24 CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 



20. Columbigallina passerina (Linn.) GROUND DOVE. 

 Baird, Brewer and Ridgway, Vol. 3, 522. Dr. Cooper 



states 'that an individual of this species was killed by 

 Mr. Lorquin at San Francisco in May, 1870. Mr. 

 Lorquin also obtained several at San Gabriel, Los Aii- 

 geles County, several years previous. 



21. Pseudogryphus californianus ("Shaw). CALIFORNIA 



VULTURE. 



San Diego. L. B. Generally reported to be a resi- 

 dent of the mountains in this part of the State, but not 

 seen here or in any part of Lower California by me, 

 though Col. N. S. Goss informed me that one or more 

 pairs breed near Mr. Crosswaith's ranch about 60 miles 

 south of San Diego. I have not seen one of these birds 

 in the field in ten years. I was told at Tehachapi, in 

 the spring of 1889, that a few still breed between Te- 

 hachapi and Tejon Valley. 



Poway . F . E . Blaisdell . A rare species in this region ; 

 occasionally seen on Volcan Mountains from August 21 

 to November 28. 



San Bernardino. F. Stephens. Very rare resident 

 of the valley and mountains. 



Heiishaw, 1876. Our opportunities for an acquaint- 

 ance with this vulture were limited to seeing two or 

 three individuals. 



Santa Cruz. Joseph Skirm. Tolerably common. I 

 have seen them in a flock in company with Cathartes 

 aura. It journeys along the coast. 



Chico. Wm. Proud. Sometimes seen. 



Cooper, 1870. I have not seen many of these birds 

 along the coast where most of my later collections were 

 made, and none on the islands or in the highest Sierra 

 Nevada. 



Newberry, 1855. This vulture, though common in 



