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 BULLETIN OF THE COOPER ORNITHOLOGICAL CLUB. 93. 7 Spizella socialis arizonm. VrESTERN CHIPPING SPARROW. A single specimen was shot on the mesa at Yuma Nov. 27. 71 X;bizella brewer/. BREWER'S SPARROW. Seen only on the mesa near Yuma. 7 2 /ttnco orcg'onus. ? OREGON Jt:NCO. A small flock of juncos was seen in a willow thicket near the line, Dec. 2. 73 ,4mphispiza belli cinera. ? GRAY SAGE SPARROX. V. A few were seen in dense thickets of Mtriplex- near Yuma. 74 Jfelospiza./sciata fallax. DESERT SON(SPARROW. Common in damp thick- ets along the Colorado. I did not observe a song sparrow in the salt marshes. 75 ?ipilo abeIll. ABERT'S TOWHEE. Extremely abundant in the river bottoms. 76 ?hainopepla nilens. PHAItOPEVLA. Abundant wherever there were mes- quite ;rees infested with mistletoe. With many other birds they feed upon the ripe berries. 77 Lanius ludovicianus excubitorides. WHITE-RUMPED SHRIKE. Several were seen on the mesa and in the river bottom. 78 Dendroca audubonL AUDUBON'S WARBLER. Abundant everywhere in the river bottom. 79 Geoth?fiis trichas occ;dentalis. WESTERN XxrELLOW-THROAT. Not uncommon in the river bottom among tule and cane thickets. 8o Mnlhuspensilvanicus A>ERICAN PIPIT. Common along the river from Vuma to salt water. Often seen in scattered flocks on the sand bars and low banks. 8 Oroscoptes montanus. SAGE THRASHER. Common in the dry brushy thickets in the river bottom. 82:7[imttspol_lff/ottos. MOCKINGBIRD. Common in the dryer portions of the river bottom. 83 JZeleod3,tes brunneicapillus. CACTUS WRE,X. Common among mesquite trees in rver bottom. 84 alpinctes obsolettts. Rock, WREN. A few were seen about deserted and ruined buildings in Yuma. 8 5 7'hrvothorus bewickii leuco'aster. BAIRD'S WREN. Observed only once, Dec. , on the bottom near the Sonora line. 86 Cislothoruspalustrispaludicola. TULE WREN. Common in tule tracts and about the salt marshes at the head of the Gulf. 87 ,4uroSarus.flaviceps. VERDIt, . Common in mesquite and willow thickets; sometimes seen in scattered flocks of ten or twenty. 88 Z?e.ulns ca[eJdula. RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET. Common in bottoms wherever there were trees and bushes. 89 l'oliopt/laplumbea. PLU>IBOt:S GNATCATcnER. A single specimen was seen on the mesa south of the line. 90 Sialia me. ricana occideJdalis. WSTERt,' BLUEBIRD. Common in the river bottom, feeding largely on the ripe berries of mistletoe. 9 Sialia arctica. MO[:tTAI,X BI, IBrRr). Common about alfalfa fields in the river bottom. I (lid not observe this species feeding on the mistletoe. Echoes from the Field. Bobolink at ontcrcy and White-throated Sparrow at Santa 6ruz. Gal. Mr. C. Littlejohn's capture of a Bobolink at Redwood City is not the first record for California. On Oct. t4, 896, I shot a female Bobolink near Monterey. This capture has been re- ported at different times, but so far as I am aware, has not yet appeared in print. On New ear's Day, x894, I took at Santa Cruz a male White-throated Sparrow and later saw another. This was the fifth record for the state. four others having been previously reported (Merriam). These with the four reported by Mr. Mc- Gregor gives a total of nine White-throated Sparrows for California.--GEo. F. BRENINGER, Phoenix, Arizona.