Pacific Coast Avifauna 05

COOPER

ORNITHOLOGICAL
OF

PACIFIC

COAST
No.

A BIBLIOGRAPHY

CLUB

CALIFORNIA

AVIFAUNA
5

OF CALIFORNIA

ORNITHOLOGY

BY

JOSEPH

A CONTRIBUTION

FROM
OF THE

SANTA

THE

GRINNELL

MUSEUM

UNIVERSITY

CLARA,

PUBLISHT

BY

OF

OF VERTEBRATE
CALIFORNIA

CALIFORNIA
THE

May 15, 1909

CLUB

ZOOLOGY

W6688


NOTE
PACIE’IC

Coast

AVIFAUNA

by the Cooper Ornithological

No.

Club

5 is the fifth of a series of publications
of California

for

whose length prohibits their appearance in THE

the

accomodation

issued

of papers

CONDOR.

The publications of the Cooper Ornithological
Club consist of two Series-THE
CONDOR, which is the bi-monthly official organ, and the PACIFIC COAST AVIFAUNA.
Both sets of publications

are sent free to honorary

members,

and to active members

in good standing.
For information
Managers,

as to either

either J. Eugene Law,

Santa Monica,

California.

of the above
Hollywood,

series,

address

California,

the

or W.

Club
Lee

Business
Chambers,


CONTENTS
Pages
Introduction

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

Bibliography

of California

Index

to Authors..

Index

to Local

I,ist of Serial
Index

to Bird

Ornithology

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Lists.. .....................................................................

Publications..

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Names .......................................................................

5, 6
.....

T-149

150-15,j
154,155
156

157-166

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l,.-.


INTRODUCTION

I began the collection
1900,

while

opportunity

a student

of titles for a bibliography

at Stanford

to secure additions

University.

to my list,

of California

Since

while

ornithology

in

then I have taken every

from year to year I have tried to

Nothing becomes more apparent to one engaged in this kind of an
keep it up to date.
undertaking than the impossibility of ever attaining ideal accuracy or completeness.
Three years ago I thought I had a fairly comprehensive bibliography up to that
But only within

time.

a few months have I run across several important

titles of

As I could not but suffer
early date which had been previously unknown to me.

no matter how long I should withhold
this contribution
continued uncertainty,
from publication,

I present the results of my work as they

they will prove of value to every other working

are now, believing

bird student,

that

as they already have

to me.
The criterion

for inclusion

in this bibliography

is the pertaining

of the article

or book, either as a whole or in any part, to the birds of California.
I have

adhered strictly to the fauna1 idea.
Reference to a species bearing the name “~a&formcus’ ’ or “cakzfbmianus,”
unless accompanied by a definite indication of its
occurrence in California as the State is now restricted geographically,
does not make
the article worthy of inclusion in this list.
Mere mention of “birds”,
or “waterfowl”,

or “ducks”,

After

or “songbirds”,

accumulating

is ignored.

a good-sized sheaf of titles from’ popular literary and fiction

magazines and books, I came to the conclusion that this source is unworthy

of cita-

tion.
Such bird articles are either altogether untrustworthy
(often mere frbrications or imaginative
productions,
of questionable

value, even from the literary
standpoint),

or, if possessing scientific value, popularized

copies of articles appearing

before or afterwards

they are accessible to the ornithologist

anyway.

in

modifications

scientific

I have,

or verbatim

periodicals,

therefore,

where

included

no

titles from newspapers, literary magazines, or sportsman’s journals, with the single
exception to the latter category, of the earlier volumes of Forest and S’tream, and
to the former of Hutchings’

Calt3rnia

Magazine.

A list

of the

serial

publica-

tions from which I have taken titles is appended to the present paper.
It may be asked why I have

quoted

icals, many of which were ephemeral
egg-hunts.
what

illiterate

My

reason

journals

from the ’ m
‘ inor ornithological’
largely of accounts

and consisted

is that incidentally
contain

these relatively

records of the former

other valuable data, nowhere else obtainable.

insignificant

distribution

’ periodof boys’
and some-

of species, and

All such periodicals aspired to scien-


PACIFIC

6

tific accuracy,
pretentious
unreliable

COAST

even tho obviously

AVIFAUNA

failing

in

No. 5

many

instances; but so have the most

of our ornithological
journals often unknowingly
given publication to

It must be borne in mind that I have tried to be consistent in
articles.

citing all appropriate

titles from every serial recognized

at all, whether

of evident

value or not.
In but two or three cases and, then so stated in the annotation,
In other words, every title, except the

duced titles second-hand.

has been copied by me personally.
regard to preserving precise wording,
In making
amplify

annotations

Titles

been

transcribed

with

constant

spelling and punctuation.

under each title I have kept

the title where it is insufficient

two

objects

in

in itself to convey an idea of the

the article, particularly as regards locality;
have as to the authenticity of the article.
my doubt as to the identity

have

have I introtwo or three,

view:

to

nature

of

and to give briefly any knowledge I may
Question marks in the annotations show

of the species named.

In the case of a name

not

now

in

par-

in use, and where I know what species is meant, the current name is given
In a few cases I have given a short analysis of the article.
enthesis.
In gathering
the library

the 1785 titles listed in this bibliography

of Stanford

University,

of Sciences, to the private libraries
Childs and myself,
library

and, during

of the Academy

to the former library
of Mr.

of Natural

Dr. Chas. W. Richmond

Pasadefza, CaZz;fomia,
March 22, 1908

I,ee

Chambers,

a visit to Philadelphia
Sciences there.

time to time in regard to certain points,
K. Fisher,

W.

from Mr.

and Mr.

I have had free access to
of the California
in

Mr.

January,

Academy

John

I,ewis

1908,

to the

I have also obtained help
W.

Witmer

I,ee

Chambers,

Dr.

from

Walter

Stone.
JOSEPH GRINNEIL


7

BIBUOGRAPHY

OF

CALIFORNIA

ORNITHOI,OGY

NOTE.-In
this Bibliography titles are groupt according to the year of publication, from 1797
to 1907. The titles for each year are arranged alphabetically by authors.
Under each author, if
he publisht more than one article during that year, titles are arranged chronologically
by
Names of periodicals are usually abbreviated; their full names are to be found in the
months.

List at the end of this work.

Milet-Mureau,
M. I,. A.
Voyage 1 de la P&rouse 1 amour
du Monde, 1
1797.
publie 1 conformement au d&ret du 22 avril 1791, I et redige I par M. I,. A.
Milet-Mureau,

I General

[etc.,

I

two lines].

Tome

Second.

(-

I A Paris, I

de I’Imprimerie
de la Republique.
I A N V. (1797).
4to, pp. l-398.

> Chap.
XI (pertains to Monterey).
> Pp. 254-25.5 (mention
in the vernacular
of
several species of birds, mostly water-fowl).
P&rouse, plates 36 (of

Also folio Atlas du Voyage de I,a

$ and ? of California

Quail)

and

37

(of

California

Thrasher).
The “Perdrix de la Californie”
is very plainly Loplzortyn cnlifornicus, and the “Promerops de la Californie
Septentrionale ” is with little doubt our Toxostoma redivivum.
The
latter was thus figured nearly fifty years before it was formally described by Gambel from
I examined the copy of this work in the Academy of Natural Sciences,
the same locality.

