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Williamsons Pass, Calif.). — Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1857, 201 

 (Jalapa, Vera Cruz). — Baird, Cat. North Amer. Birds, 1859, No. 35. — 

 Sclater and Salvin, Ibis, 1859, 220 (Guatemala); Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 

 121, part (Mexico; Guatemala). — Cooper and Suckley, Rep. Pacific R. R. 

 Surv., xii, book 2, pt. 3, 1860, 149 (California). — Coues, Proc. Acad. Nat. 

 Sci. Philadelphia, xviii, 1866, 48 (Fort Whipple, Ariz.); Key North Amer. 

 Birds, 1872, 211; Check List North Amer. Birds, 1873, No. 336.— Gray, 

 Hand-list, i, 1869, 28, No. 263, part. — Cooper, Orn. California, Land Birds, 

 1870, 488.— RiDGWAY, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1870, 144; Ann. 

 Lye. Nat. Hist. New York, x, 1874, 380 (Wabash County, III., July 1865) ; 

 in Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. North Amer. Birds, iii, 1874, 198, 

 part (s. United States); Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., xvi, 1874, 26, 327 

 (Wabash County, 111., 1 pair, July [1875]); Orn. 40th Parallel, 1877, 592 

 (San Francisco, Calif.); Man. North Amer. Birds, 1887, 225; Orn. Illinois, 

 i, 1889, 446 (Mt. Carmel, 111., 1862 or 1863).— Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. 

 Mus., i, 1874, 339, part (California) ; Hand-list, i, 1899, 270, part.— Nelson, 

 Bull. Essex Inst., viii, 1876, 151 (Wabash County, ne. lUinois) ; ix, 1877, 

 46 (Mt. Carmel, s. Illinois, 1 pr.). — Belding, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., i, 1879, 

 435 (Stockton and Marysville, Calif.). — Gurney, List Diurn. Birds Prey, 

 1884, 84, part; Cat. Birds Prey, 1894, 26, part. — American Ornithologists' 

 Union, Check-list, 1886, No. 328; ed. 2, 1895, 126; ed. 3, 1910, 154.— Lloyd, 

 Auk, iv, 1887, 188 (Tom Green and Concho Counties, Tex., rare fall vis.). — 

 Townsend, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., x, 1887, 201 (Red Bluff, n. California).— 

 Zeled6n, Anal. Mus. Nac. Costa Rica, i, 1887, 126 (Costa Rica). — Bryant, 

 Proc. Cahfornia Acad. Sci., ser. 2, 1889, 278 (Cape Colnett, Lower California, 

 late fall).— Chapman, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., iii, 1889, 322 (mouth 

 of Nueces River, Tex.). — Attwater, Auk, ix, 1892, 233 (San Antonio, 

 Texas, rare fall and winter vis.). — Bendire, Life Hist. North Amer. Birds, 

 i, 1892, pi. 5, figs. 3, 4.— Scott, Auk, ix, 1892, 212 (Caloosahatchie River, 

 Fla., breeding, rare). — Fisher, Hawks and Owls United States, 1893, 23; 

 North Amer. Fauna, No. 7, 1893, 34 (San Luis Obispo, Calif.). — Beristain 

 and Laurencio, Mem. y Rev. Soc. Cient. "Antonio Alzate," vii, Nos. 7-8, 



1894, 224 (Veracruz, Mexico). — Anthony, Auk, xii, 1895, 137 (San Fernando, 

 Lower California, June 12). — Rhoads, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 



1895, 478 (Haywood and Lauderdale Counties, Tenn.). — Barlow, Auk, 

 xiv, 1897, 14-21 (nesting habits in California). — Beyer, Proc. Louisiana 

 Soc. Nat. for 1897-98 (1900), 98 (off Kenner, La., 1 spec, Oct. 11, 1890; 

 only known record for Louisiana). — McGregor, Pacific Coast Avif. No. 2, 



1901, 6 (Santa Cruz, Calif.; rare; eggs). — Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr. 

 Amer., Aves, iii, 1901, 97, part (Jalapa, Orizaba, and Mirador, Vera Cruz; 

 Guatemala; s. United States). — Bailey, Handbook Birds Western United 

 States, 1902, 148 (descr.; distr.). — Grinnell, Pacific Coast Avif., No. 3, 



1902, 31 (California; fairly common permanent res. of Upper Sonoran 

 Valley, w. of Sierras); No. 8, 1912, 10 (California; listed); No. 11, 1915, 63 

 (formerly common res. w. of Sierra Nevada, now greatly reduced in numbers 

 and restricted in range and in danger of extirpation; Red Bluff, Tehama 

 County; Forestville, Sonoma County; s. to Alamitos, Los Angeles County, 

 and San Diego). — Widmann, Auk, xxi, 1904, 08 (Yosemite Valley, May); 

 Birds Missouri, 1907, 89 (no definite record). — Beyer, Allison, and Kop- 

 MAN, Auk, XXV, 1908, 441 (near Kenner, La., 1 spec, Oct. 11, 1890). — Cory, 

 Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., No. 131, 1909, 453 (Mt. Carmel, 111.).— Fay, 

 Auk, xxvii, 1910, 453 (Marthas Vineyard, Mass., May 30, 1910).— Wayne, 

 Birds South Carolina, 1910, 70 (not now found in South Carolina). — Wil- 



