. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. CALIFORNIA FISH AXD GAME. 173 robin when shot and another had just killed a red-shafted flicker. Another adult male had a California jay in its possession, while another had eaten a robin. A young male bird that seemed droopy had eaten a junco, a pipit and an unidentified bird, presumably an Audubon warbler. The one collected near Gilroy had eaten four Savannah sparrows. All of their food seems to be plucked to a considerable extent,
. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. CALIFORNIA FISH AXD GAME. 173 robin when shot and another had just killed a red-shafted flicker. Another adult male had a California jay in its possession, while another had eaten a robin. A young male bird that seemed droopy had eaten a junco, a pipit and an unidentified bird, presumably an Audubon warbler. The one collected near Gilroy had eaten four Savannah sparrows. All of their food seems to be plucked to a considerable extent, but none of the flesh is discarded unless possibly some of the entrails. Wings, feet and bills were found in- the stomachs. Birds are generally knocked down in a cloud of feathers, then picked up and carried away to be eaten in some secluded spot.—D. D. McLean, 711 Postal Tele- graph Bldg., San Francisco. brant. Bninta nigricans. At times several hundred birds were present. The brant has not been pi'esent on the bay for a number of years, due, probably to the fact, that the increased habitation and consequent building on Mission Beach strand, separating the bay from the ocean, has frightened the bird. It is hoped it will become accustomed to the improve- ments and continue to make this bay its habitat during the winter months, as in former years. The brant has been observed also in large numbers on San Quentin and Magdalena bays to the southward.—Ad B. Pearson, San Diego, California. A NOTE ON THE FOOD OF THE LONG-BILLED CURLEW On examining the stomach and gullet. Fig. 52. Large wildcat taken near Verdi, Nevada, by S. M. Wiley, Weight nearly 60 pounds. UNUSUALLY LARGE WILD CAT CAPTURED In September, 1927, I trapped a very large wildcat near Verdi, on the Cali- fornia-Nevada line. It weighed nearly sixty pounds and the skin stretched on a board measured five feet. It was the finest pelt I ever saw. The accompany- ing photograph gives a good idea of its large size and perfec
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