Philadelphia.

Vivarium Naturze or Naturalist’s
Miscellany.
Shaw, G., and Nodder, F. P.
By G. Shaw
M. D.
F. R. S. the Figures by F. P. Nodder, Botanic Painter to
Her Majesty.
[Th’ is on first volume but not in full on subsequent volumes.]

1797.

Vol.

IX,

1797, 8~0, unpaged,

pll. 301-348,

text and index.

Vultur

Calzyomianus,
pl. 301 (=Gymnozyps
californianus).
Description
in Latin

“This Vulture was brought over by Mr. hlenzies, during his expedition
and English.
with Captain Vancouver, from the coast of California, and is now in the British Museum. ”
Tetrao Californicus,
pl. 345 (=/,oplzortyx
cadifornicus californicus).
Description in Latin
“This
curious bird is a native of California, and was brought over by Mr.
and English.
Archibald Menzies, who accompanied Captain Vancouver
in his late expedition.
The
specimen from which the present figure was taken is in the British Museum. ” I handled
this book in the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.

Observations on some Species of the Genera Tetrao and Ortyx,
Douglas, D.
1829.
natives of North
America;
with Descriptions of Four new Species of the
< Transactions
I,innean Society Lenformer, and Two of the latter Genus.
don XVI,
Tetrao

Or&x pi&
Vigors,
1829.

America.


December 1828 [“read”],

pp. 133-149.

umbellw
sabini) ,
(--Centrocercus)
urophasianus, Tetrao Sa6ini (=Bonasa
(-Oreortyx
pi&s)
and Ortyx Douglasii (-= ?) are ascribed to California.

N. A.

On

[Sub-title
Journal

some species of Birds
under

IV,

Art.

XLVII.

Oct. 1828-Jan.

from the North-west
Coast of
Sketches in Ornithology,
kc.1

1829, pp. 352-358.

Includes original
descriptions of Colaptes coZlaris (= Colaptes cafe?’ collaris),
Ortyx
Recurvirostra
occidentalis (=A’. americana) from
Douglasii (= ?), both from “Monterey”;
San Francisco; 5Yrepsilas melanocephalus
(=Are?zaria
melanocephala)
and Numena’us
r&ventris
(=N.
hudsonicus) , neither with locality indicated, but perhaps Californian.

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8

PACJPIC

1830.

Douglas,

Ortyx.

D.

<

iiber

COAST

einige

Isis XXIII,

Lesson, R. P.

ment a l’histoire
(double)

nordamericanische

pictus) from the “interior

Histoire

Naturelle

(suppl.)

[etc.].

u.

suivie d’un

suppl&

8~0, pp. i-x, 1-196; pll.

(7)

of immature

Ornismya

anna

from California.

[Anonymous]

1831.

I‘e

’ trao

l-39.

Includes original description (p. 115) and plate
(- Culypte anna)

von

of California.”

des Colibris,

naturelle des Oiseaux-Mouches

l-2.5,

Gattungen

1830, pp. 917-921.

Ortyx pi&z ( = Oreortyx
1830-1831.

iTo. 5

AVIPAUNA

<

Isis XXIV,

1831, pp. 218-220.

Quoted descriptions of several of the birds described by Vigors in “Zoological Journal.”
1831-1839.

Audubon,

J.

habits of the 1 Birds

J.

of the

1 or an account of the
Ornithological
Biography,
United States of America; 1 accompanied by De-

Represented 1 in the Work
Entitled ( the Birds of
1 and Interspersed
with Delineations
of American 1 Scenery
and
Manners. I
By John James Audubon, F. R. SS. I,. & E. I Fellow [etc., 5

lines]. 1 Edinburgh:
I Adam Black, 55. North Bridge, Edinburgh;
I [etc., 5
lines]. I 1 MDCCCXXXI.
8vo,vols.I-V,MDCCCXXXI-MDCCCXXXIX.
(The above is the exact title of the first volume; the titles of the other four vary
scriptions of the Objects
America,

from the above in minor respects.)
Only Vols. IV and V, 1838 and 1839,contain referencesto California, and theseare nearly
all upon the authority of Nuttall or Townsend; for Audubon never himself traveled as far
west as California.
There are five species ascribed to California in Vol. IV, the only important one of which is Corvus N&talli
(= Pica nuttalli) newly described (p.450, pl. 362 of
the elephant folio) from the vicinity
of Santa Barbara where taken by Nuttall.
Vol. V
contains records of 19 species from California.
Of these, Icterus tricobr
(=Agelaius
tricolor) is newly described (p. 1, pl. 388 of the elephant folio) from Santa Barbara where
secured by Nuttall; Sylvia Delafeldii
(probably an individual variant of GeotMypis triciras
arizzla) is described (p. 307) as new from “California”;
and F%zgilla
Mortonii,
a South
American sparrow, is described (p. 312) as new, and alleged to have been procured in
“Upper California” by Townsend.

The specimen of Sylvia fnorttana, said (p. 295, pl. 434
of the elephant folio) to have “come from California’ ,‘ seems to have been an immature
example of Dendroica townsendi.

Swainson,

1831.

W.,

ond, containing

and Richardson,

The Birds.

J.

L,ondon:

Fauna

Boreali-Americana.

MDCCCXXXI.

Part Sec-

4to, pp. i-lxvi,

l-523,

pll. 24-73, and many cuts.
In a table of. distribution included in the Introduction, several species are said to
occur in “California” in winter. This Table is stated to have been compiled from the
work of “the Prince of Musignano, Wilson, Audubon, and some others. ”
1833.

Vigors,

N, A. [On a Collection

of Skins of Birds from California]

<

Proc.

2001. Sot. I, 1833, p. 65.
Brief general remarks.
1837.

Gould,

J.

On a New Species of Ortyx.

Original description of Ortyx pZfLmz>era ( = Oreortyx
fornia”.

2001. Sot. V, 1837, p. 42.
pictus phrniferus)

; from “Cali-


BIBLIO2RAPIIY

1838.

I,ichtenstein,

H.

OP C~II,IPORNIX

ORNITHOI,OGY

Beitrag zur ornithologischen

Fauna

9

von Californien

nebst

Bemerkungen iiber die Artkennzeichen
der Pelicane und iiber einige Vogel von
den Sandwich-Inseln.
(Gelesen in der Akademie
der Wissenschaften
am 27
Juni 1837.)
CAbhand.
Konigl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1838, pp. 417-451; Tab.
I-V

(gehrbten)

.

Ascribes to California:
Sarcoramphus
(= Gymnogyps) californianus
(Pl. I) ; Falco
(=Archibuteo
ferr?6gineus),
original
description;
Strix
fiontaalis
(&Leo) ferruginef6s
(=CryptogZaux
acadica) j described as new;
Fringilla

hudsonia
(-=_Funco hyemalis
thf6rberi P) ; and Pelecanus trachyrynchus (=I?
erythlzrorhyhchos)
.

