Pacific Coast Avifauna 26

C
‘ OOPER

ORNITHOLOGICAL

PACIFIC

COAST
Number

CLUB

AVIFAUNA
26

Bibliography of California Ornithology
THIRD

INSTALLMENT
To End of 1938

JOSEPH

FRINNELL

Contribution
University of California

BERKELEY,

from the

Museum of Vertebrate Zoology

CALIFORNIA

Published by the Club
December 8, 1939


COOPER

ORNITHOLOGICAL

PACI

FIC

COAST
Number

CLUB

XVlFAUNA
26

Bibliography of California Ornithology
TH

IRD

INSTALLMENT
To End of 1938

BY

JOSEPH

GRINNELL

Contribution from the
University of California Museum of Vertebrate Zoology

IIERKELEY,

CALIFORNIA

Published by the Club
December 8, 1939



NOTE
The publications

of the Cooper Ornithological

Condor, which is the bi-monthly

the accommodation

of papers whose length

Condor. The present publication
For information

Club consist of two series-The

ofFicia1 organ, and the Pclci/ic Coast Auifauna, for
prohibits

is the twenty-sixth

their

appearance

in The

in the A-oifnuna series.

as to either of the above series, address the Club’s Business Mana-

ger, W. Lee Chambers,

2068 Escarpa Drive, Eagle Rock, California.


CONTENTS
PAGE

Introduction

..............

5

Bibliography

..............

7

215

.............

Index to Authors
Index to Local Lists

............

223

Index to Bird Names

............

225

EDITORS’ NorE.-The

gathering of titles for the bibliography

plete at the time of Joseph Grinnell’s
he had listed for inclusion
by us. The

“Introduction”

of references which

have been copied from the original sources and added
here appears as it was prepared and revised by him,

except that we have supplied
cerning indexing

was essentially com-

death. A small number

figures for totals and eliminated

and proof-reading.

statements

con-

The latter tasks we have carried out so far as

possible according to his plan for insuring exactitude

by reading press-proofs back

to the handwritten

copy and by ourselves preparing the indexes. We are grateful
for assistance from several persons in completin, v authors’ names for listing in the
index.
ALDEN H.
HILDA
December 8. 1939

MILLER

WOOD

GRINNELL


INTRODUCTION
It would

be commonplace

to expatiate

here

the necessity of knowing

on

the

literature

in any given field of study, especially before any attempt

one’s self to

contribute

in that field. Accepting the fact, I need only point out that our knowledge

of birds in general, and of those of restricted areas, has been accumulating
an ever accelerating
numbers

rate. Not only the numbers of printed

of vehicles of publication,

bibliography,

have been multiplying.

the task of the beginning

at, so far,

contributions,
Without

but the

any sort of

research student toward gaining a knowl-

edge of preceding work in his chosen sub-field would be well-nigh baffling, even with
the help of such indexes as may be currently
The present bibliography
izing student

available

to a few of the periodicals.

is organized to provide ready aids not only to the special-

of Californian

bird-life

but

to the average

intelligent

enquirer,

whether local or at large.
The scope of “ornithology”

is here restricted in the main to exclude popular

magazine articles, school manuals, shooting lore, aviculture,
concerned with game-farming
verge onto poultry
the poultry

industry,

ornithology,

and game management.

husbandry

in their outlook

that is practically

apart from the

All the categories of published

of course involve more or less knowledge,

of birds; and where the human
with, California,

and even though

at least, in this State involves a great amount of fundamental

of our native bird-life.

just mentioned

The last two named interests

and techniques;

it comprises a body of knowledge

consideration

information

factual and interpretive,

activities concerned are located in, or have to do

it might well stem that all this literature

should be dealt with in

such a contribution

as the present one, if it is to be a really thoroughgoing

phy. The relatively

narrow limitation

applied

or

game laws, and articles

arbitrarily.

bibliogra-

hewn to, was long ago decided upon, and it is

In practice, for one thing,

I have found

upon any precise line of exclusion. My inclination,

it impossible

to hit

however, has been when in doubt

to take in a given article, on the chance that some user of this bibliography

will find

value somewhere in it.
The first installment
May

of my bibliography

15, 1909, as Pacific Coast Avifauna

of California
Number

ornithology

was published

5; it contained

1785 titles, all I

had gathered to the end of the year 1907. The second installment

was issued Sep-

tember 15, 1924, as Pacific Coast Avifauna

Number

16; in it, 2286 additional

titles

were listed, not only the ones for the period 1908 to 1923, inclusive, but also those
that had escaped me for all the years preceding

1908.

The present, third installment lists titles for the succeeding fifteen years, that is,
from 1924 to 1938, inclusive; and as before, there are also included those further
titles that have come to my attention

for all the years prior to 1924. These now date

back to 1797. In this third installment
duplicates, contained

In this third installment

of the bibliography

the same plan of presentation
to arrangement

there are 2769 titles; the entire number,

in all three installments

of California

ornithology,

practically

is followed as in the two earlier segments. This applies

of titles chronologically

each year alphabetically

no

is 6840.

by years, to arrangement

by authors, and to indexing,

lists, and by names of birds given in titles and annotations.
[51

of titles within

by names of authors, by local
As previously,

titles


No. 26

I’AC:IFJC: COASI AVIFAL’NA

6

have been taken from the original
handwriting.

source by the present author himself, in his own

Constant care has been exercised to preserve exactly the original word-

ing, spelling, and punctuation
the first two installments

in each actual title. Departures

arc unimportant

from the usages in

and will be found chiefly in manner

of

citation.
As before, newspaper articles are not included,
lar or sporting magazines. Nor has anything
citing,

because of its fleeting nature.

literature,

nor, as a rule, articles from pope

mimeographed

been considered worth

A good deal of the current

too, is on a par with the average sportsman’s writings;

too meager, the imaginative

or fictional element too large, to afford any great value

to the serious student of birds. At the same time, where a printed
of journal

has appeared

ornithologist

“conservation”

the factual basis is
article in any sort

to me to possess some feature of possible real use to the

of the future,

I have entered its title. A good many reviews are cited;

but mere abstracts or listings of titles are not. There is no line to be drawn here, and
inconsistencies will be found if looked for.
To repeat, this is a bibliography
scope. After the criterion
cept is ornithology

that is on several scores of decidedly restricted

birds, fossil and extinct as well as living, the limiting

only as directly

State is now politically

and definitely

bounded.

concerning

Keviews mentioning

C~liJo~i~1,

California

con-

as this

in connection

with some bird species or topic are cited; otherwise not. IZiographies of persons, even
if living

in California,

unmistakable
California

Quail,

not qualify
published

are not included

only as occurring

in some

A published account of the species,

in Oregon,

for cataloging in this bibliography.

or as “planted”

in Utah,

would

It is thus nol a guide to everything

concerning any one species.

