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idt-iis, p. 201, pi. .i2 (^Sp/iyrapiciis thvroideus) ; .■biniindramns ros/ratits, p. 226, pi. 38; 

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Includes the original descriptions of ^V/^rt ar/^/t'ii'Ar (=Sitia carolinensis aculeata) from 

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1856. Grayson, A. J. The "Road-runner". <Hutchings' California Magazine 

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1856. [Hutchings, J. M.] The Farallone Islands. < Hutchings' California 

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Including an extended account of the seabirds. 



1856. Lawrence, G. N. Descriptions of New Species of Birds of the Genera 

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Polioptila uielaniira (=P. pliiuihca] , in part, from California. 



1857. [Anonymous] California Quail — Male and Female. < Hutchings' Cali- 

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 Translateil: from Taylor in the Zoologist. 



1857. Brewer, T. M. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge. | | North 



American | Oology; | Being an account of the habits and geographical distri- 

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 — I Part I. I — I W^ashington City. | Published by the Smithsonian Insti- 

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 .\t I'etaluma; 10 species. 



1857. Cassin, J. Notes on the North American species of Archibuteo and Lanius. 

 and description of a new species of Toucan, of the genus Selenidera, Gould. 



< Proc. Ac. Nat. Sc. Phil. IX. December 1857, pp. 211-214. 

 Inchides notes on Lanius elegans, etc. 



