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LETT, Pacific Coast Avif., No. 7, 1912, 45 (now rare, in s. California; breeding 

 near Santa Barbara in 1886; Santa Clara Valley, early 'SO's; Alamitos, Los 

 Angeles County, 1896; near National City, 1870; San Diego up to 1892); 

 No. 21, 1933, 39.— Reichenow, Die Vogel, i, 1913, 403.— Tyler, Pacific 

 Coast Avif., No. 9, 1913, 39 (Fresno, Calif.; 2 records near Laton and near 

 Palo Alto). — Pearson, Briailey, and Brimley, Birds North Carolina, 1919, 

 163, in text (North Carolina; mentioned). — Oberholser, Auk, xxxviii, 1921, 

 266 (nomencl., crit.). — Van Rossem, Condor, xxv, 1923, 140 (near Victor- 

 ville, San Bernardino County, Calif., Sept. 17, 1922). — Grinnell and 

 Stoker, Animal Life in Yosemite, 1924, 281 (descr., distr., habits; Yosem- 

 ite). — Nice and Nice, Birds Oklahoma, 1924, 40 (genl., Oklahoma). — 

 Bailey, Birds Florida, 1925, i, G7, pi. 36 (fig., distr., Florida).— Miller, in 

 Chaney, Miller, and Dice, Carnegie Inst. Washington, Contr. 349, 1925, 94 

 (bones, Rancho La Brea) ; Condor, xxviii, 1926, 172, text (food); xxxix, 1937, 

 220, text (skel.). — Wyman and Burnell, Field Book Birds Southwestern 

 United States, 1925, 96 (descr.; chars.). — Clay, Condor, xxviii, 1926, 98, 

 text (Miranda, Humboldt County, Calif.). — Forbush, Birds Massachusetts 

 and Other New England States, ii, 1927, 98 (occurrence in New England). — 

 ScHtJz, Journ. fiir Orn., Ixxv, 1927, 99, text (powder downs). — DeGroot, 

 Condor, xxx, 1928, 361, text (eggs).— Rav, Condor, xxx, 1928, 250, text 

 (eggs). — Devincenzi, Anal. Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevideo, ser. 5, iii, 1929, 

 30, part (plumages; United States southward). — Robertson, Condor, xxxi, 

 1929, 181 (Orange County, Calif.). — Howard, Condor, xxxii, 1930, 84 

 (Pleistocene remains, Rancho La Brea). — Merriam, Condor, xxxii, 1930, 

 301 (Petaluma Creek, Marin County, Calif.). — Jewett, Murrelet, xiv, 

 1933, 79, text (Portland, Oreg.; 2 records). — Quick, Condor, xxxix, 1937, 

 132, in text (Yolo County, Calif.; 1 pair as permanent res.). — Martin, 

 Condor, xli, 1939, 125, text (Santa Clara County, Calif.; one seen). — Stoner, 

 Condor, xli, 1939, 120, text (Vallejo, Calif.; spec.);xlix, 1947, 85 (stomach 

 contents, California). — Watson, Condor, xlii, 1940, 295, in text (San Joaquin 

 Delta, Calif.; behavior). — Nice, Bird-Banding, xii, 1941, 41, in text (San 

 Joaquin Delta, Calif.; behavior, rev.). — Bond, Condor, xliv, 1942, 231, in text 

 (feeds on mice). — Sutton and Pettingill, Auk, lix, 1942, 8 (G6mez Farias 

 region, sw. Tamaulipas); Wils. Bull., liv, 1942, 199 (Nuevo Le6n, Mexico; 

 single bird seen several times near IMonterrey, Feb. 26 and 27, 1941). — Wood 

 Condor, xlv, 1943, 159, in text (Santa Barbara County, Calif.). — Fisher, 

 Auk, Ixii, 1945, 126, 127 (flight and musculature). — Mowbray, Condor, 

 xlix, 1947, 173 (Nacimiento River, Calif.; 1 seen Apr. 26, 1944). 



Elanus cucurus (typogr. error) Henshaw, Rep. Orn. Spec. Wheeler's Surv., 1876, 

 264 (near San Francisco, Calif.). 



Elanus leucurus a. var. leucurus Ridgway, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., xvi, 

 1873, 53, part (Orizaba, Veracruz). 



Elanus leucurus var. leucurus Ridgavay, in Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. 

 North Amer. Birds, iii, 1874, 197, part. 



Elanus axillaris subspecies a. leucurus Gurney, List Diurn. Birds Prey, 1884, 84, 

 part. 



Elanus axillaris leucurus Swann, Synopt. List Accip., pt. 3, 1920, 103, part 

 (s. United States). 



Elanus glaucus Coues, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Philadelphia, 1875, pt. 2, 345 

 (ex Falco glaucus, the sharp-winged hawk of a pale sky blue color, the tip of 

 the wings black, Bartram, Travels in Florida, etc., 1791, 290^8; Check List 



*8 Bartram's bird is not with certainty identifiable; it may as likely be the adult 

 male of Circus hudsonius. 