To most of the citations are appended
better

unless they afford knowledge

degree, of the biyds of Cnlijomicl.

to indicate

the nature

usually brief, but written

annotations,

of the article than is learned

from the title alone,

especially with respect to locality. In a few instances, 1 have ventured
ments relative

to the trustworthiness

of the article;

to offer com-

rarely a short description

or

analysis is given.
It is my hope that the user of this bibliography
himself with the above definitions,

will take pains fully to acquaint

to the end that he not expect too much of it and

at the same time will gain fullest benefit from its use. Its fundamental
-Californian.

On this score, with all three “installments”

for knowledge

of the free-living

1938 will, I feel confident,

birds of this State as put

find herein substantial

Library.

are contained in the Univel,-

as a result of the cordial and effective

interest in my work on the part, especially, of Librarian
acknowledgment

and in “running

down”

from my wife, Hilda
May 27,1939

record to the end of

Many an item I have looked for at first in vain has subsc-

quently been found or acquired by the Library
further

on

guidance.

Very nearly all the sources used in this undertaking
sity of California

motif is area1

in hand, the future seeker,

of important
incomplete

Wood Grinnell.

Harold

helps, in going through

L. Leupp.

I make

serial publications

references or other clues to elusive literature,


BIBLIOGRAPHY
Nvtt.-In
tltis lribliography titles are grouped
and including 1938. The titles For each year are
author (in each year), if he published more than
chronologically by months and days of the month.
that followed in the first and second “installments.”

under years of publication, in sequence, down to
al-ranged alphabetically by authors. Under each
one article during that year, titles are arranged
The system of arrangement is thus identical with

! Birds of America; 1from original drawings 1 by 1
( Fellow [etc., 4 to 6 lines in different volumes]. j
/ Published by the Author.
[etc., 4 vols.] < Vol. 1111. j 1835 to 38. j

1827-1838. Audubon,

J. J.

The

John James Audubon,

London.
June 20.

Double elephant,

title, pls. CCCI-CCCCXXXV.

From California, as later indicated: Corvus nz~tallii ]sic], pl. CCCLXII,
fig. 1 (This
plate issued in 1836 or 183i, hence furnishes the first publication of this name [see
Stone, Auk, XXIII.
1906, p. 307, though name and plate number given wrongly
there]); Ic~erus tricolor, pl. CCCLXXXV’III,
fig. 1 (dated 1837, hence first use of this
name); Prrdix cnliforrzicn (pl. CCCCXIII);
Sirta fi~~grnea [sic] (pl. CCCCXV, figs. 3-1);
Troclriltls nnrza (pl. CCCCXXV);
Cnihartm
difornianus
(pl. CCCCXXVI);
Strir coliforrzim (pl. CCCCXXXIT,
fig. 2) r‘large-headed
Burrowing Owl”] (dated 1838).

1830.

Lesson, K. P.

Ccnturie

ou Imparfaitement

Zoologique

Connus;

ou Choix d’Animaux

Rares, Nouveaux

[ etc.]. Paris, 1830 [on title page, but 1832 on

rover]; 244 pages, 80 pls.
Orlyx californicu,\(p. 188, pl. 60) and Orfys elegcr,?s(p. 189, pi. 61) the latter here newly
named, recorded as having been obtained in “la Californie”

1831.

Lesson, R. P.

Trait6

d’Ornithologie,

OLI

Tableau

1831 [parts issued variously from February,

lry Botta.

Methodique

[etc.]. Paris,

1830, to June, 18311; pp. xxxii

+ 659.

1835.

Botta, P-E.
d’Hist.

Description

du

Saurothera

“Cet oiseau existe dam toute I’Ptendue
,jusqu’au port Saint-Francisco.”

1837.

Gould,

J.

Interesting
Gould,

~

Californiana.

< Noun. Ann.

Mus.

Nat., IV, 1835, pp. 121-124, pl. 9.

Icones Avium,

depuis le cap Saint-Lucas

/ or Figures and Descriptions

1 of 1 New

Species of Birds / from various parts of the globe. 1 By

F. L. S., &c. i Forming
1 Part I:[double-column,

August,

de la Californie

1 A Supplement

and
John

1 to his Previous Works. /
London: ! [Z lines] 1

of 5 lines each] / -__

1837. Folio (380 X 560 mm.),

10 col. pls., unnumbered,

one page of text on leaf opposite.
Or/yx pluf~ifern, here newly named, as from ‘California,”
panying text. Copy in library of Academy
examined by me October 13, 1930.
f71

of Natural

each with

on ninth plate, with accornScicnceu of I’hiladelphia,


8
1844.

PACIFIC

Lesson, R. P.

COAST

Oiseaux noveaux.

bre), pp. 433-437.
Pendulinus californicus

[=

Icte~-us

AVIFAUNA

No. 26

< Revue Zoologiyue,
cucullatus

Strickland,

H.

E.

On Cyanocitta,

1844 (D&em-

p. 436, described from
(See Griscom, Bull. hfus.
Camp.

califomicus],

“California”;
in the collection of doctor Abeill&
Zool., vol. 75, 1934, p. 408).

1845.

VII,

a proposed

new genus of Garrulinae,

and on C. superciliosa, a new species of Blue Jay, hitherto

confounded

with

C. ultramarina,

XV,

1845,

Bonap.

< Annals

and Mag. Nat.

Hist.,

April,

pp. 260-26 1.
Original description of

Cyamcitta
superciliosa,
“from California;”
later determined
to apply to subspecies of California Jay from Sacramento Valley, the name becoming
A$heZocoma califomica
superciliosa
(see van Rossem, 1933).

1849.

Malherbe,

A.

P~CUS, Linn.)

Description

de quelques

< Revue et Magasin

nouvelles

de Zoologie,

espkces de PicinCes

ser. 2, 1, November,

1849,

pp. 529-544.
Names as new (p. 529), from Monterey, Picus Wilsonii (= Dqohates

1850.

?tuttallii).

A Monograph
i of 1 the ,Odontophorinz,
/ or 1 Partridges of
1 By 1 John Gould, F. R. S., / F. L. S. [etc., 6 lines]. 1 London: j
Printed by Richard and John E. Taylor, Red Lion Court, Fleet Street. j

Published by the Author, 20, Broad Street, Golden Square. / 1850. Imperial
Gould,

J.

America.

folio, pp. 10 + 11-23 + 1, 32 leaves (each facing plate and mostly printed
only on one side), 32 col. pls. (unnumbered).
Issued originally in three
“parts,”

in 1844, 1846, 1850, respectively

(fide Zimmer,

The author declares in the “Preface” that this
by “the sight of several living examples of
brought home and presented to the Zoological
in 1830.” Plates and accompanying text, as
with Callifiepla
Californica,
Callipcplu
pictu,
derived from Douglas, Gambel and Bennett.

1850.

Sundevall,

C.

Folgar

fr?m Nordiistra

1926).

publication was originally stimulated
the beautiful Callipe@z Cnlifornica,
Society of London by Captain Beeche)
definitely concerning California, deal
and Callipeplu Gunzbclii; information

Afrika.

< iifv.

