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It will thus be observed that the g-euenil favks of the avi.in-fauna of 

 the two remote regions is so similar that out of a total of 54 species noted 

 at Sacramento, only 4 are unrepresented in the eastern locality !' 



2. From the Sacramento River to the foot-hills of the Sierra Nevada (Jnly 

 4-5). — I'his route lay across a rolling plain, of a character similar to 

 that described before, except that the monotony of the dusty landscape 

 was more frequently relieved by groves of low, spreading oaks, while occa- 

 sional spots near springs or along running streams w^ere quite refreshing 

 from the cool shade they afforded. Such places were usually the site of a 

 ranche, and called to mind a country-place in one of the iess-thickly wooded 

 portions of the Eastern States, the oak trees whicli, almost exclusively, 

 composed the groves being exceedingly sinn'lar in size and general appear- 

 ance to the white oak (Quercus alba). Among these trees sported the 

 California and Nuttall's Woodpeckers {Melanerpes formicivorus and Ficus 

 nuttalli), whole troops of chattering Yellow-billed Magpies (Pica nuttalli), 

 and an occasional screeching Valley Jay (Ci/anocitta californica). The other 

 species seen in these groves were the Ash-throated Flycatcher (Myiarchm 

 cinerascens), Lewis's Woodpecker {Melanerpcs torquatus), Black-capped 

 Chickadee {Parus occidentalis), House Wren (Trofflodytes parkmanni), Com- 

 mon Crow (Corvus americanus), Barn Owl (Strix praiincola), Mottled Owl 

 {Scops asio), and Red-breasted Hawk {Btdeo clegans); while on the plains, the 

 Horned Lark {Eremophila chrysolmna), Burrowing Owd {Speoti/to Jii/jwgcea), 

 and Turkey Buzzard {Bhinogryphis aura) were observed. Nearly all these 



' The winter fauna would, of course, be cousiderably different from tbat observed 

 by lis, on account of accessions from the ranks of species which spend tlie summer in 

 the mountains or farther northward, as well as by the absence of some of the summer 

 visitors. An esteemed correspondent, Mr. Gilbert K. Lansing, of San Francisco, lias 

 furnished a list of birds collected by him at Sacramento in March, 1873, which includes 

 the following species not in our enumeration of summer birds: — 



1. Chaniaia fasciata. March 1!.'?. 



2. Hesperiphona vespertina. March l(i. 



3. Junco oregonus. 



4. Corvus carnivorus. 



5. Cyanocitta californica. 

 C. Zouotricbia intermedia. 



7. Zouotricbia corouata. March 23. 



8. Melosi)iza guttata. March IG. 



Of the above, specimens were sent of Nos. 1, 2, 0. 7, and 8. 



