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Mr. J. Grinnell, Director of the Museum of the University of California, wrote this year 
asking permission of the Provincial Museum to loan to Mr. Harry 8S. Swarth, ornithologist of 
their Department, our collection of bird-skins of the genus Passerella (fox-sparrows), as he is 
- working on a monograph of this species and is very anxious to secure the specimens from this 
northern portion of the country. Twenty specimens of this genus were loaned for comparison 
and have been returned—namely, three P. i. townsendi, four P. i. fuliginosa, two P. i. meruloides, 
five P. i. sinwosa, and six P. i. altivagans. 
OOLOGY. 
During the year the Provincial Museum was very fortunate in having a magnificent collection 
_ of birds’ eggs presented by Mr. W. F. Burton, of this city. 
Mr. Burton is an enthusiastic student of bird-life and a careful collector. He has added a 
number of sets of eggs not heretofore represented in the Oological division in the Museum. 
It has been the request of the donor that these specimens be exhibited in a case and kept by 
_ themselves as the W. F. Burton collection. 
List of EaGs IN THE Burton COLLECTION. 



Species. Common Name, 
Gavia immer (Brunnich) ...2.6...08ce cee ees Loon. 
Gavia stellata (Pontoppidan) ..............+. Red-throated Loon. 
Bunda errhata (CPallas)) 2 oi. psec esas oe sess. Tufted Puffin. 
Cerorhinca monocerata (Pallas) .......++++-+++ Rhinoceros Auklet. 
Ptychoramphus aleuticus (Pallas) ...........- Cassin’s Auklet. 
SIU PUse CEALNSS) 5 2 <aos eee estes os on Least Auklet. 
Synthliboramphus antiquus (Gmelin) Pieris o 5 cs Ancient Murrelet. 
Cepphus columba Pallas ............c22cce00- Pigeon Guillemot. 
Uria troille californica (H. Bryant) .......... California Murre. 
Rissa brevirostris (Bruch) ..........+.eseeeee Red-legged Kittiwake. 
Larus glaucescens Naumann .............++-- Glacous-winged Gull. 
Larus atricilla Linneus ..............-0.00ss Laughing Gull. 
Ferri COSDstE ANOSEe chs is.e Seine slain cian acess « Caspian Tern. 
Sterna hirwndo Linneus ............--.----+> Common Tern. 
Diomedea albatrus Pallas .............22-.00% Short-tailed Albatross 
Fulmarus rodgersi Cassin ....--...+-.+-- aay care Rodger’s Fulmar. 
Puffinus tenuirostris (Temminck) .........-+.- Slender-billed Shearwater. 
Oceanodroma fureata (Gmelin) .........-.+-- Forked-tailed Petrel. 
Oceanodroma leucorhoa (Vieillot) ..... Bie atta ete Leach’s Petrel. 
Oceanodroma melania (Bonaparte) .........-. Black Petrel. 
Oceanodroma socorransis C. H. Townsend ..... Socorro Petrel. 
Phalacrocorax penicillatus (Brandt) .........-. Brandt’s Cormorant, 
Phalacrocorax pelagicus robustus Ridgway ..... Violet-green Cormorant. 
Pelecanus californicus Ridgway ..........+.+- California Brown Pelican. 
Branta canadensis canadensis Linneus .......- Canada Goose. 
Botaurus lentiginosus (Montague) .........+.- Bittern. 
Ardea herodias fannini Chapman ...........-.. Northwestern Coast Heron. 
Nycticorax nycticorar nevius (Boddert) ...... Black-crowned Night Heron. ~ 
~Grus mewicana (Muller) .....4..2-05.s 20000. Sandhill Crane. 
Rallus virginianus Linneus ..........+..++++ Virginia Rail. 
Recurvirostra americana Gmelin .......+.++++. Avocet. 
Gallinago delicata (Ord) «.........e0sseeves- Wilson’s Snipe. 
Actitis macularia (Linneus) ..........2.0006. Spotted Sandpiper. 
Numenius americanus Bechstein ...........++- Long-billed Curlew. 
Oxryechus vociferus (Linneus) ..........+0055 Killdeer. 
gialitis semipalmata (Bonaparte) ...... ..... | Semipalmated Plover. 
Lophortyx californica californica (Shaw) ..... California Quail. 
Dendragapus obscurus fuliginosus (Ridgway)... | Sooty Grouse. 
Bonasa umbellus sabini (Douglas) ..........-. Oregon Ruffed Grouse. 
Cathartes aura septentrionalis Wied .........+. Turkey Vulture. 
Blanoides forficatus (Ginnwus) ...........+4. Swallow-tailed Kite. 
.Accipiter velom (Wilson) .........ceeeecseses Sharp-shinned Hawk. 
Buteo borealis calurus Cassin .........020000% Western Red-tailed Hawk. 
Buteo lineatus elegans Cassin ......0.e cece eee Red-bellied Hawk. 

