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many other specimens, is that it will be found of nearly universal applica- 

 tion.*— K. E.] 



Marysville. 



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 * Stock tou-. 



Dec. 29,- 

 Dec. 29, ■ 

 Dec. 29,- 



Fcb. — , 1878 

 Mar. 1,1877 

 Mar. 1,1877 

 June 8,1878 

 May 18, 1878 



Tail only. 

 Do. 



"Wings and tail. 



Family ALCEDINID^ : The Kingfishers. 



* 127. Ceryle alcyon, (Lhui.). — Belted Ki>i(jfiJiJwr. 



The Kingfisher is a common resident at Stockton. It is also occasion- 

 ally seen at Murphy's, at all seasons. It is rarely found in the mountains 

 of this resion. 



74284 ? ad. 



*Stockton. 



Apr. 15, 1878 



Family CUCULID^ : The Cuckoos. 



*128. Geococcyx californianus,.(Less.)- — Iloail Banner ; Chaparral Code. 



The Eoad Eunner is a rare resident of the chaparral only. Many 

 years ago I saAY one between Vallecita and Angel's (altitude about 2,000 

 feet), and I have seen a few others in Calaveras County, below this ele- 

 vation, three in Marysville buttes, one in the hills east of Marysville — 

 in all about a dozen — in twenty or more years, though I have hunted a 

 great deal in the foot-hills— lived at Murphy's and San Andreas from the 

 spring of 1857 to October 1802. 



*129. Coccyzus americauus, (Liuii.). — Yelloic-hiUed Cuckoo. 



The Yellow-billed Cuckoo was common in the willow and poplar 

 thickets at Marys\alle iu June, 1878, but whether generally distributed 

 in the extensive thickets of like character so abundant along the rivers 

 of iNrorthern California, I am unable to say. I heard one at Murphy's 

 about September 1, 1878. 



74457 

 76604 



*Marysville . 

 (lo 



June 22, 1878 

 June. 13, 1878 



*Mr. Hensliaw informs me, that hp examiued a specimen taken at San Francisco, 

 whicli liad all the rectrices of one side of the tail red, those of the other half being 

 yellow!— R, R. 