1839.

Audubon,

J. J.

A ) Synopsis

John James Audubon,
Associations in 1 Europe

F. R. SS. I,.
and America.

I I,ongman,

Edinburgh;
MDCCCXXXIX.

of the Birds 1 of 1 North

Rees,

8~0, pp. i-xii,

America.

1 By 1

& E. I Member
of Various Scientific
I Edinburgh:
I Adam and Charles Black,

Brown,

Green,

and

I,ongman,

1 I,ondon.

I

l-359.

The assigned habitats of many species include
no authorities for these statements are cited.

“California”

or

“1Jorth California”,

but

The 1 Zoology I of I Captain Beechey’s
Voyage;
I com1839.
Vigors,
N. A.
piled from the I Collections and Notes made by Captain Beechey, I the Officers
Naturalist

Straits Performed
in I His Majesty’s
Ship Blossom, I [etc., 8 lines] I
I Illustrated
with upwards of I Fifty Finely Coloured Plates by Sowerby.

-

of the Expedition,

I During

and
ring’s

a Voyage

to the Pacific and Beh-

I - I Published U n d er the Authority
of the Lords Commissioners of the
I London: I Henry G. B oh n, 4, York Street, Covent GarAdmiralty.
I -den. I - I MDCCCXXXIX.
4to.
>Ornithology;
by N. A. Vigors,
Esq.,
Pp. 13-40, pll. III-XIV.
A. M., F. R. S., &c.
Of the 100 species briefly described or commented upon, the greater part were evidently
But unfortunately
in many cases the locality of capture
obtained on the coast of California.
is omitted.
Only the following are definitely stated to have been obtained at San Francisco
B&o
Vivginianus
(=subs. ?), Alcedo Alcyon (==CeryZe
or Monterey:
Falco Sparverius,
alcyon), Turdus migyatoorius (==PZanesticus migratorius propinpuus), F~ingilla Canadensis ?
(-&nco
hyemaZis pinosus) ,
(=Zonotrichia
bucophrys nuttaZZi ?), Fringilla
hyemalis
iLiaca meruloides) , Agelaius

phoeniceus ( = A.
Fringilla
meruloides n. S. (=Passerella
gubernator californicus), Garrutus Californicus
n. s. Pl. V (-Aphelocoma
californica) ,
Picus viZZosus
( = Dryobates villosus hyloscopus) , Picus ruber (=Sphyyrapicus varius ruder),
Pi&s formicivorus
(=MeZanerpes formicivorus
bairdz),
Cotaptes collaris
n. s. Pl. IX
(=Colaptes cafer collaris), Sitta pygmcea n. s. Pl. IV, Colum6a monilis n. s. Pl. X (=C.
fasciata) , Ardea en-illis (:=Ardetta exilis) , Recurvirostra
occidentalis n. s. PI. XII
(=R.
americana), Clang&a aZbeola (=Charitonetta
albeola) , Larus Sabini (=Xema sabini), and
Diomedea fuliginosa
(=D
nigyipes) . Besides ihese, Charadrius
melodus (=BgiaZitis
dougzasii) are accredited to San
meloda?) and Ortyx Doz6gasii n. s. Pl. XI (=-Lophortyx
Francisco and Monterey,
respectively.
But it seems likely that the latter anyway was obtained on the Mexican coast. Either San Francisco or Monterey
has been subsequently
fixed by elimination, for certain of the species described by Vigors but with no locality inThese include fWu.scicapa semiatra n. s. (-Sayornis

nigricans) , Trogdodytes spidicated.
Zurus n. s. Pl. IV (-= Thryomanes bewickii spidz6rus), and Fvingilla crissalis n. s. (-Pipilo
crissadis) . Several of the forms marked as n (ew) s (pecies) had been previously described
in the Zoological Journal.

1840-1844.

Audubon,

the United

J. J.

The

I Birds

States 1 and their Territories.

I,. & E. 1 Fellow

[etc.,

11

lines]

1-

I from 1 Drawings Made in

I By John James Audubon, F. R. SS.
I Vol. I [-VII]
II New York: I
of America,


Published
[The

by J. J. Audubon.

seven-volume

Thirty-three
ity of Nuttall.

1 Philadelphia:

1 J. B. Chevalier.

1 1840 c-18441.

octave edition.]

species are definitely

accredited

to California,

mostly

upon the author-

Nuttall, I‘.’
A 1 Manual 1 of the 1 Ornithology
I of the I United States and
1840.
of Canada. I By I Thomas Nuttall,
A. M., I?. I,. S. &c. I Second Edition,

I-

with

Additions.

Gray,

and Company.

I-

I The I,and Birds I I MDCCCXI,.
12mo,

I-

I Boston: I Hilliard,

pp. i-viii,

l-832; many iigg.

Contains short notes on several
species personally
observed by the author at San
Diego, Santa Barbara or Monterey;
also descriptions of two alleged new species from
Trochilus icterocephaZus (=CaZypte
anna)
and TrogGodytes pnaculosa
Santa Barbara,
(=I). Other species are accredited to California on authority of Audubon, Vigors or
Lesson, some erroneously.

1843.
Gambel,
Mountains

Descriptions

W.
and

California.

of some

new

AC. Nat.

and

rare

SC. Phil.

Birds of the
I,

April

Rocky

1843,

pp.

259-262.
Includes the original description
I,os Angeles, December 10.

1845.
Gambel,
California.

of Pious Nuttalii

(=Dryobates

uuttallii)

; taken near

Descriptions of new and little known Birds, collected in Upper
W.

Includes the original description of Narjes rediviva
(- ToAxostoma rediviwm)
from
Paarus inornatus from “Upper
California”;
and Parus fascia&s
“near Monterey”;
( = Chanzcea fasciata)
from
“California. ”
Also Mergulus
Cassinii (=Ptychoramphus
ale&&s),
from the “Coast of California”,
is described as new.

1846-1847.
Proc.

Gambel,
AC. Nat.

115; February

Remarks on the Birds observed in Upper California.
<
W.
SC. Phil. III,
April 1846, pp. 44-48; October 1846, pp. IIO-

1847, pp. 154-158; April

1847, pp. 200-205.

This is an annotated list of 82 species, a large number of which are for the first time
accredited to California.
The accompanying
notes, in some cases quite extended, are of
value
in that they indicate the abundance and distribution
at
that time of species
now rare or local.
Of particular interest in this respect are the remarks on the California
Vulture,
Raven, and Yellow-billed
Magpie.
However, all the species mentioned are still
to be found somewhere within the State, except Quiscalus major, which Gambel claims was

occasionally seen in his time as far north as Upper California.

Chamaea, new genus of Birds allied to Parus.
1847.
Gambel, W.
Sc. & Arts, 2nd Ser. IV, November 1847, p. 286.

