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LISTS OF BIRDS OBSERVED AT VARIOUS LOCALITIES CONTIGUOUS 



TO THE CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD, FROM SACRAMENTO 



CITY, CALIFORNIA, TO SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. 



Bt Robert Ridgwat. 

 Continued from page 174, Vol. vi. 



The following species were found breeding ou the adjacent moun- 

 tains eastward of the Sierra Nevada, in July and August, 1867, and 

 April and May, 1868 : — 



1. Sialia arctica. Abundant. 



2. Lophophanes inornatus. Common (locally). 



3. Psaltriparus minimus plumbeus. Abundant (locally). 



4. Salpinctes obsoletus. Very abundant, 



5. Catherpes Mexicanus conspersus. Rare. 



6. Myiadestes Towusendi. Common? 



7. Pipilo erythrophthalmus Orcgonus. Abundant. 



8. P. chlorurus. Common. 



9. Scolecophagus cyanocephaliis. Very abundant. 



10. Corvus corax caruivorus. Abundant. 



11. Gymnokitta cyanocephala. Abundant. 



12. Empidonax obscurus. Common. 



13. Selasphorus rufus. Abundant. 



14. Ti'ochilus Alexandri. Abundant. 



15. Archibuteo lagopus Sanctijohanuis. Common. 



16. Aquila chrysaetus Canadensis. Common. 



17. Falco saker polyagrus. Common. 



18. F. columbarius. Rare? 



19. Nisus Cooperi. Rare. 



20. Oreortyx pictus plumifera. Rare. 



III. WESTERN NEVADA, ETC. 



a. Eagle Valley (November 29, 1867). 

 In Eagle Valley but one locality was visited, viz., the town of Genoa 

 and vicinity, including marshes In the valley and pine forests on the 

 Sierra Nevada. In the former the usual species of water fowl were 

 found, and also Circus hudsonius and Falco polyagrus. In the pines 

 the species were the same as those near Carson Citj-, but the mountain 

 quail ( Oreortyx pictus plumifera^ was more common, 



6. Carson Valley (Nov. 27-29, 1867; Jan 13-April 29, 1868), 

 The species breeding in the vicinity of Carson City were divided 

 into thi'ee groups — one inhabiting the pine woods of the Sierra 

 Nevada (Washoe Spur), one the cedar and piiiou groves of the ranges 



