Stragglers in Southern California
Stragglers in Southern California. The prediction of a cold winter is being verified in Southern California by an unusually large migration of water birds this fall, among them being many stragglers not often seen, and a few not heretofore recorded. Among the latter I have had brought to me for identification, a specimen of Ross's Snow Goose, (Chen rossii), shot at the Bolsa Chica Club grounds near Newport, Cal., by Dr. A. Fenyes, Nov. 10, 1900. It was flying in company with an American White-fronted Goose which was also secured, no other geese being in the vicinity. On Nov. 28 Mr. E. R. Hull brought me a pair of Old-squaws (HareZda hyemalis) shot at the same place. They were flying together over a blind when one was dropped, the other circling back to meet the same fate. The Ross's Snow Gllose and the Old-squaw are both additions to Mr. Grinnell's 'List of Birds of the Pacific Slope of Los Angeles Co., Cal.,’ which also includes the western part of Orange Co. A flock of about 125 American White Pelicans flew over the city Nov. 25, one being secured at long-range by a high-power rifle. Of recent years only flocks of a dozen or so have been noted. All of the birds secured and noted above have found their way into my collection.
FRANK S. DAGGETT, Pasadena, Cal. Nov. 28, rgoo.