<

Chamza,
a new genus of Birds allied to Parus.
Gambel, W.
1847.
and Magazine of Nat. Hist. XX,
December 1847, pp. 441-442.

Am. Journ.

< Annals

A republication.

Remarks on the Birds observed in Upper California,
1847-1849.
Gambel, W.
AC. Nat. SC. Phil., 2nd Ser. I,
with descriptions of new species.
December

1847, pp. 25-56; August

1849, pp. 215-229;

pll. VIII-IX.

An extensively annotated list of 176 species; but a number of these, altho entered regularly, are extralimital,
having been secured, as sometimes stated, in the Rocky Mountains
or in Mexico.


RTRJJOGRAPHY

1848.

Peale, I‘.’

OF CALIPORXIA

United States 1 Exploring

R.

1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. 1 Under

1 Expedition.

the

Command

11

1 During the Years 1
of I Charles Wilkes,

U.

1 M ammalia and Ornithology.
I By I Titian R. Peale,
[ one of the naturalists of the expedition.
I Member [etc., 2 lines]. I - I
Philadelphia:
I Printed by C. Sherman. I 1848. L,arge 4to, pp. i-xxvi, 17-338.
S. N.

1 Vol. VIII.

ORNITHOI,OGY

1-

Many birds are listed or briefly mentioned as from California, the locality where specified being San Francisco or the Bay of San Francisco.

1850-1857.

Bonaparte,

C.

Bonaparte.

I Tom.

I,uciano

E. J. Brill,

I,.

Conspectus
I.

[et Tom.

I Academiae Typographum.

I Generum Avium. I Auctore I Carol0
II.]
I ]Cugduni Batavorum. I apud 1
I - I lSSO.[-1857.1
8~0, pp. 8+1-542

[2$1-2321.
Incidental systematic treatment of speciesfrom California.
1850.

Cassin, J.

Emberiza,

Descriptions

I,inn.;

of new species of Birds of the Genera

Carduelis,

Briss.;

Myiothera,

specimens of which are in the collection
of Philadelphia.


AC. Nat.

of the

Ill.;

Parus, I,inn.;

and I,euconerpes,

Academy

of Natural

SW.,

Sciences

SC. Phil. V, October 1850, pp. 103-106.

belli) from “Sonoma
Includes the original descriptionsof Em6eriza Be% (=Amjhis@iza
and San Diego”; Carduelis Lawrencei
(-=Astra~aZinus
lawrencei) from “Sonoma and San
Diego”; and Leuconerpes albolarvatus
(=Xenopicus
albolarvatus)
from “near Sutter’s
mill”.

Description
of a new species of Mergulus,
Ray, from the
1850.
Gambel, W.
coast of California.
AC. Nat. SC. Phil., 2nd Ser. II, November 1850,
p. 55, pl. VI.
Mergulus Cassinii (=Ptychoramphus
1850.

aleuticus).

Note on the California Quail. VIII,
Jones, J. M.
Popular account of a personal experience at “Montiero” (=Monterey)

1850, p. 2852.

Cassin, J. Sketch of the Birds composing the genera Vireo, Vieillot,
and
1851.
with a List of the previously known and descriptions
Vireosylva,
Bonaparte,
of three new species. Includes the original description of Vireo Ituttooni, from Monterey.
of birds of the genera I,aniarius,
Dicrurus, Grau1851.
Cassin, J. Descriptions
calus, Manacus and Picus, specimens of which are in the collection of the
Academy

of Natural

Sciences of Philadelphia.

December 1851, pp. 347-349.
Includes the original description of lnicus thyroidem
“California.

AC. Nat.

(=Sphyma~icus

SC. Phil.

thyroidem)

V,
from

”

1851.
Gurney, J. H.
pp. 3297-3299.

Notes on the Zoology of California.


IX,

1851,

Includes a page of brief and rather grotesque remarks on a number of birds, named

only in the vernacular.
Illustrations
I of the I Birds of Califor1852.
Cassin, J., and Stephens, H. I,.
nia, Texas I and I British and Russian America. I Intended to Comprise all the
Species of North
Authors,

America,

and to Serve

Except

Mexico,

as 1 a Supplement

not Figured

I to the

by I Former

Octave Edition

American
of I Audu-

12

I’ACIPIC

bon’s
lines]

COrlST

rlVIFAUNA

No.

5

1 By 1 John Cassin, 1 Corresponding Secretary [etc., 4
1 Artist attached to the Academy of Natural
of Philadelphia.
I To be Completed in Thirty
Numbers,
published
1 Philadelphia: 1 King & Baird, Printers,
No. 9 Sansom Street. I

Birds of America.

1 and 1 Henry

Sciences
Monthly.

1852.

I,. Stephens,

Large 8v0, pp. 30 (not consecutively

paged),

pll. 5.

Relating to California is a plate, description and biographical sketch of ~elu?zev@?sformicivorus (-iIf. $ bairdi) and Chamczafasciata
(probably Ch. f: rufula).
The plates are
not the same as those in the subsequently issued parts which went to make up Cassin’s
“Illustrations”.
I consulted the above publication in the library of the Academy of ru’atural Sciences of Philadelphia,
January 9, 1908. Mr. Witmer
Stone tells me there was no
other part issued under the above title.
A new artist was obtained, as well as a new pub(See Cassin’s “Illustrations”,
1856.)
lisher, when the work was recommenced.

1852.
Cassin, J. Descriptions of new species of Birds, specimens of which are
in the collection of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.
AC. Nat.

SC. Phil.

VI,

October 18.52, pp. 184-188.

Includes the original descriptions of Ammodramm
“from Calaveras river”;
Emberiza rostrata ( =Passerculus
Larus heermanni from San Diego.
1852.

Farnham,

I California.

ru$ceps (=Aiwzophila
m&eps)
roskatus)
from San Diego; and

and Travels I in
T. J. Pictorial Edition! ! ! I Life, I Adventures,
I By T. J. Farnham. I To which are added the I Conquest of

California,

I and I History

York,

I Travels in Oregon,
I Published by Cornish,

Lamport

of the

& Co. I 1852.

Gold

Regions.

8v0, pp.

i-iv,

I New
l-514,

numerous woodcuts.
The accounts of birds (pages 388-394) are of interest chiefly from a historical standpoint.
This title was not seen by me, but was transcribed by W. K. Fisher. (See Fisher, Condor IX, March 1907, pp. 57-58.)
1852.

Descriptions of New Species of Birds, o
‘ f the
Lawrence, G. N.
Toxostoma Wagler, Tyrannula
Swainson, and Plectrophanes Meyer.

I,yc. Nat. Hist. New York V, 1852, pp. 121-123.
Original description of I(bxostoma LeContei;
the Gila and Colorado rivers. ”

1852.

Lawrence,

York,

G. N.

Ornithological

Notes.


I,yc.

near the junction

Nat.

Hist.

of

New

1852, pp. 220-223.

