Mar., I9O6 [ FIELD AND STUDY 57 A Novel Find.--In November, i9o5, a California condor's egg was found in Sespe Valley, back of Nordhoff, California. The egg was uninjured, but the coutents were dried up. The nest- cave was in a huge ledge of rocks facing towards the south, the egg was found accidentally by a party of campers climbing about the rocks, and is one of the greatest pieces of luck I ever heard of; for who has found even so common an egg as that of the turkey vulture in th? middle of November on an exposed ledge ?--WILLIAM GALLAHER, Santa l?arbara, Cal. Pacific Kittiwake in Southern California.--On January 9, I9O6, a specimen of the Pacific Kittiwake (Rissa lridactyla polh'caris) was picked up dead at Playa del l?ey, one of the new beach resorts between Redondo and Santa Monica. The bird was forwarded to me by a friend, and proved to be a female in first winter plumage (No. 7487 Coil. J. G). It was very lean, and somewhat emaciated, tho no direct cause of death could be determined. I think this is the first recorded instance for Los Angeles County,--J. GRINNELL, Pasadena, Cal. Cannibalism in Owls.--On March 2?, ?9o5, Dr. Wm. Bebb of this city, kindly gave me a female specimen of Syrnium occidenlale (spotted owl) which was killed on the Old Wilson Peak trail near here. Upon dissection, the stomach was found to contain remains of a pygmy owl (Glaucidium znoma), a portion of the skull enabling me to positively identify it. The spotted owl was taken about 6 P.m., and judging from the freshuess of the stomach contents, the pygmy owl could not have been captured any great length of time. The case of "owl eat owl" is not a new one, but it would be of interest to determine which species is the greatest offender.--C. H. R?CH- ARDSON, JR., Pasadena, Cal. New Bird for Amador County.--On August 28, ?9o5,' while driving in the western end of the County, near Carbondale, I saw a roadrunner (Geococcy.? ca/iforltianus). My brother and I collected in Amador County during four years without ever seeing the roadrunner, and as far as I know this is the first record of its occurrence in that region.--GEo. L. KAEmNG, 2Vevada. A Small ]?gg.--An average-sized hummingbird egg is a small and delicate thing. After examining several hundred sets and records of many more I concluded that an adnormal hum- mer's egg was something unheard of. However, on June x? of last year, while strolling along the bottom of a heavily wooded can- yon near Escondido, a female hummer was flushed from the low limbs of a small live oak. Closer investigation by my brother proved that her nest was placed on a small twig about five feet from the ground. "One fresh egg,"was the first report; then, "O! Gee!Lookat the runt!" And sure enough there was the smallest egg I had ever seen just partially visible among the yellow down aud feathers which lined the nest. The bird was secured and proved to be a very small Costa (Calyple costry), measuring about 3.4 inches in length. After much speculation as to the possibility of blowing so small an egg I succeeded in making a fine specimen of it. It measured .29 x .2I inches and contained no yolk. The other egg was slightly incubated and measured .5o x .33 inches. May I ask, has anyone else so small an egg? If so I would like to hear of it.--NELsON CAReENTER, Stanford University, Cal. Pacific ]?ider in Washington.--The Pacific eider (Somateria z,-nigra) has been reported from the vicinity of Tacoma off and on this winter since early December. Only one has been shot, this being reported to me as "looking like a hen nmllard, only much larger with a heavier bill"; evidently a female. I went down to the Nisqually flats, ?8 miles from Tacoma, on Ja.nuary 6, and had the good fortune to see a flock of seven eiders, besides a pair of females. The latter I approached within 80 yards as they were feeding in a slough, but they were very wild, and I failed to secure any.--J. H. BOWLES, Tacoma, 1f?ash. A Correction.--Thru an inadequate knowledge of the two species, and altogether too hasty identification on my part, Oreospiza chlorura was noted as ?timophi/a ruficeps in my "List of Summer Birds of the Piute Mountains, California", THE CONDOR, Vol. VI. No. 5, page ?36. Acknowledging my mista?re, I wish here to offer a correction for the same.--C. H. RICHARDSON, JR., Pasadena, Cal.
