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many other specimens, is that it will be found of nearly universal applica- 

 tion.*— R. E.l 



Marysville- 



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*Stocktoa.. 



Tail only. 

 Do. * 



Wings and taiL 



Family ALCEDINID^ : The Kingfishers. 



* 127. Ceryle alcyon, (Liiin.). — Belted Einfffinher. 



The Kingfisher is a common resident at Stockton. It is also occasion- 

 ally seen at Muri)hy's, at all seasons. It is rarely found in the mountains 

 of this region. 



$ ad. 



*Stoekton . 



Apr. 15, 1878 



Family CUCULID^ : The Cuckoos. 



*128. Geococcyx californianus, (Les.s.). — RoadRunner; Chaparral Code. 



The Road Runner is a rare resident of the chaparral only. Many 

 years ago I saw one between Vallecita and Angel's (altitude about 2,000 

 feet), and I have seen a few others in Calaveras County, below this ele- 

 vation, three in Marysville buttes, one in the hills east of Marysville — 

 in all about a dozen — in twenty or more years, though I have hunted a 

 great deal in the foot-hills — lived at Murj)hy's and San Andreas from the 

 spring of 1857 to October 1802. 



*129. Coccyzus americauus, (Liim.). — Yelloiv-hilled Cucl-oo. 



The Yellow-billed Cuckoo was common in the willow nnd poplai' 

 thickets at Maiysville in June, 1878, but whether generallj^ distributed 

 in the extensive thickets of like character so abundant along the rivers 

 of l^orthern California, I am unable to say. I heard one at Murphy's 

 about September 1, 1878. 



74457 ? ad. 

 76604 d ad. 



*Marysvllle . 

 do 



June 22, 1878 

 June 13, 1878 



* Mr. Heuslia w informs me that lie examined, a specimen taken at San Francisco, 

 which had all the rectriqes of one side of the tail red, those of the other half heiug 

 yellow!— R. R. 



