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 Nov., I9ot. I THE CONDR I45 est in the Sierras with a hope of hear- ing it. Mr. Osgood in zVorth .4roerican Fauna No. 2f describes A(yctala acadica scotoea from Queen Charlotte Islands, which is probably quite, if not entirely, identical with specimens that have been taken in California, nd also including Lichenstem's Strix frontalis which is grouped in Vol. 9 of Pac. R. R. Reports with Nycta/e a/b(/Crons. I hope N3,cta/a will be retained for the generic name of these owls and think no great violence will be done oureodeofnomenelature by retaining it. Dr. Coues somewhere suggested a statuteof limitations whereby a name that had been in use about fifty years should continue in use,a wise sug- gestion I think. 70,tale and have done good service about that long; it seen,s to me that our greatest present want is stability of ornithological nome n- elature. I,. BELDING. StockIon, Cal. Mniotilta varia Recorded Aoain in California S tile result of an outin at Pacific Grove, Cal. I am enabled to again record the Black-and-White Warb- ler for California. the specimen being a male in fall plumage. On Sep . 8, 9o while driving out to Point Lo- bos, Monterey Co., at the Carmel River crossing my attention was attracted to a chickadee which I thougilt seemed to be chasing a chickadee of larger size. On collecting the bir:l I found it to be a Black-and-White Warbler (:F[nioli/la varia I; making the third recorded speci- men for California. The two skins I have taken measure as follows: No. 784, Coli, W, O. E.; wing, 2.; tail, 2.00 inches, Farallone Island, May 28, 887; No. 3047, Coil. W. O. E., wing, 2.o;tail, .4 inches, Monterey Co., Cal. Sept. 8, 9or. There seems to be no perceptible dif- ference between these specimens and those from the Atlantic Coast. An iln- mature female is recorded in "Birds of the Pacific Slope of Los Angeles Co., Cal." by Grinnell, the specimen having been taken hy H A. Gaylord on Oct. 2, 895in Arroyo Seco near Pasadena, Cal. W. OTTO EMERSON. jbra_l,wards, al., Oct. 30, 9o. The American Redstart in Oreoon. Vhile 1ookit,g over the University of California collection of skins at Berke- ley the past month for some records of the old Dr. Cooper collection, I noted a female American Redstart (Xetop/}aa rutici/la) labelled "John' Day River, Oregon, July , t899," collected by I,oye Miller, catalogue number t3o. While being an Oregon take I consider it worthy of recording, as the date be- ing late would indicate a nesting bird, and it may be found by some of. the field-workers later on as occurring spar- ingly on the Pacific Slope, it being a summer resident of British Columbia. V r. OTTO EMERSON. ]braywards, 6/., Arov. 2, 9oz. Warller Notes from Los lnoeles, Cal. Dendroica macu/osa. On October 5, 9  while watching a flock of about a dozen Lute:cent and Pileolated warblers feed- ingin some willows, I saw among them what [ took to be an immature Calaver- as Warbler. I shot at and secured it and on picking the bird up was agree- ably surprised at finding it to be a fe- male Magnolia Warbler. I believe this is only the second thus far taken in this county. On Oct. 2, 897 I secured one, also a female, (recorded in Grin- nell's "I,ist of Birds of the Pacific Slope of Los Angeles Co.") about a quarter of a mile from where I took this bird. /-/elminthofihila celala. For about six weeks, commencing with Sept. r, Lutescent Warblers were quite abun- dan't in the vieinky of Los Angeles. I carefully scrutinized the various flocks I saw in the hope of finding some Orange-crowned Warblers, and was re- warded by securing two specimens, a