388 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



GALEORHINID^. 

 Genus SCOLIODOK Miiller & Henle. 



117. Scoliodon terrae-novae (Eich.) Gill. — Sharp-nosed Shark. 

 Very abundant in the harbor. 



AMPHIOXID^. 

 Genus AMPHIOXUS YarreU. 



118. Aniphioxus caribaeui (Smulevall) Jor. & Gilb. 



Abundant in the harbor, on Bird Shoal; not, however, obtained 

 by us. 



December, 1878. 



A PABTBAI. JLL^T 4»F THE BIRDS OF C'EIVTRAI. CAI.IFORNIA. 



By L. B!]:£.I>aN(^, of Stockton, 

 lldited by R. RIDOWAY. 



The present paper is based upon observations extending through 

 a])out twenty years' residence in California, and collections made chiefly 

 during the last two years, which have, from time to time, been forwarded 

 by Mr. Belding to the National Museum.* The list is believed to be a 

 tolerably complete one, Mr. Belding's long residence in the State and 

 his active interest in ornithology having enabled him to become quite 

 familiar with the bird-fauna of most parts of the interior of California. 

 Still, observations made at a few outlying poiuts, or extended for a longer 

 period at localities already investigated, would, no doubt, add consider- 

 ably to the number of the species. The editor's remarks are either en- 

 closed in brackets or followed by his initials (" E. R."). He is responsible 

 for the nomenclatiu'c adopted, and the determination of the species — 

 although, as to the latter, Mr. Belding had correctly identified them all, 

 with a very few exceptions among the difficult forms, whose correct de- 

 termination is hardly ]Jossible in the field. 



The asterisk before the number indicates that the species has been 

 found breeding in Central California ; and only those actually ascertained 

 to do so are thus marked. In the list of specimens, the asterisk before 

 the locality shows that the species breeds at that particular place. The 

 number in these lists is that of the l!fational Museum Eegister, in which 

 the specimens sent by Mr. Belding are entered. Notes upon a few of 

 the species collected by Mr. Belding have been published bj^ the writer 

 in the Bulletin of the Nuttall Ornithological Club for April, 1878, pp. 

 64-68, to which those interested are referred. — R. R. 



* Tlie collectioiis thus Ihr received from Mr. Beldiug timount to about ISO species 

 (not inchidiug niecs) tiiid (500 specimens. Notes were sent on 38 addition.il species, 

 moJkiug a, total of 217 treated in this paper. — R. R. 