Buteo Harlani
(=B. borea& .?), Pterocyama
Sterna Forsteri from California.
1853.

type from “California,

Genera

cczruleata (--QuerqueduZa

cyanoptera) and

* * * I Exploration
and Survey I of the I Valley I of the I
Baird, S. F.
Salt Lake of Utah,
I including I a Reconnoisance of a New Route

Great

through

the I Rocky

Topographical

Mountains.

Engineers,

U.

I By

Representatives
of the United
strong, Public Printer. I 1853. 8~0.
Baird.

Stansbury, I Captain Corps
I Printed by Order of House of
I Washington:
I Robert Arm-

Howard

IStates. I -

S. Army.

>Appendix

C.-Birds.

By Spencer F.

Pp. 314-335.

Many references to “California”

birds upon authority

of previous writers.

Notes sur les collections rapport&es en’1853,
par
Bonaparte, C. I,.
M. A. Delattre, de son voyage en Californie et dans le Nicaragua.

1853-1854.

Rendu XXXVII,

November

1853, pp.

806-810;

December

1853, pp. 827-835,


BIBIJOGRAPHY

913-925;

XXXVIII,

OP CAI,IFORSIX

January

266, 378-389; March

1854, pp.

-

ORNITHOI
l-11,

53-66; February

1854, pp. 533-541; April

13

1854, pp. 258-

1854, pp. 650-665.

Includes the original descriptions of Passerculusala&z&s (=PassercuZussandwichenfrom “California, ” and Procellaria

( = Oceanodroma) melania from “California, ” probably near San Diego; also critical notices of numerous other species “de Californie. ”
sis alaudinus)

1853.

Cassin, J.

Swainson,
January

Descriptions

and La&us

of new

Cassin, J.

AC. Nat.

SC. Phil.,

MeZaner$es
2nd

Ser.

II,

albolarvatus.

Synopsis of the Species of Falconidze

north of Mexico;
VI,


1853, pp. 257-258; pll. XXII-XXIII.

Second description of Melanerpes
1853.

species of Birds of the genera

I,innaeus.

with

descriptions

which

of new species.
inhabit

America

AC. Nat.

SC. Phil.

December 1853, pp. 450-453.
Several speciesaccredited to “California. ”

Heermann,
A. I,.
Notes on the Birds of California,
observed during a
1853.
AC. Nat. SC. Phil.,
2nd
residence of three years in that country.
Ser. II, January 1853, pp. 259-272.
An annotated list of 130 species.
I,awrence,

1853.

ORTYX
Hist.

G.

N.

Stephens,

New York

Descriptions

STERNA

VI,

New

and

Species

ICTERIA

of Birds of the

Vieillot.

Lawrence,

New York

VI,

Additions
New York

to

VI,

1853.

Woodhouse,

Colorado

G. N.

Ornithological

April

1853, pp. 7-14.

catarractes (=MegaZestris

Stercorarius

North
April

I>

Nat.

American

Ornithology.-No.

vixens

3.<

1853, pp. 4-7.

Notes.

No.

2.
“ProceZZalaria hcesitata
(=Daption)
cape&s

I,yc.

Nat.

Hist.

skua) from Monterey.

*** 1 Report of an Expedition
1 down the 1 Zuni and
1 by I Captain I,. Sitgreaves, I Corps Topographical
Engi-

I Accompanied by Maps, Sketches,
Views,
I Robert Armstrong, Public Printer.

I Washington:

198.

Genera

S. W.

Rivers,

neers. I -

Lye.

from Monterey; Icteria Zongicauda (=lcteria

EphiaZtes chodiba (=Megascops asio bendirei ?) from Sacramento;
Kuhl”
(=Prio&us
cinereus) from off Monterey;
and Procellaria
from off Monterey.

1853.

April 1853, pp. 1-4.

Sterna Pikei (=Sterna pamdisca)
Zongicauda) from “California”.
I,awrence,
G. N.
1853.
Ann. I,yc. Nat. Hist.

of

I,inn.,

Birds.

By S. W. Woodhouse,

M. D.

and

Illustrations.

1 1853.

Svo, pp.
Pp. 58-105; pll. I, III-VI.

Many speciesaccredited to California upon personal observation.

1854.

Heermann,

tion

of

new

A. I,.

Additions

species of the

< Proc. AC. Nat.

SC. Phil.

to North

genera

VII,

American

Actidurus,

Ornithology,

Podiceps

and

with descripPodylymbus.

October 1854, pp. 177-180.

Includes the original descriptions of Podiceps Californicus (=CoZymbus nigricollis califor&us)
and another supposednew species, PodyZymbus Zineatus (=young of Podilymbus
podiceps).


PACIFIC

14

COAST

No.

AVIFAUNA

5

Description of a New Species of Bird of the Genus LAKUS
I,awrence, G. N.
< Ann. I,yc. Nat. Hist. New York VI, March 1854, pp. 79-80.

Linn.
Lnrus Californicus; type from “San Joachin River, near Stockton.”

1854.

185.5. Cassiti, J. Notes on North American Falconidz,
< Proc. AC. Nat. SC. Phil. VII,
February
Species.
Includes the original description of Ruteo elegans (=Buko
fornia”, and accredits to the State several other species.

with descriptions

of new

1855, pp. 277-284.
Zineatus elegans) froxn “Cali-

Oiseaux [pp. 177-2791
<
Prevost, Fl., et Des Murs, 0.
1855.
du Monde 1 Sur la F&gate 1 La Venus 1 Command&e 1 Par

1 autour

Voyage
Abel

du

Petit-

1 Capitaine de Vaisseau, Commandeur de la I,egion d’honneur.
I- I
Zoologie I Mammiferes, Oiseaux, Reptiles et Poissons 1 Paris I Gide et J. Baudry,
Editeurs I Rue Bonaparte, 5 I - I 1855; 8~0, pp. 1-351.

Thouars

The birds upon which this article is based are said to have been obtained by Dr. Nbboux,
Among the localities tnentioned are the coast of Peru, Chili, the
surgeon of the “Venus”.
Galapagos Islands, San Blas, and Monterey in Upper California.
Eleven species are acBut no less than six of these are tropical species, unknown as
credited to the latter place.
birds of our State.
So that it seems very probable that localities were confused.
I have no
confidence in any of these Monterey records, therefore, no more in that of Larus furcatus
mititaris”
or the
(p. 277, Pl. X of Atlas) than in any of the others, such as “Sturnelda
Larus (=Crearrus)
furcatus has been included as a North American species
“Caracara”.
on the basis of the “Venus” record, now with little doubt to be considered erroneous.
I
examined the above work in the library of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia,

January 10, 1908.

Note on the Great Vulture of California (Cathartes
1855. T
‘ aylor,
A. S.
coramphus Californianus).
< Zoologist XIII,
1855, pp. 4632-4635.
Account of its capture “on the beach” at Monterey,

T. M.
[Red-tailed
Hawks
of
Brewer,
1856.
Nat. Hist. V, September 1856, pp. 385-386.
Critical:

Buteo montanus

vel Sar-

and habits, nlostly on hearsay.

