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APPENDIX. 



Striz pratincola (IH. i;5). Dr. Cooper infdrms us tlmt, tli()ii<;li most of 

 these Owls lire resident in California south of latitude 35°, there is a migration 

 southward in fall from the north. Creat numi.ers of them ajjjjeared near San 

 J'.ueiiaventura aiiout Oetoher I'O, 1872, for a few days, and most of them went still 

 farther .southward. They return north about the first of April. On the 12th of 

 April he found a nest built four feet up in a pejjper-troe {Hdiims iii»//,), forming,' 

 part of a hed-re, composed of coarse sticks, straws, and dry horsc-dim<;; inside, shal- 

 low but sfron;L'ly built, and containing; two eggs. 



Falconidae (III, 103). Tlic following outlines of tlio Falccmula- were omitted 

 in their proper places. 





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C8983. Falco richardsoni 



43139, <- '■ '^ 



43139. Falco gyrfalro, var. facer 



■J 38083,9. 



5482. Fako lanarius, viir jwhjngrus. 



Chamaepelia passerina (HI, 38'J). Dr. Cooper states that an individual of 

 this species was kdled by Mr. Lonjuin at San FraucLsco, in Mav, 1870 Mr Lor 

 qum also obtained several at San (Jabriel, Los Angeles Count vf several years ..re- 

 vious. ' ■■ ' 



Tetrao obscurus (III. 421). Dr. (\>oper found this species in April 1870 

 at the edge of the melting snow, near Cisco, about 0,000 feet altitude. They werO 

 St. 11 more numerous at Emigrant (Jaj., r,,300 feet altitude, where snow lav only 

 m patches, an.l at Truckee, on the east slope, where there was no .snow, andwhero 

 he foun.l two of their eggs in a deserted nest within sight of the town. In July 

 he found them near Verdi, near the State line. This is the limit of their ran-^e 

 They also frecp.eut the edge of perpetual snow, at an elevation of 9,000 feet, more 

 numerously than below. 



„.°"^ virginianus, var. floridanus (in, 409, footnote). Specimens from 

 Miami, Ma., exhibit the peninsular extreme of this species. Thcv are alt<,gethcr 

 more like var. cnban.ush than like vh-;,u,l,n,n. proper, yet thev difler uniformly in 



