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Although not recently obtained in North America, it has thus been twice 

 reported from California. 



30. Quiscalus major, Vieill " California," Gambel, 1847, but he 

 obtained it only at Mazatlan. It may be looked for on the Lower Colo- 

 rado. 



31. Quiscalus purpureus (Bartr.). " Oregon," And., 1839, without 

 authority. "California," Gambel, 1847, Newberry, 1857, who probably 

 both mistook Scolecophagus cijanocephalus for it ; no specimens are known 

 from the west slope. S, ferrugineus (Gm.), " Oregon," Townsend, was ob- 

 tained there by Peale, and is common in Alaska. 



32. Corvus ossifragus, JVils. "Oregon," Townsend's List, Aud. Syn., 

 1839 ; "California," Woodhouse, 1853 ; all mistaking C. americanus var. 

 caurinns for it. 



33. Cyanocitta beecheyi (Vigors), 1829. " California," Botta in 

 Eydoux's Voy. de la Favorite, 1839, but not known from the peninsula 

 recently, or found north of Mexico. 



34. Cyanocitta ultramarina (re7?iTO.). Audubon (1839-40) and 

 Nuttall (1840) confounded this Mexican species with C. californica (Vig.). 

 The var. arizonce, Eidgw., may reach California at the Lower Colorado 

 River. 



35. Calocitta colliei {Vigor), 1829, = Pica hullocH, And., 1831-42 

 (not of Wagler), Nuttall, 1840, both of whom described it as from the 

 "Columbia River," but without good authority, while Nuttall denies 

 ever having seen it there or in California. It probably does not even 

 straggle north of Mazatlan, Mexico. 



36. Cyanocorax geofifroyi, Bonap., 1850. "' California." [This is 

 a synonym of Ciianocitta beecheyi (Lawrence).] 



37. Sayornis fuscus (Gmel.). " Oregon," Townsend's List, 1839, but 

 it is not now known west of long. 100°. He may have mistaken S. 

 nigricans for it, as that reaches Southern Oregon.* 



38. Antrostomus? macromystax (IFaf/^.), Cassin, p. 240. "Cali- 

 fornia," from a label in Mus. Phil. Acad. A well-known Mexican spe- 

 cies. 



39. Antrostomus nigrescens ? Cab.,=A. " californianus," BonaY>., 

 1850, New Grenada. I think some of the larger tropical species of 

 this family may stray into California, as I saw what appeared to be one as 

 large as A. carolinensis in Ventura County in 1872, but could not obtain 

 it, and heard no note. 



40. Picus lineatus, Linn. " Oregon," Aud., 1839-41, from a speci- 

 men in Edinluugh " sent by Dr. Gairdner." Not known from North 

 America, and w^is probably collected in South America. 



* Saurophagus bairdi, Gamb., 1847, has been attributed to California, but 

 was given by the author as from the Gulf Region of Mexico. It is South 

 American, and has not recently been reported from Mtixico. 