California]

Bost.

Sot.

(-=B. borealis calurus)

Cassin, J. Notes on North American Birds in the Collection of the Academy
1856.
of Natural
Sciences, Philadelphia,
and National
Museum,
Washington.
< Proc. AC. N
‘ at.

SC. Phil.

VIII,

Fgbruary

1856, pp. 39-42.

Includes the original description of Spizella breweri from “California”.
Spizella pallida to this State, but this record retnains unconfirmed.

Also

accredits

I of the I Birds I of I California,
Texas,
Oregon,
Cassin, J. Illustrations
1856.
British and I Russian America. 1 Intended to Contain Descriptions and Figures I of all I North

American Birds I not given by former American
authors,
I and a I General Synopsis of North American
Ornithology.
) By I John Cassin, I Member [etc., 5 lines].
I 1853 to 1855. I - I Philadelphia: I J. B. Lippincott & Co. ( 1856.
I,arge 8~0, pp. i-viii,
l-298,
pll. l-50.
Originally
issued in parts.

The particularly Californian species figured and discussed are: n/(eZanerpesformicip. 39,
VOYUS,p. 7, pl. 2 (--M. f: bairdi) ; Larus heermanni, p. 28, pl. 5; Chamrea fasciata,
pl. 7 (the plate shows a very dark bird, probably Ch. f: rufula, from “the neighborhood of
San Francisco”) ; Amnzodramus ruficeps, p. 135, pl. 20 (=Aimophila
r+%qb) ; Archibuteo
ferrugineus,
p. 159, pl. 26; PtiZogonys nitens, p. 169, pl. 29 (=Phainopepia
nitens);
Troglodytes mexicanus, p. 173, pl. 30 (= Cadherpes mexicanus punctulatus);
Meedanerpes thyZyro-

HIBIJOGRAPHY

OF CAIJFORNIA

ORNITHOL,OGY

15

ideus, p. 201, pl. 32 (=Splzyrapicus thyroidem);
Ammodramus
rostratus,
p. 226, pl. 38;
Toxostoma rediviva, p. 260, pl. 42 (evidently of the dark brownish coast bird 71 redivivum
redivivum)
. The biographies of many species are quoted from previous writers,
and also
from heretofore unpublished statements by McCall, Heermann and others.
There is thus
considerable original information.
Two supposed new species are described, from California specimens:
Fake nigriceps and Falco podyagrus (part containing these, issued in December, 1853) ; both names have proven synonyms of Falco peregrinus anatum.

Cassin,

1856.

Academy

J.

Descriptions

of Natural

Washington.

and

Notes

on

Birds

Sciences of Philadelphia

< Proc. AC. Nat.

SC. Phil.

in

and

VIII,

in

the
the

Collection
National

of

October 1856, pp. 253-25.5.

Includes the original descriptions of Siita aculeata (=Sitta
carolinensis acuzeata)
“California’ ,‘ and BuLeo cooperi, the validity of which latter is now questioned.

Grayson,

1856.

A. J.

I, November
1856.


California

from

Magazine

1856, pp. 201-202; fig.

[Hutchings,

Magazine

The “Road-runner”.

the

Museum,

J.

M.]

I, August

The

Farallone

Islands.

<

1856, pp. 49-57; with cuts of Murre

Hutchings’

California

and egg, Tufted

Puf-

fin, rocks, etc.
Including an extended account of the seabirds.
Descriptions of New Species of Birds of the Genera
L,awrence, G. N.
1856.
Chordeiles, Swainson, and Polioptila, Sclater.
< Ann. I,yc. Nat. Hist. New
York

VI,

December

1856, pp. 165-169.

PoliopLiilameZanura ( = P. plumbea) , in part, from California.
1857.

[Anonymous]

fornia Magazine
1857.
<

California
II,

Quail-Male

December

and Female.

<

Hutchings’

Der
californische
Condor,
Sarcor~a~nphus
Bolle,
C.
Journal fiir Ornithologie V, January 1857, pp. 50-54.
Translated:

Cali-

1857, pp. 241-242.
cah~ornianus.

front Taylor in the Zoologist.

1Brewer, T. M.
Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge.
1857.
1 North
American 1 Oology; 1 Being an account of the habits and geographical
distribution of the birds of North I America during their breeding season; with figures and 1 descriptions of their eggs.
I Part I.
I - ) Washington City.

-

I By I Thomas M. Brewer, M. D. I
I Published by the Smithsonian Insti-

tution: I 1857. I New York: D. Appleton Sr Co.
sirostres.]
4t0, pp. i-viii, 1-132, pll. I-V.

[Part

I.-Raptores

and

Fis-

The California material incorporated in this work is as far as I can see nearly or quite all
quoted from previously publisht accounts.
1857.

Brewer,

Samuels .

T. M.

Ijst

and Descriptions

< Proc. Bost. Sot. Nat. Hist.

of Eggs Obtained
VI,

April

in California

by E.

1857, pp. 145-149.

At Petaluma; 16 species.
Cassin, J. Notes on the North American species of Archibuteo and I,anius,
1857.
and description of a new species of Toucan, of the genus Selenidera,
Gould.
<

Proc. AC. Nat.

SC. Phil.

IX,

December 1857, pp. 211-214,

Includes notes on Lanius elegans, etc,

II

llll

I

III

I II lllllll

I 11111-e


PACIFIC

16

COAST

No.

XVIFAUNA

G[rayson],
A. J. The White
Breasted Squirrel
1857.
California Magazine I, March 1857, pp. 393-396; fig.
Extended

account and description

5

Hawk.

<

(=-ArcfMuko

of “RuLeo CaLifornica”

Hutchings’
ferrugiaeus).

Pacific Railroad Reports, Vol. VI,
1857.
> Part IV,
Newberry, J. S.
1857.

By J. S. Newberry,
M. D.
No. 2. Report upon the Zoology of the Route.
Report upon the Birds, pp. 73-110, 2 pll.
> Chapter II.
Includes field-notes on birds observed from San Francisco
and northeastern California into Oregon.

thru

the

Sacramento

Valley

Notes on the Birds in the Museum of the Academy
of
1857.
Sclater, P. -L.
Natural Sciences of Philadelphia,
and other Collections in the United States of
< Proc. 2001. Sot. XXV,

America.
Includes

the original

description

1857, pp. l-8.

(p. 4) of CZaucidium

californicwn

from

“California”.

1857.
Sclater, P. I,.
List of Bird s collected by Mr. Thomas Bridges, Corresponding Member of the Society, in the Valley of San Jose, in the State of California.

<

Proc. 2001. Sot. XXV,

A technically

Wiepken,

1857.

1857, pp. 125-127.

annotated list of 33 species.

Ein

C. F.

< Naumannia,

briitendes

Mannchen

von

CaZZi$e$Za caZz$omica.

1857, pp. 264-266.

Baird, S. F.,
1858.
Vol. IX, 1858.