K. Vet.-Akad.

Fiirh.,

Arg. 7, “May 8,” 1850, pp. 125-133.
In a footnote, pp. 129-130, &githalus
fornia.”

1853.

flavicep

is newly named, from “Sitka” or “Cali-

/ in the Collection of 1 The
Cassin, J. Catalogue ; of the 1 Hirundinidae
Academy of Natural Sciences / of Philadelphia.
1By I John Cassin. / July 1,
1853.

Octave, 16 pp. (unnumbered).

Some specimens from “CaliCornia.”

1853.

Catalogue 1 of the j Oological Collection 1 in I The
Heermann,
A. L.
Academy of Natural Sciences j of Philadelphia
~by j A. L. Heermarfn, M.D. /
March 1, 1853. Octave, 36 pp.
Eggs of several birds from “California.”

1855.

Murray,

A.

Woodpeckers

On a curious habit stated to have been observed in one of the
in California

new ser., I, April,

[sic]. <

Proc. Edinburgh

New

1855, pp. 363-364, 376-377.

Acorn-storing in the California Woodpecker: a most rational account.

Philos.

Sot.,


1939
1856.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

C&sin, J.

OF CALIFORNIA

Birds. < Narrative

under Commodore

9

ORNITHOI.OG\

Exp. Amer. Squadron to China Seas and Japan

Perry; Vol. II,

1856, pp. 215-248, 6 ply.

Fifteen species, mostly aquatic and taken at Benicia in “December,
collected by “Mr. William Heine, artist to the Expedition.”

1858.

Anonymous.
Squadron

[Review

of] Narrative

of the Expedition

1854.” recorded as

of an American

to the China seas and Japan etc. under Commodore

[Etc.] < Journal

fiir Ornithologic,

VI,

November,

M. C. Perry.

1858, pp. 445-450.

Repeats most of the records of birds from Benicia, etc.

185!). Baird,

S. F.

< Volume-II

Birds of the Boundary

< Part II.

of Report on the United

States and Mexican

made by William

H. Emory, Washington,

Zoology of the Boundary.
Boundary

Survey,

1859, pp. 1-32 + 2, col. pls. I-XXV.

Forty-one species are definitely recorded from places along the route from the Colorado
River to San Diego, as based on specimens taken. All of these specimens were, however, previously listed in volume IX of the Pacific Railroad Surveys.

1861.

Bolle,

Ueber

C.

M’Call.

<

den californischen

Journal

ftir Ornithologic,

Hausfinken,

Carpodacus

IX,

1861, pp.

March,

iamiliaris
141-147.

Translated from Cassin’s “Illustrations.”

1861.

Bryant, H.

Remarks on the Variations

and Buteo Harlani,

of Plumage in Buteo borealis, Auct.,

Aud.? < Proc. Boston Sot. Nat.

Hist.,

VIII,

1861, pp.

107-l 19.
With

1861.

critical comment on California-taken

specimens.

[Kennicott, R.]
Catalogue / of the / Trowbridge
Collection 1 of / Natural
j Published
History 1in the Museum of 1 the University of Michigan. 1by 1 the University of Michigan, 1Ann Arbor. / 1861. Pamphlet, imp. 8vo.,
pp. iv + 32.
Records ,15 birds collecled by Lieut. W. P. Trowbridge and other collectors in California
in the 5
‘ 0’s. These all came through the Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian cntnlogue numbers are gilen for them, and nearly or quite all of them had already been
recorded in the Pacific Railroad Reports.

lSG6. Xnonymous.

[Living

Zool. Sot. London,

“Californian

Vulture”

received

in London]

< I’roc.

1866, p. 366, ill.

From Monterey.

1874.

Coues, E.

The

Californian

Vulture.

< American

Sportsman

(New York),

vol. 4, no. 11, June 13, 1874, p. 161, 1 ill.
Compiled from Newbcrry, Heermann, Taylor, et al.
1875.

Gurney,
Museum,’

J. H.

Notes on a C
‘ atalogue

by R. Bowdler

pp. 87-96 [etc.].
Comments critically on the “Vulture
1876.

Nelson, E. \I’.

of the Accipitres

in the British

Sharpe (1874). < Ibis, 3rd ser., V, January,
of California”

Birds Observed in the Vicinity

23, 1872. < The Scientific Monthly

[Toledo,

1875.

(p. 91).

of Oakland,
Ohio],

Cal., December

I, February,

1876, pp.

232-234.
Narrative account involving formal mention of 2d species,together with a description
of the local conditions then, of great interest in comparison with conditions now.


IQ

18i7.

PACIFIC

COAST’ AVIFAUK.1

No. 26

Animals 1 now or lately living 1
1 ol’ the 1 Zoological Society / of London. j ~
1 Sixth
1 Printed for the Society, 1 and sold at their house
Edition. / 1877. 1 -in Hanover Square. j London:
I Messrs. Longmans, Green, Reader, and
Dyer, / Paternoster Row. Octave, pp. ix $- 510, 35 text figs.
[Water,

List / of j The Vertebrated

1’. L.]

in the Gardens

“Californian

1880.

Fins&,

0.

\‘ulture,”

p. 300, fig. 30, from Montere).

~Ornithological

Letters from the Pacific. No. 1 < Ibis, 4th ser.,

IV, .January, 1880, pp. 75-8 1.
(krntains remar!is on seabirds seen in San Francisco Bay and outward

1881.

Gurney,

Note on Onychotes grucberi

.J. H.

[sic], Ridgway.

bound.

< Ibis, ser. 4,

vol. V, July, 1881, pp. 396, 398, pl. XII.
(:ritical; a secondspecimen of i)?~~cl~ol~sg~-~/lwri (= B?tleo ~oli/orius) supposed to ha\ c
tome from California.

1884.

Gruber,

F.

Die

Seeviigel

gesammte Ornithologic!.

der

Farallone-Inseln.

[Budapest,

<

Zeitschrift

edited by 1. van MadarAsz],

fiir

die

I, Heft

2,

1884, pp. 167-l 72.
.I lq>~~lar ZK(:O~II~(.
Kather circumstantial as to the former (apparently in 1862) breediq

of the Khinoceros Auklet. “Ccralorl2illa nronocrrcctn,” on the Farallones. Also lists
some landbirds, chieliy stragglers, collected there, but withotlt dates or other information.

1886

Bryant,

\\T. E.

Cerros Island.

< Forest and Stream,

XXVII,

August

19,

1886, ]‘p. 62-64.
Includes habit-notes on Ixgc-billed

1886.

Hoit,

P. M.

From

35-36. [Published

Shul’eltlt,
XX,

< Agassiz Notes [for] February,

by 1Salt Lake Chapter

“A” Xeorgmizcd,

1886, pp.

j Salt Lake City,

] 1886.1

Utah.

1886.

California

Marsh Spalrolv and Western Gull at San Pedro.

R. \‘.

l‘h
’e

Skeleton in Geococcyx. < Journ. Anat. and l’hysiol.,

1886, pp. 242-266, pls. VII-IX.

