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171 (316) Zenaidura macroura (Linnaeus) Ridgway. 



Mourning Dove. 



SvN. — Coluinba carolinensis; Ectopistes carolinensis\ Zenaidura carolitiensis. 

 Status — Common summer visitant almost throughout the State; remains through the 

 winter irregularly in the valleys east of the vSierras and southerly. 



172 (319) Melopelia leucoptera (Linnaeus) Bonaparte. 



White-winged Dove. 



Status — Rare visitant to the southeastern corner of the State; recorded from the lower 

 Colorado near Yuma, and from "Twenty-nine Palms," Mojave Desert, the latter perhaps 

 doubtful. 



173 (320 a) Columbigalima passerina paliescens (Baird) Ferrari-Perez. 



Mexican Ground Dove. 



Syn. — Chaincrpclia passerina ; Coliimbigallina passer ina. 



Status — Rare and irregular visitant; recorded from Monterey, Fort Yuma, San I'rancisco, 

 San Gabriel and Pescadero. 



174 (324) Gymnogyps californianus (Shaw & Nodder) Lesson. 



Cai^ifornia Vulture. 



Syn. — Cathartcs californianus; Sarcoramphus californianus; CEnops californiana; Pseudo- 

 gryphus californianus. 



Status — Fairly common resident in the southern half of the State, chiefly in mountain- 

 ous regions; recorded north to Tehama County. 



175 (325) Cathartes aura (Linnaeus) Spix. 



Turkey Vulture. 



Syn. — Rhinogryphus aura; CEnops aura. 



Status — Common summer visitant almost throughout the State, breeding at many points, 



chiefly in Upper Sonoran; occurs through the winter irregularly in the southern 



counties. 



176 (328) Elanus leucurus (Vieillot) Bonaparte. 



White-tailed Kite. 



Syn. — Elanus dispar; Elanus glaucus. 



Status — Fairly common resident of Upper Sonoran valleys west of the Sierras; recorded 

 north to Red Bluff and south to Alamitos, Los Angeles County. 



177 (33O Circus hudsonius (Linnaeus) Vieillot. 



Marsh Hawk. 



Syn. — Circus uliginosus; Circus cyaneus var. hudsonius. 



Status— Abundant winter visitant in the lowlands everywhere; remains through the 



summer and breeds on the interior marshes; reported as nesting south to the vicinity of 



San Diego. 



