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The following is a list of the buxls observed at various times in the 

 immediate vicinity of Murphy's : — 



Pdnserella ' ' meyarhyncha." 

 Passerella " toivnsendi."* 

 Hedymeles 7nelanoccphaIus, 

 Cyanospiza anueua. 

 Pipi lo ' ' mega lonyx. " 

 I'ipilo chlorurus. 

 PipUo '^crissaUs." 

 Stiirnella " negJecta." 

 Icterus huUocki. 

 Scolecoph agus cyan ocephalm. 

 Corvus amcrican its. 

 Cyanocitta ^'frontalis." 

 Aphelocoma calif or nica. 

 Tyrann us verticaUs. 

 Myiarch us cinerascens. 

 Sayornis nigricans. 

 Sayornis sayus. 

 Contopus horealis. 

 Con top us richardsoni. 

 Empidonax pasillus. 

 Empidonax ol)Scurus. 

 Empidonax hammondi. 

 Cvryle alcyon. 

 Trochilus alcxandri, 

 Calypte anna'. 

 Selasphorus riifus.i 

 Stellida caUiope. 

 Pious "harrisi." 

 Picus '^ gairdneri." 

 Picus nuitaUi. 

 Sphyropicus "ruber." 

 S2)hyropicus thyroidcus. 

 Melanerpes formicivorus. 

 Melanerpes torquatus. 

 CoJaptes ' ' mexicanus. " 

 Scojjs asio. 

 Giaucidium gnoma. 

 jEsalon cohimJ)arius. 

 Tmnunculus sparverius. 

 Accipiter fuscus. 

 Buteo ^'cahirus." 

 Eliinogryphus aura. 

 Colum ha fasciata. 

 Zenwdura carolinensis. 

 Oreortyx pieia. 

 Lopliortyx californica, 

 ^(jialiiis vocifera. 

 Ardea herodias.t 

 Herodias ' ' egretia. " 



* In winter only. t In spring only. 



X This and the succeeding water birds visit lis only in winter and spring, 

 none breed here. 



Probably 



