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 172 THE CONDOR Vol. XXI tions made by the writer on Catalina Island during the first seventeen days of March, 1919, it has been thought that the following notes might be worth recording. Unfor- tunately permission was not had to do any shooting on the island, and specinens could not be taken. The subspecific identity of four of the following birds has therefore not been established. At least one, and probably two, Sparrow Hawks (Falco sparverius subsp.) were seen on numerous occasions about Avalon and on the terraces overlooking the town, and on March 9, three of thse birds were seen on a ten-mile walk toward the upper end o[ the island. On this same walk, about five miles from the town, a Pigeon Hawk (Faco coumbarius subsp.) was seen at close rdnge. The Sapsucker whose work is so much in evidence on the trees in and about Ava- lon was caught at his drilling on two occasions, both within the town itself, on the 15th aud 16th respectively, and proved to be the Red-breasted (Sphyrapicus ruber ruber).. On the 10th a flock of perhaps twenty Juncos (Junco byemalls subsp.) was noted high up the slopes back of the town in a very brushy place where the going was bad. The birds were positively identified as Juncos, but a close enough view was not had to war- raot even a guess as to the form. A Hermit Thrush, supposedly the Alaska (Hylocichla guttara guttara), was ev- erywhere common, from the beach to the t5p of the ridge, and no place on the island was visited where these birds could not be fbund scattered about in numbers. They were by far the most numerous land-bird observed during the entire seventeen days. Three Western Robins (Planesticus migratorius propnquus) were seen on the 6th in the orchard of John Brinkley (Chicken John), whose attention was called to them and who stated that in a twentyight year's residence on the spot he had not before noticed the bird. Two residents of Avalon reported Robins in their door-yards on the same day, and remarked on the unusualhess of seeing Robins on Catalina. A scattered flock of between thirty and forty Western Bluebirds (Sialia mexicana occidentalis) was under observation from March 5 to 10 on the beautiful golf course back of the town. These birds also proved to be curiosities to some of the natives. A Sharp- shinned Hawk was seen to attack this flock repeatedly. The Bluebirds apparently left during the night of the 10th, as they were searched for over the entire lower end of the island and none was met with after that date.--HAu HAS, Kansas City, Missouri, April 18, 1919. Notes from Southern California.--Additional records of the Baird Sandpiper (Pisobia bairdi): September 10, 1918, I found two of these birds on the beach near Del Rey, Los Angeles County. One, a female, was secured. More than three .weeks later, on October 4, a lone male was taken in the same immediate locality. Was this mere coincl- arence, or is it fresh material for the mated-for-life theorists? The rarity of the species on this coast, and the circumstances under which these birds were taken, certainly sug- gest a mated pair, of which, one being killed, the remaining bird lingered in the same locality until it, also, was collected. Lewis Woodpecker (Asyndesmus lewisi) in the San Bernardino Mountains: One taken on Deep Creek, and one at Big Bear Lake, September 19 and 22, respectively, 191g. Likely the species is of regular occurrence in these mountains, but I know of no pub- lshed records. White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis): A bird of this species came reg- vlarly to a feeding-table at the home of Mrs. W. H. Martz, 5166 Hollywood Blvd., Los An- geles, where I examined it leisurely at a distance of about twenty feet. It was first noted late in November, 1918, and seen almost daily until some time during the following Feb- ruary, always in company with a flock of Gambel Sparrows, which never' .allowed the other to feed until they were sated. Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon lunifrons) and Phainopepla (Phainopepia nitens] on Santa Catalina Island: A flock of about twenty Cliff Swallows was noted on May 12, 1918. This, I believe, constitutes the first record for the Island. The Phainopepla was seen on the 14th of the same month, this record being the earliest but not the first pub- lished one of the species. Baird Cormorant (Phalacrocorax pelagicus resplendens): A dead bird on the beach near Hyperion, January 6, 1919, is the only one of the species I have found during