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Speotyto cunicularia hypogeaa (Bonaparte) 

 Burrowing Owl 

 San Benito Islands, March 9 and Angel Guardia Island, April 10, 

 two specimens. 



Glaucidium hoskinsi Brewster 

 Hoskin's Pigmy Owl 

 Miraflores, April 25 and 30, two specimens. 



Micropallas whitneyi sanfordi Ridgway 

 Sandford's Elf Owl 

 Miraflores, April 25 and May 11 and San Bernardo Mountain, 

 May 15. eight specimens. 



Geococcyx calif ornianus (Lesson) 

 Road Runner 

 A single specimen was taken at San Jose del Cabo, April 24. Al- 

 though the road runner is an inhabitant of most parts of the peninsula, 

 it was seldom observed by our party. I saw one at San Cristobal Bay, 

 November 16, 1884. 



Megaceryle alcyon (Linnaeus) 

 Belted Kingfisher 

 Magdalena Bay, March 20 and La Paz, March 29, two specimens. 



Dryobates scalaris lucasanus (Xantus) 

 San Lucas Woodpecker 

 Common from Cape San Lucas to La Paz. Obtained also at Carmen, 

 San Josef, and Santa Cruz islands, 17 specimens. , 



Dryobates scalaris cactophilus Oberholser 

 Cactus Woodpecker 

 Tiburon Island, April 12. 



Melanerpes formicivorus angustifrons Baird 



Xarrow-fronted Woodpecker 

 Miraflores, April 28 and May 8, ten specimens. 



Centurus uropygialis brewsteri Ilidgway 

 Brewster's Woodpecker 

 Common from Cape San Lucas northward along the Gulf Coast to 

 Mulege, 23 specimens. 