Cassin, J., and Lawrence, G. N.
Pacific Railroad
Reports,
== [sub-title]
Explorations and Surveys for a Railroad Route

from the Mississippi River to the
1 Birds: 1 By Spencer F. Baird. I

1 War Department. 1 =
Pacific Ocean.

Assistant Secretary Smithsonian
Institu-

I With the co - operation of I John Cassin and George
I Washington,
D. C. I 1858.
4to, pp. i-lvi, l-1005.

tion.
-

N.

I,awrence.

Contains a great amount of technical matter relating to California birds, including original descriptions of Empidonax
dzsczlis BAIRD (specimens listed from Washington
as well
as California),
Carpodacus caZifornicus BAIRD, Mebspiza
heermanrti BAIRD (from Tejon
Pass), M gouddi BAIRD (locality of type not known), PassereZZa megarhynchus
BAIRD (Fort
Tejon), PipiZo megalonyx
(Port Tejon), Herodias egretta, var. californica BAIRD (San
Diego), AegiaZiZis nizJosaCASSIN (San Francisco), PeZioneZta Irowbri&ii
BAIRD (San Diego),
Podiceps cZarkii I,AWRENCE, and perhaps others.

Baird,

1858.
<

S.

F.

[New

Proc. Bost. Sot. Nat.
Ammodromus

1858.

Cassin,

1838,

1839,

Sparrow

Collected

Hist.

October 1858, pp. 379-380.

VI,

by

Mr.

SamueZis (-=MeZospiza melodia samuelis)

J.

United
1840,

States I Exploring

1841,

1842. I Under

Samuels

California]

from Petalnma.

Expedition.
the

in

Command

I During the
of I Charles

years I
Wilkes,

U. S. N. I - I Mammalogy
I and I Ornithology.
I By I John Cassin, ( Member
[etc., 5 lines].
I With a F o1io Atlas [of 42 plates]. I - I Philadelphia: I
J. B. I,ippincott

& Co. ) 1858.

Includes considerable mention
being previously unpnblisht.

1858.
Sclater, P. I,.
ponding Member.
<

4to, pp. i-viii,

Notes on California
Communicated,

Proc. 2001. Sot. XXVI,

l-466.

of certain birds of California,

Birds.

By

with Remarks,

some of the information

Thomas
by

1858, pp. l-3; pl. CXXXI

Bridges,

Corres-

I,utley

Sclater.

Philip
(Aves).

BIB1,IOGRAPHY

OF CAIJFORNIA

Eleven species, of which Melanerpes
scribed as new; from Trinity Valley.

17

ORNITHOI,OGY

rubrigularis

is de-

(=.S~hytymapicus thyroideus)

Xantus, J. Descriptions of two new species of Birds from the vicinity
Fort Tejon, California.
< Proc. AC. Nat. SC. Phil. X, May 1858, p. 117.

1858.

Original descriptions of TyrannuZa hamvnondii
cassinii (-=Lanivireo
solitarius cassini).

18.59.

Baird,

(= Evnpidorcax

hammondi)

Notes on a collection of Birds made by Mr. John

S, F.

Cape St. Lucas, I,ower

California,

and now in the Museum

Institution.
< Proc. AC. Nat. SC. Phil. XI, November
Mention of several speciesfrom “Upper California”.
1859.
Cooper, J. G., and Suckley,
1 with much relating
Territory,

I between

and California,

the

and

Z’ireo

Xantus,

at

of the Smithsonian

1859, pp. 299-306.

The 1 Natural
History
G.
to 1 Minnesota,
Nebraska,
thirty-sixth

and

of

forty-ninth

1 of 1 Washington
Kansas,

Oregon,

parallels of lati-

I being those parts of the final reports I on the survey of the northern
route, I containing the climate and physical geography,
with
full catalogues and descriptions ( of the plants and animals collected from 1853
to 1857. I By J. G. Cooper, M. D., and Dr. G. Suckley, U. S. A., I Naturalists to the Expedition.
I This edition contains a new preface, giving a sketch
of the explorations, a classified I table of contents, and the latest additions by
the authors. I With Fifty-Five
New Plates of Scenery, Botany,
and Zoology,
I New York: I Bailliere Brothers,
and an Isothermal Chart of the Route. I Bailli&-e,
219 Regent Street. I Paris:-J.
B.
440 Broadway. I London:-H.
Bailliere et Fils, Rue Hautefeuille.
I Madrid:-C.
Bailly-Baillibre,
Calle de1
Principe.
I 1859.
4to, 8 11. (explanatory
notice, and errata),
frontispiece
tude,

Pacific railroad

(Black

l-72

Brant from Cassin’s

(botany),

l-399

“Illustrations”),

(zoology),

pp. i-viii

(contents,

and preface),

57 plates.

The above title is from a copy in my library. In spite
matter, at least, is identical with that in Vol. XII,
Book
(See 1860.)
There are, however, three additional
plates
from Cassin’s “Illustrations”,
and two from Vol. IX, Pac.

of the claims in the title, the bird

II, of the Pac. R. R. Keports.
of birds, one (the frontispiece)
R. R. Reports.

> Part IV.
Pacific Railroad
Reports, Vol. X, 1859.
Heermann,
A. I,.
Routes in California, to connect with the Routes near the thirty-fifth
and
> No. 2. Report upon the Birds Colthirty-second parallels [etc.] in 1853.

1859.

lected on the Survey.

By A. I,. Heermann,

M. D.

Pp. 29-80, 7 pll.

This list, with more or less extensive annotations, is the result of observations made by
the author during the surveys from Port Yuma to San Francisco. It yet remains one of
the best local lists we have. Many speciesfrom the desert region are for the first time recorded from the State.
1859.

Kennerly,

C. B. R.

Pacific Railroad

Reports,

Vol.

X,

1859.

Route near the thirty-fifth
parallel, explored by I,ieutenant
A.
topographical engineers, in 1853 and 1854.
> No. 3. Report

>

Part VI.

W. Whipple,
on Birds col-

Pp. 19-35, 11 pll.
lected on the Route.
A briefly-annotated list, of which a number of species are accredited to southern California or vicinity of San Francisco.
1859.
<

Sclater,

P. I,.

A Synopsis of the Thrushes

Proc. 2001. Sot. XXVII,
Some from “California. ’ ’

1859, pp. 321-347.

(Turdidaz)

of the New

World.


PACIFIC

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1859.

Suckley,

1859.

Taylor,

G.

COAST

AVIFAUNA

No.

5

[See Cooper and Suckley.1

A. S.

ings’ California

The Egg and Young
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G.

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1860.

[Gruber, F.]
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Uris occidentaks (--C’erorhinca

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found nest-

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Suckley,

1861.
<
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Cali-

California

Birds.

1861, pp. 330-334; April

<

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13IHLIOGRAPHY

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Coues, E.

OF

From Arizona

CAI,IFORSIA

21

ORSITHOLOGY

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<

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<

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1869.

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Birds.

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SC. Phil.,

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1 --

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Cooper, J. G.

<

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1870.

Cooper, J. G.

