8 PROCEEDINGS OF THE CALIFORNIA 



*t Vireo belli Cooper, (uot Aud.) Proc. Cal. Acad. 11,118, 1861, is now the 

 ViREO pusiLLUs Coues — Little Vireo. — Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc, Pliila., Jan. 

 1868 — I observed it at Sacramento also. 



Vireo gilvus Vieill. (Bonap.) — A specimen obtained at Alameda by 

 Mr. Holder, has the quills as in I^astern specimens, not as in the " V. Sicain- 

 sonii " from Arizona, supposed by Coues to replace gilvus entirely on this 

 coast. It has however the greyish tint, while one from San Diego, collected 

 in spring, has a good olive color, with the quill formula of V. Swainsonii. 



45* Hesperiphona vespertina Cooper, (Bon.) — Evening Grosbeak — 

 Forest Hill, Sierra County, in summer, (Gruber,) and south to Santa Cruz in 

 severe winters, where I saw them in one out of two seasons. 



46* PiNicoLA Canadensis Brisson, (Cab.) — Pine Grosbeak — I found them 

 at Johnson's Pass in September. 



47 PvRRHULOxiA siNUATA Bouap. — Tcxan Cardinal-bird — Has been recently 

 obtained at Ft. Yuma. [Coues.) 



Icterus cucullatus Swainson — Hooded Oriole. — Mentioned in the list of 

 1861, was afterwards obtained by me near San Diego. 



48* PiciooRVUs CoLUMBiANUS Wilson, (Bonap.) — Clarke's Crow. — Abund- 

 ant in the high Sierra. 



Order Grallatores. 



49* H.EiiATOPtJS palliatus Temminck^Pied Oyster-catcher — San Diego 

 and the southern islands in summer, two specimens. Before reported doubt- 

 fully from this coast. 



50 AcTODROMAS MACULATA Yicillot, (Coucs.) — Jack Snipe — Not rare at San 

 Francisco Bay in winter. Specimens preserved by Mr. W. H. Holder. 



51 PoRZANA NovEBORACENSis Gmclin, (sp.) — Yellow Rail — Collected at 

 Martinez by E. Mathewson, and at S. F. Bay by Gruber. 



52 PoRZANA Jamaicensis Gmelin, (sp.) — Black Rail — Farallone Is., Gruber, 

 Martinez, Mathewson, Alameda, Holder in winter. 



Order Lamellirostres. 



53 Anser albatus Cassin — White Brant. 



Proc. Pbila. Acad. Nat. Sc, 1856, 11 aud 1861, 72. Baird, Birds of North America ; 

 Pacific R. R. Reports, IX, 760, 925. 



Spkc. Char. Smaller than A. hype7-bo7-e7is,^he'mg about equal in size to Bcrnicla 

 Hutchinsii. Wliite, ends of primaries blacli, bill and feet red. Young, dull, blniuh 

 cinereous. Length of dry skin 25 inches, wing 15-50, tail 5-75, bill on cumen 2, tarsus 

 y. Brought from " Oregon" by the U. S. Exploring Expedition, (Cassin) . 



This small breed or species appears to be not rare in California some winters. 

 It bears the same relation to the Snow "Goose," {A. liyperboreus,) that B. 

 Hutchinsii does to B. Canadensis. 



N. B. Mr. Lorquin has a specimen which appears to be a hybrid of the 

 Snow Goose with Garabel's Goose, [A. Gambelii.) It is white, the back and 

 neck irregularly mottled with brown, the head brown, except the white forehead 

 characteristic of the latter species. The bill approaches nearest to that of the 

 Snow Goose, being larger than in the other species, but the other proportions 



