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451.— Heerman, Joiirn. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, ii, 1853, 259 (Cali- 

 fornia). — CouES, Key North Amer. Birds, 1872,216, part. — Shabpe, Cat. Birds 

 Brit. Mus., i, 1874, 191, part'^(San;>;Francisco, w. California; w. Mexico?). — 

 ?Beristain and Laurencio, Mem. y Rev. See. Cient. "Antonio Alzate," 

 vii, 1894, 226 (w. Mexico).— DeM ay, Condor, xliv, 1942, 229 (bones; Buena 

 Vista Lake, Calif.). — Grant, Condor, xlvii, 1945, 263 (eating drone bees; 

 California). — Wilson, Condor, xlvii, 1945, 150 (Kettleman Hills area, 

 Calif.). — Mowbray, Condor, xlix, 1947, 173 (Nacimiento River, Calif.). 



Buteo elegans Cassin, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vii, 1855, 281 (Cali- 

 fornia; coll. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia); in Baird, Rep. Pacific R. R. 

 Surv., ix, 1858, 28; 1860, Atlas, pis. 2, 3.— Strickland, Orn. Syn., i, 1855, 

 38. — Baird, Rep. U. S. and Mex. Bound. Surv., ii, pt. 2, 1859, 3 (Santa 

 Isabel, Calif.) ; Cat. North Amer. Birds, 1859, No. 26. — Heermann, Rep. 

 Pacific R. R. Surv., x, pt. iv, No. 2, 1859, 32 (n. California s. to Colorado 

 Desert). — Kennerly, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., x, No. 3, 1859, 19 (Little 

 Colorado River, Ariz.). — Xantus, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, xi, 

 1859, 190 (Fort Tejon, Calif.).— Cooper and Suckley, Rep. Pacific R. R. 

 Surv., xii, book 2, pt. 3, 1860, 147 (Santa Clara, Calif.).— Gray, Hand-list, 

 i, 1869, 7, No. 52.— Cooper, Orn. California, Land Birds, 1870, 477.— 

 Gtjrney, Ibis, 1876, 232, in text (crit.), 233, in text (measurements); Cat. 

 Birds Prey, 1894, 24. — Sharpe, Hand-list, i, 1899, 257. — Palmer, Condor, 

 XXX, 1928, 272, in text (patronymics). — Grinnell, Univ. California Publ. 

 Zool., xxxviii, 1932, 266 (tj'pe locality; crit.). 



Buteo elegans ? Newberry, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., vi, pt. 4, Chapt. 2, 1857, 75 

 (n. California; s. Oregon). 



Buteo lineatus elegans CouEs, Check List North Amer. Birds, 1873, No. 352a; ed. 

 2, 1882, No. 521; Key North Amer. Birds, ed. 2, 1884, 546.— Ridgway, in 

 Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. North Amer. Birds, iii, 1874, 257 (diag- 

 nosis), 277; Bull. Essex Inst., vi, 1874, 172 (Sacramento Valley); Proc. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus., iii, 1880, 194; Nom. North Amer. Birds, 1881, No. 439a; Man. 

 North Amer. Birds, 1887, 237; ed. 2, 1896, 235.— Gurney, List Diurn. Birds 

 Prey, 1884, 67.- — -American Ornithologists' Union, Check List, 1886, No. 

 339 b; ed. 2, 1895, 132; ed. 3, 1910, 158; ed. 4, 1931, 67.— Bryant, Proc. Cali- 

 fornia Acad. Sci., ser. 2, 1889, 280, in part (San Rafael, Lower California). — 

 Bendire, Life Hist. North Amer. Birds, i, 1892, 226, pi. 6, fig. 9. — Brooks, 

 Auk, xvii, 1900, 105 (Brit. Columbia w. of Cascade Range); xxxiv, 1917, 38 

 (Chilliwack, Brit. Columbia). — Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Amer., 

 Aves, iii, 1900, 66, in part (Lower California; Sonora?). — McGregor, Pacific 

 Coast Avif., No. 2, 1901, 6 (Santa Cruz County, Calif.; breeds). — Bailey, 

 Handbook Birds Western United States, 1902, 157 (w. United States; descr.; 

 habits); Birds New Mexico, 1928, 164 (gcnl.; New Mexico). — Grinnell, 

 Pacific Coast Avif., No. 3, 1902, 32 (California; common res.; breeds chiefly 

 in Upper Sonoran interior valleys); No. 8, 1912, 10 (California); No. 11, 

 1915, 65 (California; common res. in Austral Zone, breeding n. to Point 

 Re3'es, Marin County; Mount St. Helens and Fort Crook, Shasta County); 

 Univ. California Publ. Zool., xxxii, 1928, 109 (distr.; Lower California). — 

 Woodcock, Oregon Agr. Exp. Stat. Bull. 68, 1902, 33 (Oregon range). — 

 Sharpe, Condor viii, 1906, 144 (=148) (San Diego County, Calif.; nesting 

 habits; descr. nest and eggs; 2 cuts). — Thayer and Bangs, Condor, ix, 1907, 

 136 (El Rosario, Lower California). — Linton, Condor, x, 1908, 197 (Buena 

 Vista Lake, Kern County, Calif.). — Kermode, Prov. Mus. Victoria, 1909,44 

 (Burrard Inlet and Chilliwack, Brit. Columbia). — Willett, Pacific Coast 

 Avif., No. 7, 1912, 46 (s. California; Pacific Slope; fairly common res.); No. 



