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North Amer. Birds, ed. 2, 1882, No. 492; Key North Amer. Birds, ed. 2, 

 1884, 525; Auk, xiv, 1897, 216 (crit. nomencl.).— Gibbs, Bull. U. S. Geol. and 

 Geogr. Surv. Terr., v. No. 3, 1879, 490 (Michigan; rare; summer res.). — 

 Sennett, Bull. U. S. Geol. and Geogr. Surv. Terr., v, 1879, 418 (Santa 

 Maria, Tex., May 5).— Nehrling, BuU. Nuttall Orn. Club, vii, 1882, 173 

 (se. Texas). 

 Elanus leucurus majuscvJus Bangs and Penard, Proc. New England Zool. Club, 

 vii, 1920, 46 (San Rafael, Marin County, Calif.; coll. Mus. Comp. Zool.). — 

 SwANN, Synop. Accip., pt. 3, 1922, 162 (s. United States to Central Amer- 

 ica). — Griscom and Crosby, Auk, xlii, 1925, 534 (status, Brownsville, Tex., 

 region). — Grinnell, Univ. California Publ. Zool., xxxii, 1928, 106 (distr., 

 Lower California); xxxviii, 1932, 266 (type loc; crit.). — Bangs, Bull. Mus. 

 Comp. Zool., Ixx, 1930, 192 (type in Mus. Comp. Zool.). — Grinnell, Dixon, 

 and LiNSDALE, Univ. California Publ. Zool., xxxv, 1930, 185 (distr., Lassen 

 Peak Region, n. California). — Pickwell, Condor, xxxii, 1930, 211 (life hist., 

 etc.); Condor, xxxiv, 1932, 44 (status, Santa Clara Valley, Calif.). — Amer- 

 ican Ornithologists' Union, Check-list, ed. 4, 1931, 62 (distr.). — [Arthur?], 

 Birds Louisiana, 1931, 194, text (descr.; status, Louisiana). — Edge, Condor, 

 xxxiii, 1931, 78 (Alexander Valley, Sonoma County, Calif.). — Huey, Auk, 

 xlviii, 1931, 620 (nesting. Lakeside, San Diego County, Calif.; specimen Tia 

 Juana, March; San Diego County, Calif.). — Moffitt, California Fish and 

 Game, xvii, 1931, 412 (California; formerly abund.; habits; plum.; food; 

 figure). — Peters, Check-list Birds of World, i, 1931, 193 (distr.).— Bennitt, 

 Univ. Missouri Stud., vii. No. 3, 1932, 21 (Missouri; accidental). — Griscom, 

 Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Ixiv, 1932, 162 (distr.; Guatemala).— Howell, 

 Florida Bird Life, 1932, 163 (genl.; Florida).— Neff, Condor, xxxiv, 1932, 

 259 (near Sacramento, Calif.); xxxvi, 1934, 218, in text (Sacramento, Calif.; 

 2 records). — Risser, Auk, xlix, 1932, 107, in text (Brownsville, Tex.). — 

 Stoner, Condor, xxxv, 1933, 121, in text (Benicia, Calif., spec). — Willett, 

 Pacific Coast Avif., No. 21, 1933, 39 (sw. California; formerly fairly common 

 res. — now rare; breed.; synonyms). — Bowen, Condor, xxxvi, 1934, 117, in 

 text (Balboa Beach, Calif.; 1 seen). — Sprunt, Auk, lii, 1935, 445, text (Bulls 

 Island, S. C; seen May 7, 1929). — Bagg and Eliot, Birds Connecticut 

 Valley in Massachusetts, 1937, 113 (Connecticut Valley, Mass.; habits). — 

 Bent, U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 167, 1937, 54 (life hist.).— Miller, Condor, 

 xxxix, 1937, 222, text (Butte County, Shasta County, Calif.; records).— 

 CoMPTON, Univ. California Publ. Zool., xlii, 1938, 176, 179, 184, 197, 205 

 (pterylosis). — Ford, Auk, Iv, 1938, 132, in text (Brownsville, Tex.; uncom- 

 mon). — Oberholser, Bird Life of Louisiana, 1938, 155 (Louisiana,; acci- 

 dental; spec, from river opp. Kenner [Oct. 11, 1890] and sight record near 

 Monroe [Nov. 2, 1930]).— Bond, Condor, xlii, 1940, 168, in text (Ventura 

 County, Calif.; nest; food habits). — Gabrielson and Jev/ett, Birds Oregon, 

 1940, 181 (Oregon; rare straggler [2 sight records: Colorado River 20 miles 

 w. of Portland; Blue Lake in Colorado River flats, e. of Portland, "8 or 10 

 years ago"]; descr.; distr.). — Hawbecker, Condor, xlii, 1940, 106, in text 

 (Santa Cruz County, Calif.; nest habits; food habits); Condor, xliv, 1942, 

 267, in text (California; life hist.). — Nice, Bird-Banding, xi, 1940, 116, text 

 (Santa Cruz County, Calif.; nest). — Moore and Barr, Auk, Iviii, 1941, 

 453 (habits).— Drury and Parker, Auk, lix, 1942, 430, text (west of Oke- 

 chobee City, Fla.).— Brodkorb, Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan, 

 No. 56, 1943, 26 (Campeche and Palizada, Mexico; spec; meas.; "must have 

 nested nearby"). — Brooks, Condor, xlv, 1943, 119, in text (California; atti- 

 tudes).— Grinnell and Miller, Pacific Coast Avif. No. 27, 1944, 96 