Geologist.

figg.
Many species are given
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as occurring “undoubtedly”
in California bnt of which no specific instances are known.
Also
These, of course, cannot be considered as definite records of the species for California.
the “Habitat”
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But Cooper’s observations are in niost cases expressly stated as having been made in that
The
region at Fort hlojave, which is on the Arizona side.
(See i\uk VII, April 1890, 214.)
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really very little new information of any sort. The technical parts were prepared by Baird.

A,New

1870.
Ridgway, R.
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Classification

of Three

of the North American

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1871.

Allen,

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J. A.

Examination

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1871, pp. 161-450,

North

America.

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Birds of East Florida,

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1871.

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iu the Dry Season.

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IV,

Feb-

1871, pp. 756-758.

Brief inention of 30 speciesobservedin the vicinity of Llonterey. Anlong those of especial
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[Kneeland, S.1 [Observations made on voyage from Panama to California]
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March 1871. pp. 137-139.
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1871.

1871.

[Kneeland,

S.1

A Zoologist

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July 1871, pp. 312-313.
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1871.

V[errill,

A.

E.1

Ccnko~~icuk
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Vol.

I.


1872.

Coues, E.

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June 25, 1872, pp. 56-81.

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Coues, E.
count of Every Species of 1 I,iving and Fossil Bird 1 at Present Known
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Surgeon
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Agency.
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Ridgway,

R.

figg. i-238.

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SC., 3rd Ser. IV,

Coues,

States
Army. I -___
I Salem:
Naturalists’

IJnited
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1 1872.

Svo, pp. 4, 1-361, pll. I-VI,

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I Illus-

December

between Color and Geographical

in Melanism

and Hyperchromism.

1872, pp. 454-460;

V, January

Distri-

< Am. Journ.

1873, pp. 39-44.

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description of Cyanwa

stelteri var. frontalis
(--Lyanocitta
sklberi
frontalis),
from the Sierra Nevatla; also critical notes ou several other California forms.

Ridgway,

1873.

R.

ciety of Natural
Hist.

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( ~ M’it.roil ia f milla pikrolnfis j ; froiu San Prancisco.

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Ridgway,

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Collection

Falconidaz.

May 1873, pp. 43-72.

Specimens from various localities

1873.

II.

Relation

R.

The Grouse

to their Variation

and

Quails

of
<

with Habitat.

North
Forest

America.

Discussed

&

I,

Stream

in

December

1873, pp. 289-290.
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Baird,
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1874.

S. F., Brewer, T. M.,
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R.
A
Birds 1 by I S. F. Baird, T. M. Brewer,
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Birds I Illustrated

[vignette]
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XXVII-I,VI;

by

64

I Boston 1 Little,
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Plates

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Brown,

593

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III,

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i-xxviii,

North

1 I,and
[-III].
1

I Volume
I
I 1874. Small 4to; Vol.

Woodcuts

and Company

i-vi, cuts, ~11. I-XXVI;
pp. l-560,

Ridgway

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i-vi,

cuts,

I,
pll.

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quite extensive, are hasetl almost entirely on previously
publisht material of the various
explorers.
The Xppentlix
at the entl of \‘olume
111, however, inclutles a number of
of California”;
Cooper’s field observations mncle after the publication of his “Ornitliology
and some of these are of especial importance.
1874:

Brewer,

T. M.

[See Baird,

Brewer and Ridgway.]

Animal I,ife of the Cuyamaca’ Mountains.
1874.
Cooper, J. G.
alist VIII,
January 1874, pp. 14-18.
Brief mention of 8-1 species of birds observetl in the vicinity
San Diego County.

<

Am.

Natur-

of the Cuyamaca Mountains,


24

PACIFIC

1874.

COAST

’V
‘ erbal

Cooper, J. G.

AVIPAUNA

Remarks. ’ ’

No.

5

< Proc. Cal. AC.

SC. V,

December

1874, pp. 414-415.
Specimens of I/ria lo~zz&t (&young
tirus from the coast of California.

1874.

Coues, E.

American
1874.

Preparing

1 Comprising

Svo, pp. i-iv,

l-116,

a 1 Manual

No.

A. I [vignette]

S.

I New York:

I Salem: 1
I

Dodd & Mead.

3.

U.

S.

species is

A Hand-book
of the Ornithology
of
River and its Tributaries.
==MiscelGeol.

Sure.

of the

Terr.

Washington:

1-791.

The greater part of the California matter in this work is quoted from previous
The accounts of a few species, however, are from Coues’ personal observations
Uuma, Rlojave River and San Pedro.

Pioneer.
1874.
p. 123.
1874.

Pioneer.

[Albino

1

of Instruction

pp. 123-137, the status of several California

1874.
Coues, E.
Birds of the Northwest:
the Region Drained by the Missouri
8~0, pp. i-xi,

purasi-

l-137.

to Check I,ist”,

laneous Publications

and Stercora~-ius

Birds I and a I Check List of North

and Preserving

Agency.

In the “Appendix
noted.

1874.

koile mlifor?rica)

1 By I Dr. Elliott Coues, U.
I Boston: Estes & I,auriat.

Birds.

Naturalists’

1 Ornithology.

Field

for I Procuring,

of L&a

Robin at Nicasio]

The Scent Question.

<

< Forest & Stream II,
Forest & Stream

II,

writers.
at Fort

April

August

1874,

1874,

p.

405.
Relates to the California

1874.

Ridgway,

VIII,

R.

February

Quail.

Notes

upon

American

Water

Birds.

<

Am.

Naturalist

1874, pp. 108-111.

ATgiditis
microrhynrhrs,
‘
species”, from San Francisco ( -AT. dubin); also original description of “RuZlus eleg-ans, var. ohsoletus” (-R.
obsoletus) from San Francisco;
and I’orzaza
fkmaicensis, var. rotr~rnic~~lrrs ( -Creciscus coturniculus) from the Farallone
Islands.

1874.

Ridgway,

R.

On Local Variations

< Am. Naturalist

Birds.

lTIII,

Reference to certain California

in the

Notes

and

Nesting

Habits

of

1874, pp. 197-201.

species.

1874.

Ridgway,

R.

[See Baird,

1874.

Ridgway,

R.

Two Rare Owls

April

April

Brewer and Ridgway.]
from

Arizo::a.

<

Am.

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VIII,

1874, pp. 239-240.

With

1874-1875.

California

references.

Ridgway,

ous to the Central
I,ake City,

January

Utah.

R.

Lists of Birds Observed at Various

Pacific Railroad,
<

Bull.

1875, pp. 10-24;

from Sacramento

Essex Inst. VI,

February

City,

October 1874,

Localities
California,
pp.

Contiguto

169-174;

Salt
VII,

1875, pp. 30-40.

Includes nominal lists of 50 species found at Sacramento; 13 species of the plains between Sacramento and the western foothills of the Sierras; 9 species of the foothills;
13
species of the pine forests of the west slope; and ,1 species found at the summit.
This paper
is merely a preliminary
abstract of the complete report of 1877.


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