. The condor. Birds; Birds; Birds. Jan., 1917 FROM FIELD AND STUDY 23 made a trip to the park on October 15; and on approaching the lake, I saw, swimming- near some lily pads, a waterbird which appeared to be a very nervous Coot, but on sec- ond sight proved to be something different, although there was a similarity in size and shape. The field description is as follows: Head, neck, and throat, sooty gray; wings, rich brownish color, the outer primaries being edged with white; the under parts of the tail were also white, like that of the coot. The bill and shield were of a yellowish color, as
. The condor. Birds; Birds; Birds. Jan., 1917 FROM FIELD AND STUDY 23 made a trip to the park on October 15; and on approaching the lake, I saw, swimming- near some lily pads, a waterbird which appeared to be a very nervous Coot, but on sec- ond sight proved to be something different, although there was a similarity in size and shape. The field description is as follows: Head, neck, and throat, sooty gray; wings, rich brownish color, the outer primaries being edged with white; the under parts of the tail were also white, like that of the coot. The bill and shield were of a yellowish color, as were the legs, which were very long. This bird, evidently a Florida Gallinule (Gallinula galeata) was seen up to and including November 13, either walking over the lily pads, feeding on the banks, or swim- ming on the lake, which it did in true Coot fashion. Judging from skins seen at the University of California, the Gallinule seen at the park is an immature specimen. Mrs. Morton Gibbons also saw the Gallinule, and identi- fied it as such before knowing my views. This record should be of interest to San Fran- cisco ornithologists as this is but the second time this species has been reported for this county, although it has been found breeding around Los Banos.—Harold E. Haxsex, San Francisco, California, November 23, 1916. The Valley Quail Occupying Nests of the Road-runner.—On the afternoon of April 10, 1915, near San Diego, in company with Mr. A. M. Ingersoll, a female Valley Quail {Lophortyx c. vallicola) was discovered by the latter sitting close, and apparently incu- bating, upon what proved to be a deserted nest of the Road-runner (Geococcyx calif orni- anus). This nest had been built, well in toward the center and about two feet above the ground, in a large lemonade berry (Rhus integrifolia) bush. Investigation showed the nest to contain three eggs, warm to the touch, and the fragments of a fourth, all of the Road-runner; two eggs were rotten, and one was cracked, d
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