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californianus; Cathartes californianus; Pseudogryphus californanus; Califor- 
nia Vulture. 
Status—Formerly common through the state west of the Great Basin and 
desert territory, from Tehama County (Townsend, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., x, 
1887, p. 201) south along the west slope of the Sierras, and south from San Fran- 
cisco Bay through the coast ranges and throughout the San Diegan district to 
the Mexican line. Easternmost record, Owens Valley between Big Pine and 
Bishop Creek (Van Denburgh, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1898, p. 208). The 
record from Fort Yuma (Coues, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sei. Phila., 1866, p. 42), if not 
to be doubted, can only be considered as casual. At the present time the Condor 
is probably restricted to a limited area comprising the coast ranges from Mon- 
terey and San Benito counties south to Los Angeles County, and northeast 
through the mountains encirchng the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley 
into northeastern Kern County; possibly as far north along the western foot- 
hills of the Sierra Nevada as Fresno County (Tyler, Pac. Coast Avif. no. 9, 1913, 
p. 37). Even in this area the species is not numerous and at best is barely hold- 
ing its own. 
185 (3825) Cathartes aura septentrionalis Wied 
TURKEY VULTURE 
Synonyms—Ocnops aura; Rhinogryphus aura; Cathartes aura; Turkey 
Buzzard. 
Status—Common in spring, summer, and autumn throughout the state save 
in the highest mountains; most abundant in the San Diegan district and through 
the interior valleys. Breeds chiefly if not altogether in the Upper Sonoran zone. 
Remains throughout the winter in small numbers in the San Diegan district, and 
at the north interiorly at least to Vaca Valley, Solano County (Mus. Vert. Zool.). 
186 (328) Elanus leucurus (Vieillot) 
WHITE-TAILED KITE 
Synonyms—Elanus dispar; Elanus glaucus; Black-shouldered Hawk; 
White-tailed Hawk. 
Status—Formerly common resident of Upper Sonoran valleys west of the 
Sierras ; recorded from Red Bluff, Tehama County (Townsend, Proce. U. 8. Nat. 
Mus., x, 1887, p. 201) and Forestville, Sonoma County (J. Grinnell, Condor, xv1, 
1914, p. 41) south into the San Diegan district where the southernmost record- 
stations are Alamitos, Los Angeles County (J. Grinnell, Bds. Los Angeles Co., 
1898, p. 20), and San Diego (Willett, Pac. Coast Avif. no. 7, 1912, p. 46). In 
the coast region the species has been recorded as far north as Sebastopol, Sonoma 
County (Belding, Land Bds. Pac. Dist., 1890, p. 27). It used to be particularly 
numerous around San Francisco Bay; but it is now everywhere very much re- 
duced in numbers and restricted in range, with promise of early extinction. 
187 (331) Circus hudsonius (Linnaeus) 
MarsH Hawk 
Synonyms—Circus uliginosus; Circus cyaneus var. h udsonius; Harrier. 
