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Family CATIIARTID.E. American Vultuijes. 

 Pseudogryphus califoruianus (Shaw). California Vitllurc. 



Ill 1884 a hunter at lied Bluff told iiie that he had killed a vulture 

 of immeuse size in the southeastern part of Tehama County two or three 

 years previous, and that he liad seen others in the foothills southwest 

 of Mount Lassen within the last four or five years. As this is all the 

 information 1 could obtain with regard to this species, it has probably 

 almost disappeared from Xortheru California, where it was once cer- 

 tainly common, 



Mr. W. E. Bryant, of Oakland, had a live Californian Condor when I 

 visited him in December, 1883, but it has since died. Mr. EL. W. Hen- 

 shaw has obtained six of these birds in the southern part of the State 

 during- the past year. 



Recent measurements by Mr. Eidgway show that this species is really 

 larger than the Condor of the Andes, so that in "<;limate," ])roduction 

 of gold, mammoth trees, fruits, &c., and a just claim to the largest 

 bird of flight, California is "still ahead.'' 



Catliartes aura (Liuii.)- Turkey J'lilfure. 



One of the common birds of the country in summer, both on the 

 coast and in the interior. 



r'anuly FALCONIDyE. Falcons, Hawks, Eagles, etc. 



Elaiius leucuriis (Vieill.)- U'hiie- tailed Kite. 



Seen at Red Bluff" only, where two individuals appeared early in May. 



Circus liudsouius (Linn.)- Marsh IlauJc 



The Marsh Hawk appears to have been found in abundance by all the 

 ornithological observers of this region but myself, as I only saw it in 

 the Sacramento Valley at rare intervals. Dr. Newberry found it 

 " abundaut beyond all parallel on the plain of upper IMtt River." Hum- 

 boldt Bay, common, Fiebig. 



Accipiter velox (Wils.)^ lSharj-)-s]tinncd Ilaivk. 



Met with on one occasion only. A specimen Avas taken at the timber- 

 line of Shasta on September 7. Mr. Fiebig, however, says it is not un- 

 common in Humboldt County. 



Accipiter cooperi Bonap. Coopers Hawk. 



Not uncommon; taken near the timber-line of Shasta in September. 

 It was also obtained at Red Bluff. 



Accipiter atricapillus striatulus Ridgw. Western Goshairk. 



1 shot two young Goshawks near the timber-line of j\Iount Shasta on 

 July 28. It has been taken at Yreka by Mr. Vuille and at Fort Crook 

 by Lieutenant Parkinson. 



