1>'.^7.] PliOCl'.EDlXGS OF UNITED STATES Js^Al'IOXAL MUSEtlM. If);) 



Symphemia scmipalmata fGind.). iriJIrt. 



SpociiiUMis of Iho Willet were collected in Novcniher and December afc 

 ITuuiboldt Bay, where it is common. 



Actitis macularia (Limi.)- Spot tid Sandpiper i 

 Found s])aringly tbroiigliout the region, 

 Breeds at Eagle Lake. 



Numenius longirosti'is Wils. Loiuj-hiUcd Curtew. 



According to resident sportsmen, occurs in the vicinity of Ked Bluff 



in spring. It is probably only a migrant in the Upper Sacramento 



■ Valley, but is known to be abundant about the lakes east of the Sierras. 



Family CHARADRIID.E. Plovkhs. 

 Charadrius squatarola (Liun.). Black-bellied Plover. 



Met with only at the outlet of Eel River, in Humboldt Couuty, Decem- 

 ber, 1885. 



^gialitis vocifera (Liun.). Killdccr. 



Abundant in all open i^arts of the country. Found in meadows at the 

 base of Mount Shasta. 



Family APHRIZID.E. Surf Birds and Turnstones. 



Arenaiia iiiterpres (Liun.)- Titrmtoiie. 



This and the next species both occur at Humboldt Bay, nichmoccphala 

 being the more common. 



Arenaria melanocephala (Vig.)- Black Tttrn-sloiu: 



The Black Turnstone is a common bird at all points on the Pacitic 

 coast that I have visited. 1 first met with it at the Farallone Islands, 

 thirty miles west of San Frauciso Bay, in August, 1881, and in July, 

 1885, found it north of the Arctic circle in Alaska. 



Family TETRAONID^E. Grouse, Partridges, etc. 



Oreortyx pictus plumiferus (Gould). Plumed Partridfje. 



The Mountain Quail, as this bird is usually called, is a common resi- 

 dent of the foothills and mountains. In summer it was found breeding' 

 plentifully about the western base of Mount Shasta in company with 

 the '' Valley Quail," but was not observed on the higher slopes of the 

 mountain. 



Mountain Quails are very numerous among the hills of the Lower 

 McCloud, gathering in large flocks in winter. I found a nest of ten eggs 

 east of Mount Lassen on June 12, anil a nest of eight eggs was taken at 

 Baird on June 24. I did not meet with it near the coast. 



Callipepla califoniica (Shaw). California Parlridije. 



This coast form of the California. Quail was found-in the greatest abun- 

 dance in the logging districts and en I rivaled portions of Humboldt 

 Couuty. 



