58 Cerchneis sparveria, above the cliffs. Here I noted a fine. Tules sparverius, which flew from knoll to knoll, and one Phelospiza cinerea. No other birds were seen in these vast sandhills which I traversed for 1/4 mile. On the rocks at the south end of the beach at the mouth of the Little Sur River about 10 A.M. I saw three or four Arenaria melanocephala, but as usual they were on inaccessible rocks. Four or five Oxycercus vociferus were seen in a sandy hollow in the beach close by. One Sayornis nigricans, a species that frequents the beach a good deal, evidently attracted by the num- erous flies and other insects. Near the south end of the lagoon of the Little Sur there were 10 or 12 Aegialitis nivosa, exceedingly tame and reluctant to fly. As I proceeded a little further along the west shore of the lagoon I scared up a Cercle aleyon. Just north of the Little Sur I shot a Tringoides macularius on the beach beneath a high cliff. A little further along I saw another flying. They have a very peculiar flight, keeping the wings much de curved and sailing between short, very quick flaps of the wings. Also saw an adult Larus occidentalis standing on an outlying rock. One immature one flying by a little offshore. A Sayornis nigricans was seen flying up a steep bluff with but little vegetation on it. A bit farther along the beach became very narrow. Here I shot another Tringoides macularius in moult and still showing spots. Another flew by; also a Heteractitis incanus. The latter flew up when I fired the sandpiper, and called as it flew. Pro- ceeding along the rocks, which were here loose and not in ledges, I scared up a Heteractitis incanus which I secured in good shape.