Eased on specimens from Santa Barbara and Ha) ward.

1886.

Contributions to the Anatomy of Geococcyx californianus.
Shufeldt, R. \\‘.
< Proc. Zool. Sot. London, 1886, pp. 466-490, pls. XLII-XLV.
~lhe specimen studied came tram Rlarysville.

1887.

Caton, J. 1).
XXI,

April,

“\Vild

1887.

Dub&,
Tome

The Origin

of a Small Race of Turkeys.

< Amer. Naturalist,

1887, pp. 350-354.

turkeys” introduced on Santa Cruz Island in 1877.

A. Faune ties VertCbr&s de la Belgiyue > Series des Oiseaux,
I (I 676-l 887); Brussels, 1887, pp. xvi + 747, numerous small hancl-

colored maps in text.
Contains a discussion of the status of Picu nutlalli

1888.

Behr,

H.

H.

(pp. 202-203).

Changes in the Fauna and Flora of California.

Acatl. Sci., 2nd ser., I, February

< Proc. Calif.

28, 1888, pp. 94-99.

Deals chiefly with the rattlesnake and its natwal enemies, owls, hawks and eagles.
Important comments on the status of these in the San Francisco Bay region.


1939

1889.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Diederich,
Vieill.

F.

Die

OF CALIFORNI.4

geographische

Verbreitung

tier Elstern,

Shufeltlt,

R. W.

phology, III,

Izrrrl.tonirn” and “Picn

On the Position of Chnmfi~r in the System. < Journ. Mor-

December,

Lucas, F. A.

1889, pp. 475502,

Notes on the Osteology

< Proc. U. S. Nat.
1891.

Anonymous.
III,

1891.

April,

table inserted, 8 figs. in text.

MU.,

[Review

XIII,

Sal1 Diqgo Corlnt~,

of the l’aritlz,

nntl

Sitta, and Chamza.

1890, pp. 337-345, 1’1. XXVII.
on the “Farallon”

of] Ridgway

Rail.

< Ibis, ser. 6,

1891, 13.286.

Lucas, F. A.

Animals

tion, as Represented
Ann.

[sic,], ac oCcrlr~-illg ill

u7tlaili”

Osteological: specinlens, used lor dissec.tiot~. T~un Bollena,
Nimsio, Marin Count\-.

1890.

G~n~/.r I’iw,

< Ornis, V, 1889, pp. 280-332, pl. IV (map).

Including both magpies, “Pica
California.

1889.

11

ORXITHOLOGY

Recently

Extinct

in the Collections

Kept. Smithsonian

or Threatened

with

of the U. S. National

ExterminaMuscum.

<

Inst. for 1889, 1891, pp. 609-649, pls. 95-105, figs.

21-22, maps I-7.
California \‘ulture (13.629, 1’1. 100) given consitlcrable attention.
from “ Jolon, Southern California.”

1894.

Anonymous.

Wilson’s

12,” December,

Ornithological

Club.

< Oregon

\lorlnletl

I)irtl Gpretl,

Naturalist,

1, “No.

1894, 1’11. 10-l 1.

Account of meetings held at San Bernatdino, u ith brief reports upon terrain birds 01
that vicinity, notably upon White-headed ~Vootlpeckcr in San Bernardino Mountains.

1894.

Gurney, .J. H.

Catalogue

with the / Number
F. Z. S. 1=

1 of the ~Birds of Prey ! (Accipitres and Striges), 1

of Specimens in Norwich

j London:

Museum.

1 By .J. H. Gurney,

j R. H. Porter, 18 Princes Street, Caventlish Square,

W. j 1894. Small Svo (I&

X 224 mm.), pp. 2 + l-56, 4 ills.

Some from California,
notably Pxwdog13;@w
ccrli/ovria/cus (p. 17) of u hich said
hi~~semn contained four skins, a skeleton, alld an egg. These ma! havc come through
“A. S. ‘I‘aylor of Calilornia” (13.2).

1895.

Lillie,

H. C.

January,

BardTailed

On Kaweah River, Tulare

1896.

Thompson,

C. H.

Popular Monthly,
Yopulxr

1897.

Pigeons in California.

< Oregon Naturalist,

II,

1895, p. 7, 1 fig.
County.

Egg-Hunting
XLH.,

on the South Farallon.

No. 5., November,

account of activities of market

Cohen, D. A.

Some Accidental

< Frank

Leslie’s

1896, pp. 589-597, 10. ills.

hrlnrers; oi historical

value.

Deaths. < Oregon Naturalist,

TV, A’o\,enl-

ber, 1897, pp. 47-48.
Of variow birds as coming to llolice in, e\ idently, 1vest-cell0xl C;tliforni;i.

1899.

Stone, W.
the Academy

A Study of the I’ype
of Natural

Specimens of Birds in the Collection

Sciences of Philadelphia,

with a Brief History

of
of

the Collection. < Proc. Acacl. Nat. Sci. Yhila., 1899, pp. 5-62.
Sonle twenty-three of these from California, of species tlcscrilxxl chiefly 1)) G;IIIII)CI and
Cnssin.


PACIFIC

12

1901.

Evermann,
XIV,

B. W.

No. 26

AVIFAUNA

[in Lucas, F. A.] Birds in the Dry Season < Science, n. s.,

December 6, 1901, p. 896.

Water requirement

1901.

COAST

Higgs, W.

in California.

Out of Doors in California

1,111, November

< The

Independent

(New York),

28, 1901, pp. 2819-2822.

Written from “Selma, Cal.” Includes some comments concerning habitat-relations
birds, in wisdom decidedly ahead of the day.

1902.

Saunders, W. E.

Canadian

before the Ornithological
< The

Ottawa

/ By W. E. Saunders. 1 (Read

Hummingbirds.

Section of the Entomological

Naturalist,

XVI,

no. 4, July,

Society 1of Ontario.)

1902, pp. 97-103.

Mention made of the Annas [sic] and, supposedly, the Ruby-throat

1903.

of

at Hayward.

I,. C., Bishop, L. B., and Van Dyke, r‘ . S. The Water-fowl
1
1 By 1 L. C. Sanford / L. B. Bishop / and j I‘F. S. Van Dyke 1 [cut] I
New York I The MacMillan
Company ! London: MacMillan

and Co.,
Ltd. 1 1903 1 All rights reserved. Svo, pp. viii + 598, 20 ills.
Sanford,

Family

“Habitats” include many ascriptions to California.
hunter’s lore relative to the State.

1906.

Schiebel, G.
logie, LIV,

Die Phylogencse

January,

Also there is much descriptive and

der L.chnius-Arten. < Journal

With brief treatment (pp. 74-77) of North American
ascribed to California in previous literature.

1907.

Porcupine,

Davidson, A.

fiir Ornitho-

1906, pp. l-77, pls. A-H.
shrikes including

those races

Grouse and Sparrow < Bull. So. Calif. Acad. Sci.,

VI, July, 1907, p. 36.
On “Mt. Tehachapi,”

1909.

