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No batrachian was collected <>n San Clemente Island, bul Uyla 

 regilla Baird, which Mr. Henshaw obtained on Santa Cruz rsland, 

 perhaps occurs (here 



Birds. 



The following-named species were observed by Mr. A. W. Anthony 

 and the writer. ()f (hose species which are marked with an asterisk 

 (*), specimens were taken. Of water birds, only those actually seen 

 upon the hind are included. 



■■■\. I, urns occidentalis Audubon. 

 2. Phalacrocorax <lih>iiJiits albocili- 



atus Ridgway. 

 *.*;. Phalacrocorax i> e n i <■ i 1 1 <i I u s 



i Brandt). 

 *4. Ardea herodias (Linnaeus). 

 5. Nycticorax nycticorax neevius 



i Boddaert). 

 *(>. Crymophilus fulicarius < Linnaeus). 

 7. Macrorhamph us s c o / o /* " c e h s 

 (Say i. 

 *8. Actodromas minutilla (Vieillot). 

 *9. Ereunetes maurii Bonaparte. 

 10. H-elodromas solitarius cinnamo- 

 meus (Brewster). 

 *11. Heteractitis incanus (Gmelin). 

 =:: 1 li. Actitis macularia (Linnaeus). 

 *!•">. .l](ji(tlitis semipalmata (Bona- 

 parte). 

 *14. Arenaria interpres morinella (Lin- 

 naeus). 

 *15. Arenaria melanocephala (Vigors). 

 *16. Zenaidura macroura (Linnaeus). 

 IT. Haliceetus leucocephalus (Lin- 

 naeus). 



is. Falco peregrinu8 anatum ( Bona- 

 parte i. 



■lit. Pandion haliaetus carolinensis 

 ( Gmelin t. 



*20. Ceryle alcyon (Linnaeus). 



•21. Empidonax insulicola Oberholser. 



•22. Otocoris alpestris insularis ( '. n. 

 Townsend. 



*23. Gorvus corax clarionensis Hartert. 



*24. Carpodacus mexicanus dementis 

 ( Mearns). 



*25. Amphispiza belli clementea Ridg- 

 way. 



*26. Melospiza cinerea elemental < '. II. 

 Townsend. 



'■'■ : 21. Pipilo maculatus elemental (J. 

 Grinnell). 



*28. hanius ludovicianus m earnsl Ridg- 

 way. 



*29. Vermivora celata sordida ('. II. 

 Townsend. 



*30. Salpinctes obsoletus (Say). 



•31. Thryomanes bewickii leucophrys 

 ( Anthony ) . 



Mr. (diaries II. Townsend visited San Clemente Island on May 8, 

 1888, and January 25, 1889, and published" descriptions of three 

 new birds (Nos. 22, 26, and 29 of the above list), and gave a list of 

 six other species collected on the island, including, besides Xos. 24, 

 25, 27. and 31, two species which we did not obtain: 



*32. Ptychoramphus aleuticus (Pallas). | *33. Speotyto cunicularia hypogcea 



(Bonaparte).. 



In August, 18 ( .)T. as publication No. 1 of the Pasadena Academy of 

 Sciences. Mr. Joseph Grinnell published a report on the birds 

 recorded during a visit to the islands of Santa Barbara, San Nicolas. 

 and San Clemente in the spring of ls!>7. enumerating :'>1 species of 

 land birds. In this, by far the most important contribution to the 



Proc. r. S. Nat. Mus., XIII, L890, pp. 13&-140. 



