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CONTENTS 



Spotted Sandpiper .... 



Long-billed Curlew, or Sickle- 

 billed Curlew 



Hudson ian Curlew, or Jack 

 Curlew 



75 



Black -bellied Plover 

 Killdeer .... 

 Snowy Plover „ . 

 Black Turnstone 

 Black Ovster-eatcher 



BIRDS FOUND IN BAYOUS AND MARSHES 



Anthony Green Heron 

 Black-crowned Night Hen 

 Sandhill Crane .... 

 California Clapper Rail . 

 Virginia Rail .... 

 Sora, or Carolina Rail 

 California Black Rail 

 Florida Galliuule, oi 

 billed Mud-hen , . 

 American Coot . . , 



Re.l 



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77 

 78 

 80 

 81 



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 107 



PART II. — LAND BIRDS 



GAME BIRDS 



Gambel Partridge . 

 Sierra Sooty Grouse . 

 Oregon Rutfed Grouse 

 Sage Grouse . . . . 

 Band-tailed Pigeon 

 IMourning Dove 



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 126 

 127 

 130 

 132 



II.— BIRDS OF PREY 



California Vulture, or Condor 134 



Turkey Vulture .... 136 



White-tailed Kite .... 138 



Marsh Hawk 139 



Western Sharp-shinned 



Hawk 142 



Cooper Hawk 143 



Prairie Falcon 145 



Western Red- tailed Hawk . 147 



Red-bellied Hawk . . . . 149 



Swainson Hawk .... 150 



Ferruginous Rough-leg . . 153 



Golden Eagle 154 



Bald Eagle 156 



Duck Hawk 158 



Pigeon Hawk 159 



Desert Sparrow Hawk . . 161 

 Fish Hawk, or American 



Osprey 163 



American Barn Owl . , . 166 



