 1471sonia pusilla pileolala) recorded as occurring in Califirnia during the win- ter, and I was considerably surprised to see one of this species feeding iu a wil- low tree in the vicinity of I,os Angeles as late as November  , 899. A fexv days later, happening to be passing the place again I saw apparently the same bird and after that I found that I was ahnost sure to find it within a few hundred yards of the spot, by looking fir it. I saw this bird almost every week all through the winter and kept track of it until about the end of February, i9oo when it was lost to view. During October and November 899 I saw several Townsend's Warblers '(D. lozt'tscdi) in this vicinity. They are quite rare here in the fall and I have probably not seen more than eight or ten in the last six years, but it is a singular thing that the fallbirds are, without exception, females. In the spring they are rather more numerous, some years being quite abundant, but all that I have ever seen or takeu around here in the spring were males. u October 3o, 899 I took an adult female Black-throated (ray Warbler (D. tt(g,'r'sccts) which I think is the latest they have ever been recorded from here. [ also saw a Macgillivray's Warbler (Groth4pis tohnici) on what I think is a very late (late for this bird, Oct. 24, 899. I did not secure the bird but was close enough to it to see that it was either a female or au immature bird. Brewer's Sparrow (Spi.vclla brcwt'ri) I have noted several times this winter, al- though I do uot believe that it is known as a winter resident here. n Dec. 27, 899 one was seen near San Fernando sitting ou a bush singing; on Mar. 2, 9oo one xvas secured near l,os Angeles, and a day (}r two later several more were seen. u May 2, 9 , they were seen near San Fernando in flocks of a dozen or more, H.S. Sxv.'rt, Los Angeles, Calif. Tape Wor tn Young ountain uail.--About one in ten of the young Plumed Quail (Orcor(l'.t'picDtsplum(?}'rt/s) in Nevada, Placer, Eldorado and probably other couuties iu the Sierra Nevadasare iufested with tape worms. I have fi)und the worms in the entrails, in the abdominal cavity and frequently under the loose skin of the abdomeu, especially between the thighs aud body. As I have never fi}und a tape worm iu an adult I supp(se' the young afflicted qails die I)efi3re they reach matnrity. I can usually distinguish the diseased bird by its sickly ap- pearance. I do uot know that these tape worms are dangerous to mau but have reas)ns fir thinking they are. Since 885 [ have never eaten a young Mouutai Quail without skinniug it and examlug the bird very carefully. Hov. the bird ac(lfires the worm and what the name of the latter is.--if it has one,--is unkuown to me. I have made three ineffectual attempts to get the species ideutified through alcoholic specimens, but failed to get a report. Have been informed that tape worms are sometimes, though rarely, fiund in the yonng Sooty (rouse of the Sierra Nevadas. I,vxt.ax II,:I.I)IN;, gtocktou, Cal. esting otes Erom Tacoma, Wasb.The unusually warm ,?pring has started the birds to housekeeping some tw{ weeks earlier than is customary with them. An incubated set of two eggs of Allen's Hummiugbird (.Y,/asphorts a/h'ti) was fi>und on April t4, and the mother bird sat with the utmost composure to have her