Shiras, G., 3rd.
Mag., XX,

Kern County.

Camps and Cruises of an Ornithologist

< National

Geogr.

May, 1909, pp. 438-463, 30 ills.

Review of the book of this title bp Frank M. Chapman (1909). Some of the pictures are
those of Californian subjects.

1910.

Gilbert,

J. Z.

IX, January,

The Fossils of Ranch0

la Urea < Bull. So. Calif. Acad. Sci.,

1910, pp. 1 l-51, 38 ills.

Birds dealt with, both in text and illustrations.

1911.

Carter, C. F.

Some By-Ways / of California

Second edition

I Whitaker

& Ray-Wiggin

1By / Charles Franklin

Carter i

Co. 1San Francisco, 1911, pp. i-vi,

1-199, frontispiece.
Pages190-199 contain a popular account of some Californian birds, with especial reference
to the song of the Meadowlark.

1911.

Hcllmayr,

C. E.

\‘\iytsman’s

pp. I-16, 1 pl.; Fam. Sittide,

Genera

Avium

(Brussels): Fam.

Fam. Paridaz, pp. l-84, 3 pls. [Copies of these “parts”
the author

until

February

Certhiidz,

pp. l-18, 1 pl.; Fam. Regulidze, pp. 1-18, 1 pl.;
were not received by

21, 1912; fide C. E. H.]

Technical comments or entries frequently
California.

pertain to species or subspecies definitely of


1939

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1912-1913. Mathews,

G. M.

OF CALIFORNIA

ORNITHOLOGY

The Birds of Australia

(Mritherby

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Ill

1913.

Cooke, W. W.

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1914.

II,

1,” issued May 30,1912, on page 67 of this volume, appears a new name, Pufinus
couesi. This name seems from the context to be based on one or more birds from
Monterey or Monterey Bay. This is later confirmed (Mathews, Nov. Zoologicae, 39,
1934, p. 179) and the type locality further restricted to Santa Cruz. The same author
has decided that couesi is a synonym of P. opisthomelas.

Several references relate to California,

.

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“part

March,

1913.

13

1914, pp. 181-225; October,

< Journal

fur Ornithologie,

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Some of the species dealt with are distinctively
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Henshaw,
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H. W.

American

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Accounts brieC, popular in

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Accounts brief and popular
Californian species.

1915.

< National

1914, pp. 494-531, 66 ills., all but 2, colored.

Shufeldt, R. W.

in style of writing.

Contribution

Some of them per-tam to distinctively

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of the genus

Dendrocygna.
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In part, based on specimens of D. hicolor taken by Mearns at “Unlucky Lake, San Diego”
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XXXII,
1915, p. 374.

1917.

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1917.

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H. W.

Friends of Our Forests < National

Pertains to warblers,
popular.

1917.

Geogr. Mag., XXXI,

1917, pp. 297-321, 33 ills., all but one, colored.

Nininger,

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Ent.

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March,

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1917, pp. 20-21.

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‘1921
1921.

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April,

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Caught on a Fishing Line.

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PACIFIC

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AVIFAUNA

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1922
1922.

Edwards,

H. A.

A Nest of the American

Record, II, March

Peregrine

Falcon.

Ikscrilxd
from “the wild semi-desert countr)- of rhe Sau Antonio
miles from the coast” of so~tthern California!

1922.

Figgins, J. D.

< Oologists’

1, 1922, pp. i‘-10.

Additional

Mountains,

some 120

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Branta canadensis = Proc. Colorado

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“December

15, 1922” [our copy received February 6, 19231, 20 pp.
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on the subject. Leaves a reader dazed!

1922.

Munro,

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The

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Band-tailed

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Pigeon in British

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1922, pp.

Columbia.

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l-4.

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1922.

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. . < Ecology, III,

Passerella

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April,

&vision

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1922, p. 179.

1923
1923.

Jewett, S. G.

Ospreys in Modoc County, California.

vol. 9, July (issued October

< Calif. Fish and Game,

lo), 1923, p. 125.

Sesting near Clear Lake.

1923.

Peters, J. L.

A New Quail

Zool. Club, VIII,

from Lower

California

< Proc. New England

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Compares with specimens of i_opl~orr~r caZifor/~icn -i~rllicola lrom
localities in California.

1923.

Swarm, H. K.

[“,

.

Kemarks upon

American

Hawks”]

se\-et-al specified

< Bull. British

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May 28, 1923, pp. 148-149.
F&o columbnrizts bendirei “from California.”
1923.

Williamson,

G., Jr.

Remarkable

vol. 9, July (issued October
Rutco

Flight of Hawks.

< Calif. Fish and Game,

lo), 1923, 11. 125.

sr~vC~fso~C,“at least a rhousand,” April

17, 1923, near Placerville.

1924
1924.

Abbott,

C. G., et al.

Lore, XXVI,
1924.

Abbott,

C. G.

September,

[Christmas bird census from] San Diego, Calif. < Bird-

February,

1924, 1’. 5 1.

Period of Incubation

1924, p. 194.

Observatiml in San Diego County.

of the Golden Eagle, < Condor, XXVI,

.


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1939

1924.

OF CALIFORNIA

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The

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Condor, XXVI,
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Commetlts 011the notable decrease of albatrosses m the ocean adj;lcent to California.
1924.

1924.

Anthony,

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< Bird-Lore,

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The Gambel

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I‘a
’ kes

a Shower Bath. < Condor,


16

PACIFIC

COAST

AVIFAUNA

No. 26

1924. Benjamine, E. A Third White-throated Sparrow Banded. < Condor, XXVI,
September, 1924, p. 197.
In Los Angeles.

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Tryqitrs szrDruficolZis,
solitaria,

adult male from Palo Verde, Imperial

County [August 14, 19161.

1924. Brooks, A. Shorebirds Infested with Intestinal Parasites. < Calif. Fish and
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1924. Bryant, H. C. Escaped Foreign Cage Bird Survives Winter.
XXVI, July, 1924, pp. 154-155.
Canton Grosbeak (Eoplzona

melanuraj,

< Condor,

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1924. Bryant, H. C. [Review of Grinnell and Storer’s] Animal Life in the Yosemite.
< Calif. Fish and Game, vol. 10, July (issued August 15), 1924, pp. 137-138.
1924. Bryant, H. C. No Birds to Control Grasshopper Pest. < Calif. Fish and
Game, vol. 10, July (issued August 15), 1924, pp. 145-146.
Drainage of Tule Lake and consequent disappearance of bird-life
plague of grasshoppers in vicinity.

1924. Bryant, H. C. Sacramento’s Western Martin
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assigned as cause of

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1924. Chambers, W. L. Another Flight of Harris Hawks. < Condor, XXVI,
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1924. Chaney, R. I’%.‘ Breeding Condition of the Murres on the Farallones in
June, 1923. < Condor, XXVI, January, 1924, p. 30.
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Leon

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Tragic

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ORNITHOLOGY

Summer

< Bird-Lore,

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April,

1924, pp. 101-102.
Popular: based on observations at Pala, San Diego County.

