alighted on the fence with considerable twittering and then flew some of them flew down into the stubble of the field. Quite a few Corvus brachyrhynchos passed over high up; they came struggling up from the south; some were calling. From there on to the Carmel River Berchnenis spar- veria was seen along the line on the barren parts of the road. Occasional Aquila chrysaetos were seen, and near the top of the hill just north of Sur, I saw two fighting in the air, seizing each others talons, one turning almost upside down. On the steep hill just north of Idlewild I noted a corey of Lophortyx californicus running among the bushes. On the south side of the Carmel River I saw ten or a dozen Corvus brachyrhynchos; they sat on fence posts as we passed and were much larger than the Sur River birds. A male Branta nigricans taken at Tomales Bay, Cal., December 25, showed that renewal of the body plumage was still in progress. It was evidently the last of a moult, rather than the beginning of one. The presence of growing feathers was ascertained by skinning the specimen, No. C. A. S.