40 PACIFIC COAST AVIFAUNA No. 5 



1S84. Toppan, G. I.. Fork-tailed Flycatcher. < Orn. & Ool. IX, April 1S84, 

 p. 4S. 



Record of a specimen of JMilvuIus tyranmis said to have been shot near Santa Monica. 



1884. Wright, W. G. An Experiment in Bird-Taming. < Orn. & Ool. IX, 

 February 1884, pp. 13-14. 



With Phainopepla nitens. 



1885. A[llen], J. A. Ridgway on Various American Birds. < Auk II, April 

 1885, pp. 207-208. 



Brief review. 

 1885. A[llen], J. A. Ridgway on New Species and Subspecies of American Birds, 

 and on the Nomenclature of other Species. < Auk II, July 1885, pp. 290-293. 

 Review of several papers. 

 1885. Ball, F. Colaptes auratus in California. < Auk II, October 1885, p. 383. 



At San Bernardino. 

 1885. Bryant, W. E. The Relationship of Podiceps occidentals and P. clarkii. 

 < Auk II, July 1885, pp. 313-314. 

 Probable specific identity. 

 1885. "C. N. C." Collecting among the Calaveras Group of Big Trees. < 

 Young Oologist I, March 1885, p. 149. 



1885. Davie, O. An | Egg Check List | of | North American Birds | Giving Ac- 

 curate Descriptions of the Color and Size of the Eggs, | and Locations of the 

 Nests of the Land and Water | Birds of North America. | By Oliver Davie. 



I I First Edition. | — | Columbus, O. | Hann & Adair, | 1885. 8vo, 



pp. 1-77. 



Under the heading of "Notes," pp. 5.5-73, are given many nesting accounts from Ven- 

 tura County, and elsewhere in California, mostly new. 



1885. Edmiston, J. L. The Barn Owl in Southern California. < Young Oolo- 

 gist I, January 1885, p. 125. 

 Nesting at Riverside. 



1885. Emerson, W. O. Californian Clapper Rail. < Orn. & Ool. X, September 

 1885, pp. 142-143. 



Nesting and eggs near Ilaywards. 



1885. Emerson, W. O. California Song Sparrow. < Orn. & Ool. X, September 

 1885, p. 143. 



Two forms nesting at Haywards, one on salt marsh {—Melospiza Jiielodia piisilliila) and 

 the other among the hills and canyons {^M. in. sanicrcrucis). 



1885. Emerson, W. O. California Mottled Owl. < Orn. and Ool. X, Novem- 

 ber 1885, pp. 173-174. 



{^Otiis asio beudirei) ; habits and nesting at Haywards. 



1885. Fiske, E. H. Notes from California. < Young Oologist II, June 1885, 

 pp. 29-30. 



Nesting of several species near vSanta Cruz and Berkeley. 