1924.

Davis, J. M.

Notes from Eureka,

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1A Complete, Scientific and 1Popu-

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p/

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by 16 Photogravures,

1 1100 Half-tone

/ Director

32 Full-page

[etc., 2 lines] 1

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Plates and

Cuts of Birds in Life, Nests, Eggs, and / Favorite

1 Chiefly by 1 Donald R. Dickey, Wright M.
/ and the Author 1 Together with 44 Drawings in
the Text and a Series of / 48 Full-page Color Plates I Chiefly by / Major Allan
1Booklovers’ Edition 1Complete in Four Volumes [paged conBrooks 1~
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from

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Edition,” reached me by express from Los Angeles on March 12, 1924.

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1924.

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W.

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1924,

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Gallinule

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Differences found between western and eastern birds arc too slight to warrant recognition in nomenclature.

1924.

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California.

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XXVI,

May,

Includes first record of Otocoris
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Horned

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for California,

from several southern


18

1924.

PACIFIC

Dixon, J.

COAST

AVIFAUNA

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1924, pp. 41-66, figs. 12-37.
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1924.

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Tahoe.

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1924, pp. 31-32.

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Fisher, W. K. [Review of Grinnell

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1924.

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Mrs. E. H.

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1924.

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1924.

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A Possible Function

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XXVI,

January,

1924, pp. 32-33.

Relates chiefly to the Dotted Canyon Wren.

1924.

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The

the Humboldt

Subspecific Status of the Hermit

Bay District.

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Thrushes

March,

Breeding

in

1924, pp. 73-74.

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1924.

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March,

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[ Second Installment

/

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the main original feature of this contribution.

1924.

Animal Life in the j Yosemite j An Account of
/ Reptiles, and Amphibians in / a Cross-section of
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Birds,


1939

BIBLI~~~~~PHY

tribution

from the Museum of Vertebrate

[design] 1 University
8~0, pp. i-xviii,

Grinnell,

J., and Swarth, H. S.

Hanna,

IV. C.

1924.

Hanna,

of California

1

1 1924. Large

[Review of] Dawson’s

“Birds of California.”

May, 1924, pp. 116-117.
Some 1’Veights of Eggs. < Condor,
.

pp. 36-35.
California

Zoology j University

Press 1 Berkeley, California

17, 1924.

< Condor, XXVI,
1924.

of California

19

ORNITHOLOGY

l-752, col. pls. 1-12, hft. pls. 13-60, map pls. 61-62, text-figs.

l-65. Issued April
1924.

OF C.~LIFORNM

Cuckoo and Anthony

W. C.

Brown l‘owhee,

Weights of about Three

XXVI,

January,

1924,

from near Colton.

Thousand

Eggs < Condor,

XXVI,

Jolly, 1924, pp. 146-153.
Obtained “from points within a few hundred miles of Colton, California”;
this includes Arirona and Lower California.

1924.

Hoffmann,

K.

Notes from the Vicinity

of Santa Barbara.

March, 1924, p. 75.
On C&sin Purple Finch, Eastern Kingbird
1924.

Hoffmann,
Condor,

Notes on the Flight

R.

XXVI,

September,

and California

Performance

but evidentl)

< Condor, XXVI,

Shrike.

of the Wilson

Snipe <

1924, pp. 175-176.

As observed at Eagle Lake, Lassen County.

1924.

Howell,

A. B.

Theories

of Distribution

- a Critique

< Ecology, V, January,

1924, pp. 51-53.
Cases of some birds cited to show vital importance of shelter as a limiting factor.

1924.

Howell,

A. B.

The Black Phoebe as a Fisherman.

< Condor,

XXVI,

Sep-

tember, 1924, p. 191.
In Pasadena.

1924.

Huey, L. M.
March,

Notes from Southern and Lower California.

< Condor, XXVI,

1924, pp. 74-75.

On Ferruginous and American Rough-legged hawks, Frosted Poor-lvill, Shufeldt Junco,
etc., in San Diego County.

1924.

Huey, L. M.

The Natural

End of a Bird’s

Life. < Condor, XXVI,

Septem-

ber, 1924, pp. 194-195.
Relates to Audubon

1924.

Huey, L. M.
XXVI,

IVarbler,

Nuptial

November,

as observed in San Diego.

Flight of the Black-chinned

Hummingbird.

< Condor,

1924, p. 230.

As observed near San Diego.

1924.

Husband,

Rachel A.

< Condor,
1924.

J[ones]., L.
Valley

1924.

XXVI,

Variability

November,

in Bz~bo uirgilzinlzus from Ranch0 La Brea
1924, pp. 220-225, figs, 54-58 (graphs).

[Review of Grinnell

< \Vilson

Bull.,

XXXVI,

and Storer’s]

Animal

Life in the Yosemite

June, 1924, p. 112.

Jordan, D. S. Animals of the Yosemite < Science, n. s., LX, October 3, 1924,
p. 318.
Review of Grinnell

and Storer’s

“Animal

Life in the Yosemite.”


20

1924.

1924.

Kellogg, Mildred.
November,

Kibbe,

A. S.

Kibbe,

< Condor,

1924, pp. 227-228.

Deus ex Machina

A. S.

X0.26

AVIFAUSA

Western Tanagers in Berkeley in Midsummer.

XXVI,

Anent crow and “vermin”

1924.

COAST

PACIFIC

[Review

< The

Gull,

vol. 6, April,

1924, pp. 1-2.

killing contests.

of Dawson’s]

The

Birds of California

< The

Gull,

vol. 6, May, 1924, pp. 3-4.
1924.

Labarthe,

J.

Destruction

of Inland

Nesting ivaterfowl.

< Condor,

Y

May, 1924, pp. 108-109.

XXVI,

Some of the observations from Lassen County.

1924.

Lane, C. H.

California

Casual, on Black-headed

1924.

Lane, C. H.

Notes < Oologist,

XLI,

Grosbeaks, etc., from

Sierra Nevada

Mockingbird

August,

vs. Cat < Oologist, XLI,

1924, pp. 99-100.
(of Fresno County?).

October,

1924, p. 123.

Reported from Fresno.

1924.

Lastreto,

C. B.

Casting Oil upon the Troubled

Waters < The Gull, vol. 6,

May, 1924, pp. 2-3.
A plea against discharge of oil into ocean waters because of destrurtiw
bird and other animal life.

1924.

Law, J. E.

With

1924.

Law, J. E.

the Bird Banders < Condor, XXVI,

LlTith the Bird

Banders

<

Condor,

effects upon

July, 1924, pp. 155-157.
XXVI,

September,

1924,

pp. 197-199.
Contains valuable

1924. Law, J. E.

comments on the question of “pauperizing”

With

the Bird

Banders

< Condor,

XXVI,

birds.

November,

1924,

pp. 23 l-234.
Includes important

1924. Lincoln,
XXVI,

F. C.

Notes on the Migration

of the Pintail

< Condor,

banded in Saskatchewan, Iowa and Missouri, captured in California.

