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 JAN., 1902. I THE CONDOR 9 recorded from that state, so far as I am aware. The specimen was obtained from Mr. C. K. Worthen, of Warsaw, Illinois, and according to the label is a female, and was taken in Kern Co., May o, 882. ROBERT RIDGWAY. 'Vashinglo, ID. C. The Parasite Question Again. The remarks of Mr. Lyman Belding in TuE Corq)OR, (Vol 3, No. 4) concern- ing the absence o7 intestinal parasites in Lophorl_vx c. vallicolus have been a great surprise to me, proving as they do that his experience with this bird has been so different froin mine. It is true that my own experience has been al- most wholly with L. californicus but it is hardly reasonable to suppose that a parasite would turn up its nose at a subspecies. It must be a question of infected localities. I have seen so many cases of intesti- nal parasites in the Lophortyx of this region that I was led to believe that this bird was especially subject to such afflictions. In Marin County, and if my memory is correct, in San Benito County also, these birds are very frequently found with either what appear 'to be small tapeworms. or with numbers of round, white, rather blunt worms about half an inch long, closely resembling those sometimes found in domesticated 'poultry. Besides these I have often found a group of exceedingly small parasites of a bright vermilion color, suggesting fungoid growth, around the vent, but have never examined these with a microscope. I might remark that I recently found what appeared to be this same vermilion parasite grouped around the eyelids of a young dog, and in sufficient quantity to be visible at'a distance of several feet. A light brushing with kerosene removed these in a hort time. As there is no reason to suppose that a parasite would have any more compunc- tions about attacking a Lophorlyx c. vallicolus than an L. calzfornicus the matter resolves itself into a local issue. JosEPH MAILLIARD. Xan Geronimo, Cal. Common Loon at Palo Alt0, Cal. I WISH to record a specimen of Gayla imber secured near Palo Alto, California, on April x5, x9ox. It was shot by a student of Stanford Uni- versity at a fresh water reservoir on the campus. I prepared the skin, which is now in the University collection. It proved to be an adult male, and is in complete summer plumage. The bird was probably on its way northward its breeding grounds, as I have not ob- served the species in winter in this im- mediate vicinity. Although of regular occurrence in California, this loon has not been re- corded very often. The red-throated and pacific loons have been much more frequently noted, though both the latter seem to be confined to the sea-coast; while the common loon occurs princi- pally on fresh bodies of water inland. The latter has been found also in summer in 'the Sierras, and has been re- corded as breeding in the lakes lying a few miles east of Mt. Lassen. JOSEPH GRINNELL. Notes from Oakland and Pescadero. On May 2o, 9o, four ruby-crowned kinglets, were seen on a redwood cov- ered ridge near Pescadero, Cal. The birds were apparently paired, but the two pairs did not separate very much. I shot a California creeper from a cy- press hedge near Oakland, on Decem- ber 3 , 9oI. I have never seen one in this valley before, although I saw one near Lafayette in March of i9oo. So far this season, the varied thrush is not in anything like the numbers in which they appeared last year. Blue-fronted jays are not rare in the foot-hills this winter. They were rare- ly met with at all during the past eight years. J. M. WILLARD.