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Rica). — Dall and Bannister, Trans. Chicago Acad Sci., i, 1869, 272 (St. 

 Michael, Alaska; spec, Nov.).— Gray, Hand-list, i, 1869, 37, No. 365.— 

 Cooper, Orn. California, Land Birds, 1870, 489. — Ridgway, Proc. Boston 

 Soc. Nat. Hist., xvi, 1874, 23, 324 (lower Wabash Valley; res.); Bull. Essex 

 Inst., vii, 1875, 10, in text (Eagle Valley, Nev.), 15 (Truckee Valley, Nev.) ; 

 Orn. 40th Parallel, 1877, 580 (Truckee River and Pyramid Lake, Nev., 

 Aug., Dec); Nom. North Amer. Birds, 1881, No. 430; Orn. Illinois, i, 1889, 

 450; Man. North Amor. Birds, 1887, 226. — Sharps, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 

 i, 1874, 55 (Repulse Bay, Brit. Columbia; Vancouver I.; Sacramento River, 

 Calif.); Hand-list, i, 1S99, 245.— Bendire, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., 

 xvii, 1875, 163 (Camp Harney, Oreg.); Life Hist. North Amer. Birds, i, 1892, 

 183, pi. 5, figs. 8-10 (life hist.; figs, of eggs; distr.). — Mearns, Bull. Essex 

 Inst., xii, 1880 (1881), 122 (Hudson Highlands, N. Y.; breeding).— Nehr- 

 LiNG, Bull. Nuttal Orn. Club, vii, 1882, 174 (se. Texas; res., breeding). — 

 BoucARD, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1883, 456 (Yucatdn). — Gurney, List 

 Diurn. Birds Prey, 1884, 19.— McLenegan, Cruise Corwin, 1884, 118 

 (Kowak River, nw. Alaska); Cruise Corwin in 1885 (1887), 78 (Noatak 

 Bay, Alaska; breeding). — Turner, Auk, ii, 1885, 157 (Attu Island, Aleu- 

 tians, rare summer res.). — American Ornithologists' Union, Check-list, 

 1886, No. 331; ed. 2, 1895, 128; cd. 3, 1910, p. 155; ed. 4, 1931, 72 (distr.); 

 Auk, Ixi, 1944, 445 (nomencl.). — Ralph and Bagg, Trans. Oneida Hist. Soc, 

 iii, 1886, 117 (Oneida County, N. Y.; breeding).— Cory, Auk, iv, 1887, 38 

 (West Indian localities and syn.); Birds West Indies, 1889, 196; Cat. West 

 Indian Birds, 1892, 48; Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., No. 131, 1909, 455 

 (Illinois and Wisconsin; summer res.). — Lloyd, Auk, iv, 1887, 188 (Tom 

 Green and Concho Counties, Tex.; res.). — Townsend, Auk, iv, 1887, 12 

 (Kowak River, Alaska; breeding). — Zeled6n, Anal. Mus. Nac Costa Rica, 

 i, 1887, 126 (Costa Rica).— Goss, Hist. Birds Kansas, 1891, 252 (Kansas; 

 abund. res.; habits) .^Macfarlane, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xiv, 1891, 432 

 (lower Anderson River, Mackenzie; breeding). — Hatch, Notes Birds Minne- 

 sota, 1892, 178, 454 (INIinnesota; common summer res.; descr. ; distr.). — 

 CiiERRiE, Expl. Zool. Merid. Costa Rica, 1893, 50 (Boruca, sw. Costa 

 Rica). — Fisher, Hawks and Owls United States, 1893, 26, pi. 3 (econ. 

 status; food); Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, xlviii, 1935, 161 (Plummers 

 Island, Md.).— Nutting, Bull. Iowa State Lab. Nat. Hist., ii, 1893, 268 

 (Lower Saskatchewan River; abund.; spec). — Beristain and Laurencio, 

 Mem. y Pev. Soc. Cient. "Antonio Alzate," vii, 1894, 226 (Mexico). — 

 Gurney, Cat. Birds Prey, 1894, 19. — Ulrey and Wallace, Proc. Indiana 

 Acad. Sci., 1895, 151 (Wabash County, Ind.; breeding). — Cooke, Colorado 

 State Agr. Coll. Bull. 37, 1897, 73 (Colorado; common res.; distr.), 56, 

 1900, 204 (BreckenridgB, Colo.; 8,000 feet; breeds).— Butler, Rep. State 

 Geol. Indiana for 1897 (1898), 773 (breeding in Knox, Fulton, DeKalk, 

 and Allen Counties, Ind.). — Lantz, Trans. Kansas Acad. Sci., 1896-97 

 (1899), 255 (Kansas; common res.). — Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.- 

 Amer., Aves, iii, 1899, 43 (localities in Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and 

 Costa Rica; Volcdn do Chiriquf and Lion Hill, Panama; Cuba; Bahamas). — 

 Beyer, Proc Louisiana Soc. Nat. for 1897-99 (1900), 99 (Louisiana; common 

 res.). — Grinnell, Pacific Coast Avif., No. 1, 1900, 36, 75 (Kotzebue Sound 

 region, Alaska; fairly common); No. 3, 1902, 31 (California; abundant in 

 winter; breeds in marshes of interior); No. 8, 1912, 10 (California); No. 11, 

 1915, 63 (mostly winter vis. but breeding in San Joaquin Valley and vicinity 

 of San Diego); Proc. California Acad. Sci., ser. 4,. xiii, No. 5, 1923, 52 (Fur- 

 nace Creek Ranch, Death Valley, Calif.) ; Univ. California Publ. Zool., 