F. C.

Lincoln,

Agric.,

Banding

Mountains.

May, 1924, pp. 88-90.

l’intails

1924.

notes on juncos in the San Bernardino

Dept.

Returns

Bull.

from

No.

Banded

1268, October

Birds,

1920 to 1923 =

U. S. Dept.

16, 1924, pp. l-56, pls. I-IV,

fig. 1.

A few in California, most notably oC a White-faced Glossy Ibis banded in Utah.

1924.

Mailliard,

J.

Census of Birds’ Nests in the Music Concourse / Golden

Park, San Francisco, California,

For 1923. < The Gull, vol. 6, January,

Gate

1924,

pp. 3-4.
1924.

[Mailliard,

J.]

Autobiography

of Joseph Mailliard

< Condor, XXVI,

Janu-

ary, 1924, pp. 10-29, figs. 9-11 (portraits).
Of marked historical value as concerning Lhe development of ornithology in California.

1924. Mailliard,
January,

J.

Woodpeckers,

Relates to California

1924.

Mailliard,

Pecan Nuts, and Squirrels.

< Condor,

XXVI,

1924, pp. 30-31.
J.

TYoodpecker near Alhambra,

Sparrow

Hawk

Attacking

ary, 1924, pp. 34-35.
As observed near Poison Lake, Lassen County.

Los Angeles County.

Robins.

< Condor,

XXVI,

Janu-


BIBLIOGRAPHY

1939

1924.

Mailliard,

J.

dor, XXVI,

OF CALIFORNIA

A Wintering

Ground

ORNITHOLOGY

21

of the Yolla 13011~Fox Sparrow.

< Con-

May, 1924, pp. 112-114.

At localities in Napa County.

1924.

Mailliard,
XXVI,

J.

Some New Records for Northeastern

November,

California

< Condor,

1924, pp. 213-217.

Relates to Ferruginous Rough-leg, Golden-crowned Sparrow, Bobolink, Sandhill Crane,
Western Willet, and Long-billed Curlew.

1924.

M[cAtee].,
Cattle.

W.

Birds in Relation

L.

< Auk, XLI,

October,

to the Foot-and-Mouth

Disease of

1924, pp. 628-629.

With some reference to the problem in California.

.1924.

1924.

Miller,

A. H.

XXVI,

May, 1924, p. 106.

The

Miller,

L. [H.]

XXVI,

September,

Black-bellied

Anomalies

Plol-er at. Buena Vista Lake.

in the Distribution

< Condor,

of Fossil Gulls < Condor,

1924, pp. 174-175.

Comments upon the lack of remains of gulls in the Pleistocene deposits oC McKittrick
and Ran&o La Brea.

1924.

Miller,
XXVI,

B ranta dickeyi from the McKittrick
September, 1924, pp. 178-180, fig. 46.

Pleistocene < Condor,

L. [H.]

Original description.

1924.

Needham,
Laguna

J. G.

Observations

Canyon

< Journ.

of the Life

of the Ponds at the Head

Ent. and Zool. (Pomona

College),

XVI,

of

March,

1924, pp. 1-12.
Birds considered in their relationship to the invertebrates; in Orange County.

1924.

Oberholser,

H.

Series 1XXIV.

C.

The

Migration

Ruby-throated,
XXVI,

April,

of North

Black-chinned,

American

Birds

/ Second

and / Calliope Hummingbirds

1924, pp. 108-112, 1 col. pl. (frontispiece).

A little data concerning the latter two from California.

1924.

Oberholser,
C
‘ heck-List’

H. C.

Ninth

of North

Annual

American

List of Proposed Changes in the A. 0. U.
Birds.

< Auk,

XLI,

October,

1924, pp.

590-595.
Some affecting California.

1924.

of North American Birds
Oberholser, H. C. The Migration
Series 1 XXVI.
Broad-tailed, Rufous, and Allen’s 1 Hummingbirds
Lore, XXVI,
Migration

December,

< Bird-

1924, pp. 398-399, 1 col. pl. (frontispiece).

dates from California,

in part.

1924.

P[almer]., T. S. [Review of] The
XXVI,
October, 1924, p. 350.

1924.

Potter, Miss J. A.

Honey

[ Second

Condor

[for July,

and Hummingbirds.

19241. < Bird-Lore,

< Condor,

XXVI,

January,

1924, pp. 35-36.
Observations upon Black-chinned

1924.

Quayle, E. H. White-throated
< Condor, XXVI,
September,

(?) Hummingbirds

Sparrow Banded
1924, p. 197.

in Los Angeles.

on the Stanford

Campus.


22

1924.

PACWIC

Richards,

E. B.

COAST

No. 26

AVIFAUNA

A List of the Land Birds of the Grass Valley District,

Cali-

fornia < Condor, XXVI,
May, 1924, pp. 98-104.
Includes 114 species and subspecies.
1924.

Robertson,
fornia.

1924.

J. McB.

< Condor,

Ross, R. C.

English Sparrow at Buena Park, Orange County,
XXVI,

May,

Occurrence

Cali-

1924, pp. 105-106.

and Behavior

of Certain

Shorebirds

in Southern

California
< Condor, XXVI,
May, 1924, pp. 90-92.
Valuable habit notes on Wilson l’halarope, Knot, etc.
1924.

Ross, R. C.

What Birds Hold Food 1Vith the Feet? < Condor, XXVI,

May,

1924, p. 112.
Observations in southern California.

1924.

Ross, R. C.
November,

More Birds that Grasp Objects with the Feet. < Condor, XXVI,
1924, pp. 226227.

Anna Hummingbird,

1924.

Schneider,

Arizona Hooded Oriole, etc.

Mrs. F. B.

The

Season > Los Angeles Region.

< Bird-Lore,

XXVI,
February, 1924, pp. 63-64.

Autumn and early winter bird notes.
1924.

Schneider,
XXVI,

Mrs. F. B.

April,

The

Season > Los Angeles Region.

< Bird-Lore,

1924, pp. 130-131.

Winter bird notes.

1924.

Schneider,
XXVI,

Mrs. F. B.

The

Season > Los Angeles Region.

< Bird-Lore,

June, 1924, pp. 198-199.

Birds of late winter and early spring.

1924.

Schneider,
XXVI,

Mrs. F. B.

August,

The

Season > Los Angeles Region.

< Bird-Lore,

1924, pp. 257-279.

Observations on birds of late spring.

1924.

Schneider,
XXVI,

Mrs. F. B.

October,

The

Season > Los Angeles Region.

< Bird-Lore,

1924, pp. 345-347.

Observations on the summer bird-lice.

1924.

Schneider,
XXVI,

Autumnal

1924.

Mrs. F. 13. The

December,

Sherwood,

Season > Los Angeles Region.

< Bird-Iore,

1924, pp. 425-427.

bird observations.

J.

1924 California

Notes < Oologist,

XLI,

October,

1924, 1’1.’

129-130.
On Golden Pileolatcd Warbler,

1924.

