PANDION CAKOLINENSIS— RHINOGRYPHUS AURA. 593 



fine specimen presented by Mr. Parker, and obtained by that gentleman in 



the neighborhood of San Francisco, CaHfornia, where it is said to be a 



common bird in the marshy tracts. 



List of specimens. , 



421, " 9 ad.; Sau Francisco, February 11, 1SG8. 16a_42— «— llj. Bill, black ; 

 eyes, orauge-red; tarsi and toes, yellow." (Presented by Mr. H. G. Parker.) 



PaNDION HALIAETUS. 

 Osprcy ; Fisli-Hawk. 



/?. caroUnensis. 



Falco caroUnensis, Gmelin, Syst. Nat., I, 1788, 263. 



Pandion caroUnensis, Bonap., Comp. aud Geog. List, 1838, 3. — Cassin, Baird's 



B. N. Am., 1858, 44.— BATED, Gat. N. Am. Birds, 1859, No. 44.— CooPER, 



Orn. Gal., I, 1870, 454. 

 Panilion haliaetus var. caroUnensis, Ridgw., Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Pliilad., 1870, 143 ; 



iu B. B. & R., Hist. N. Am. B., Ill, 1874, 184.- Henshaw, 1875, 415. 

 Pandion haUaetus, CouES, Key, 1872, 219; Check List, 1873, No. 3G0; B. N.W., 



1874, 3G7. 



The Fish-Hawk, Hke the Bald Eagle, was seen only along the lower 

 portion of the Truckee River, near Pyramid Lake, where it was rather 

 common in Ma}'. It no doubt bred in that locality, since it was often 

 observed flying up tlie river, bearing fish in its talons, as if going to its nest. 



Family CATHARTID^ — American Vultures. 

 Rhinogryphus aura. 



Tiii'k4'y-Biizzard. 



{Ho' -shim of the Washoes.) 



Vultur aura, Linn., Syst. Nat., 1, 1766, 122. 



Gaiharfes aura, Illiger," Prodomus, 1811, 236. — Cassin, in Baird's B. N. Am., 

 1858, 4.— Baird, Cat. N. Am. B., 1859, No. 1.— Cooper, Orn. Gal., I, 1870, 

 502.— CoUES, Key, 1872, 222 ; Check List, 1873, No. 365 ; B. N.W., 1874, 379. 



RUnogrijphus aura, Ridgway, iu B. B. & R., Hist. N. Am. B., Ill, 1874, 344. — 

 Henshaw, 1875, 428. 



In the Sacramento Valley, the Turkey-Buzzard was so rare that not 

 more than three or four individuals were seen dming the entire month of 

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