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 82 VOL. VII FROlq FIELD AND STUDY A Correction.--In an article upon the manuscript of Charles Lucien Bonaparte, in the March number of T}tE CONDOR, is a mistake in the family history evidently made originally by Dr. Cooper and which was not corrected later on in the text. Prince Carlo Luciano Bonaparte was a nephew of Napoleon I instead of a cousin, his father being Lucien, prince of Canino, a brother of Napoleon I, and he was a cousin of Napoleon III instead of an uncle.--JosePH MAILLIARD, Salt Geronimo, [arin Co., Cal. San/3eronimo Notes.--The present winter has been such a mild one, with such a splendid rainfall and heavy growth of verdure, that it seemed reasonable to suppose these unnsual condi- tions would have more or less effect upon our bird life. I looked forward to an increase in the number of birds in consequence of it. The reverse has been the case, however, as far as our win- ter residents are concerned. Instead of the varied thrush (/xoreus nrevius) being in evidence on all sides I have seen but one or two during the whole winter, while the dwarf hermit thrush (Hylocichla g'. nana) has been exceedingly scarce and the western robin (.[erula n. propinqua) present in very small numbers. The same state of affairs has been reported from other localities in the vicinity of San Francisco. Under these circumstances it is natural to assume that either these birds have found food and climatic conditions so favorable farther north that they have not worked their way down to us, or they have found food so plentiful everywhere that they have scattered widely through the state instead of concentrating in the usually most favorable localities. Will not some of the members of the Cooper Club in different parts of the state help as to solve this problem by giving their observations in these pages? The only records worthy of especial note at the moment in this locality are the capture of an- other white-throated sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) in February, and the taking of a female Hutton's vireo ( Vireo huttoni) that was evidently either laying or just ready to do so on March I4th, a remarkably early date for the nesting of this species in this region.--Josv, vI MAILLIARD , San Geronimo, Y[arin Co., Cal. Falco richardsoul in Southern California.--In a list of birds noted at the Annual Out- ing Meeting of the Southern Division of the Cooper Ornithological Club which was held in the San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles Co., Cal., October 3ISt to November 2nd 9o3 {see CONDOR, VOl. VI, No. , page 22), I noted the taking of a specimen, October 3st, of z/o o/umbariu$. At the time Mr. Grinnell called attention to its light color,and other members thought it might prove to be /o ricardsoi, but several hawks taken heretofore in the same locality were all typical z/o o/itmbarius, and there being no riardsolti in southernCalifornia collections for cornpar- /son, it was, for the time being labeled co/mbarius. Through the kindness of Dr. Dearborn, the skin has recently been compared with the Field Columbian Museum series under his care, and at once lrOnOUnCed /o ricardsoni. It is evidently a bird of the year in fresh fall plumage, with the light colored tail bands somewhat narrower than in the adult. The only previous California record (see Grinnell's Check List of California Birds, page 33.) is that of Henshaw who records a specimen secured at Walker Basin, August 8, 875.--FRANK S. DAGGETT, Chiaffo, ///. A Correction.--ln the CONDOR for July and August, i9o4, p. 99, Rev. S. H. Goodwin calls attention to an error in the Handbook of Birds of the Western United States, under/arus /iii. The Utah note that he refers to, as I now recall the circumstance, was interpolated in the copy, and by a most unfortunate accident placed underfrak/iii instead of alifornius. Absence in the field prevented my seeing the July CONDOR on publication, and Mr. Goodwin's article has only just come to my attention. I now hasten to acknowledge the correction and to thank Mr. Goodwin for calling attention to the error, which will of course be corrected in the next edition of the Handbook.--VERNON BAILEY, Ishinlon, D.C., .rarch 27, 9o5. Sxlow-bound.--A specimen of/dallus virginianus, in the flesh, was sent me from the Sum- reit of the C. P. R. R. (Donner, P. O.) altitude 7ooo feet, April 2, I9O4. It must have been cross- ing to the east slope of the Sierras but a violent snow storm compelled it, presumably, to take re- fuge in au outbuilding, where it was caught. Snow at that time was nine feet deep on the level at the summit.--L. BELDIN. G, Stockton, Cal. The Irrepressible Oregon Chickadee.--Has anyone ever collected Parus a. occidentalis in California? When I was working on Land Birds of the Pacific District I enquired of four per- sons, who had given it a place in their lists of birds from central and sontheru California, if t5 xambeli was not the species they had seen instead of 1. a. occidentalis, and three of them said they thought it was. One of the three was Mr. Evermann. Not one of the four had mentioned the very common/>. ambeli. On page 268, Land Birds of the Pacific District, there is an annoying error. My manuscript