1924.

etc.

Smith, C. R.

The Effect of Automobiles

yol. 6, March,

1924, p. 2.

Smith,

C. R.

The

Ring-necked

Duck.

on Small Bird Life < The Gull,

< The

pp. 2-3.
Occarrences in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco.

Gull,

vol. 6, March,

1924,

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1939

1924.

Smith, C. R.

OF CALIFORNIA

Seen in the Headlight

23

ORNITHOLOGY

Beams < The Gull, vol. 6, June, 1924,

pp. 2-3.
On roads in Lake County: Poor-wills, Barn Owls, etc.
1924.

Smith, C. R.

Oil-Birds-Insects

Fatalities to bird-life

1924.

Smith,

C. R.

< The Gull, vol. 6, August, 1924, pp. 1-2.

in the oil fields.

California

Great

Blue Heron

< The

Gull,

vol. 6, August,

1924, p. 4.
Prey kinds.

1924.

Smith,

C. R.

Speed of the Brown

< The Gull, vol. 6, September,
1924.

Smith, C. R.

Cranes < The Gull, l-01. 6, December,

Sandhill Cranes at Lake Almanor,

1924.

1924.

S[tone]., 181’. [Review

1924.

January,

of] Grinnell

[Stone, 11r.l The Ornithological
the same, October,
[Stone, W.]

on the Birds of Death Valley.

Journals.

1924.

< Auk, XLI,

January,

1924, pp.

1924, pp. 632-638.

Ornithological

S[tone]., 12’.

< Auk,

1924, pp. 373-380; the same, July, 1924, pp. 500-505;

Articles in Other Journals.

1924, pp. 505-507: the same, October,

April,

<

Observations upon the Bird Life
December, 1924, p. 219.

ary, 1924, pp. 198-199; the same, April,

1924.

Junco.

1924, pp. 187-188.

193-198; the same, April,

1924.

for the Gray-headed

eastern San Diego County.

Stephens, T. C. [Review of Grinnell’s]
of Death Valley. < 11Tilson Bull., XXXVI,

XLI,

1924, pp. 2-3.

Plamas County.

Record
Stephens, F. *inother California
Condor, XXVI,
May, 1924, p. 112.
From La Puerta I’alley,

1924.

/ Speed of the Road Runner

Pelican

1924, pp. 3-4.

..
[R eliew

of] Dawson’s

< Auk, XLI,

Janu-

1924, pp. 380-382; the same, .July,
1924, pp. 638-639.

T
‘ he

Birds of California’

< Auk, X1,1,

1924, pp. 353-358.

[Stone, I\:.]

[Review

of] Recent

Papers by Mailliard.

< Auk,

X1,1, April,

1924, pp. 370-3i 1.
1924.

S[tone].,
Yosemite.

1924.

11’.

[Review

< Auk, XLI,

Stoner, E. 4
‘.

of] Grinnell

and Storer

on Animal

Life

in the

July, 1924, pp. 486-488.

Notes on a Duck Hunting

1924, pp. 23-24.
In Colrlsa County; concernsalso Yellow-billed

Trip

< Oologist, XLI,

February,

Magpie.

1!)24. Stoner, E. ,4. Blackbird Intelligence < Bird-Lore, XXVI, June, 1924, p. 183
In Solano Count): Brewer Blackbirds in shade of telephone poles.
1924.

Strode, W. S. From California < Oologist, XLI,
numbered, second one following 121.

Notes on gulls follo\~ing plows, etc.

January,

1924 [, page un


PACIFIC

24

1924.

Strode, W. S.

COAST

In California

AVIFAUNA

< O
‘ ologist,

XLI,

No. 26

May,

1924, p. 57; id., July,

1924, pp. 81-82.
Fishing habits of Brown Pelicans; other notes in casual vein.

1924-1935.

A 1 Monograph

Swann, H. K.

tres) 1[etc.]; London:
l-487, i-lxviii,
VII-XIII,

Wheldon

1 of the 1 Birds of Prey 1 (Order Accipi-

&Wesley,

Ltd. Vol. I, parts I-IX,

39 pls. (30 colored). Vol. II, parts X-XIII,

finished

under

editorship

of Alexander

4to, pp. i-xi,

4to, pp. 1-352. Parts
Wetmore.

Contains numerous systematic, geographic and biographic statements concerning species
in California, but these not often well-considered-because
of obvious failure to look
up or heed previous literature.

1924.

Swarth, H. S. Birds and Mammals
British

Columbia

< Univ.

of the Skeena River Region of Northern

Calif. Publ. Zool., vol. 24, January

24, 1924, pp.

315-394, pls. 9-11, 1 fig. in text.
Contains critical

1924.

Swarth,
from

1924.

H.

S.

comment on certain California

White

Wing-markings

the Past. < Condor,

Swarth,

H. S.

XXVI,

XXVI,

in the Heermann

September,

Notes upon Certain

catcher. < Condor,

birds (pp. 337, 311).

Summer

September,

Gull:

A Record

1924, p. 192.
Occurrences of the Gray Fly-

1924, pp. 195-197.

At Alturas, Modoc County, and in the White Mountains, Mono and Inyo counties.

1924.

Taylor,

1’\T. P. The Present Status of the Band-tailed Pigeon on the Pacific
Coast. < Calif. Fish and Game, vol. 10, January (issued February l), 1924,
pp. l-9.

Reports from many localities show great recent increase in California.

1924.

Taylor,
Mouth

W. P., and Bryant, H. C. Relation of Wild Birds to the Foot and
Disease. < Calif. Fish and Game, vol. 10, July (issued August 15),

1924, pp. 105-l 10.
Considers many species as possible disseminators, but no proven case forthcoming.

1924.

Van Rossem, A. J.

A Survey of the Song Sparrows of the Santa Barbara

Islands < Condor, XXVI,

November,

1924, pp. 217-220, figs. 52, 53.

A good systematic revision.

1924.

Wetmore,

,A.

Food and Economic

Relations

of North

= U. S. Dept. Agric., Dept. Bull. No. 1196, January,

American

Grebes.

1924, pp. l-24, figs. 1-4.

Some of the basic data from California.

1924.

\l’etmore,

A.

Fossil Birds from Southeastern

Mus., vol. 64, art. 5, January

Arizona.

< Proc. U. S. Nat.

15, 1924, pp. l-18, 9 text-figs.

Includes critical comments (p. 9) on Parapavo califowzicus.

1924.

117oods, R. S. Notes on the Life History of the Texas Nighthawk
XXVI,

January,

< Condor,

1924, pp. 3-6, figs. l-4.

As observed near Azusa, Los Angeles CounLy.

1924.

Woods,

R. S.

Some Birds of the San Gabriel

February, 1924, pp. l-9, 8 photographic ills.
Near Azusa: Cactus Wren, Costa Hummingbird,

California

Thrasher,

Valley

Quail,

Western

Wash

< Bird-Lore,

XXVI,

Phainopepla, Lawrence Goldfinch.
Mourning Dove.