12 PACIFIC COAST AVIFAUNA No. 5 



bon's Birds of America. | By | John Cassin, | Corresponding Secretary [etc., 4 

 lines] I and | Henry h. Stephens, | Artist attached to the Academy of Natural 

 Sciences of Philadelphia. | To be Completed in Thirty Numbers, published 

 Monthly. | Philadelphia: | King & Baird, Printers, No. 9 Sansom Street. | 

 1852. I^arge 8vo, pp. 30 (not consecutively paged), pll. 5. 



Relating to California is a plate, description and biographical sketch of Melanerpes for- 

 micivorus (=31. f. dai'idi) s.x\d CfiamcFa fasciata (probably CA. / rufula). The plates are 

 not the same as those in the subsequently issued parts which went to make up Cassin's 

 "Illustrations". I consulted the above publication in the library of the Academy of Nat- 

 ural Sciences of Philadelphia, January 9, 1908. Mr. Witmer Stone tells me there was no 

 other part issued under the above title. A new artist was obtained, as well as a new pub- 

 lisher, when the work was recommenced. (vSee Cassin's "Illustrations", 1856.) 



1852. Cassin, J. Descriptions of new species of Birds, specimens of which are 

 in the collection of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. <Proc. 

 Ac. Nat. Sc. Phil. VI, October 1852, pp. 184-188. 



Includes the original descriptions of Ammodramus rtificeps {=Aimophila ruficeps) 

 "from Calaveras river"; Emberiza rostrata [ = Passerculus rostratus) from San Diego; and 

 Lariis lieennanni from vSan Diego. 



1852. Farnham, T. J. Pictorial Edition!!! | Life, | Adventures, and Travels | in 



I California. | By T. J. Farnham. | To which are added the | Conquest of 



California, | Travels in Oregon, | and | History of the Gold Regions. | New 



York, I Published by Cornish, Lamport & Co. | 1852. 8vo, pp. i-iv, 1-514, 



numerous woodcuts. 



The accounts of birds (pages ,388-394) are of interest chiefly from a historical stand- 

 point. This title was not seen by me, but was transcribed by W. K. Fisher. (See Fisher, Coti- 

 dor IX, ISIarch 1907, pp. 57-58. ) 



1852. Lawrence, G. N. Descriptions of New Species of Birds, "of the Genera 

 Toxostoma Wagler, Tyrannula Swainson, and Plectrophanes Meyer. <Ann. 

 Lye. Nat. Hist. New York V, 1852, pp. 121-123. 



Original description of Toxostoma LcContei; type from "California, near the junction of 

 the Gila and Colorado rivers." 



1852. Lawrence, G. N. Ornithological Notes. <Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. New 

 York, 1852, pp. 220-223. 



Buteo Harlani {=B. borealis ?), Ptcrocyanca arruleata {=Querqncdula cyanoptera) and 

 Sterna Forsteri from California. 



1853. Baird, S. F. * * * | Exploration and Survey | of the | Valley | of the | 

 Great Salt Lake of Utah, | including | a Reconnoisance of a New Route 

 through the | Rocky Mountains. | By Howard Stansbury, | Captain Corps 



Topographical Engineers, U. S. Army. | | Printed by Order of House of 



Representatives of the United States. | | Washington: | Robert Arm- 

 strong, Public Printer. | 1853. 8vo. >Appendix C.— Birds. By Spencer F. 

 Baird. Pp. 314-335. 



Many references to "California" birds upon authority of previous writers. 



1853-1854. Bonaparte, C. L. Notes sur les collections rapportees en 1853, par 

 M. A. Delattre, de son voyage en Californie et dans le Nicaragua. <Compte 

 Rendu XXXVH, November 1853, pp. 806-810; December 1853, pp. 827-835, 



