HYPOTHETICAL LIST. 



Note: — This list consists of species which have been ascribed to California, 

 but concerning which there is doubt either as to the evidence of their occurrence 

 or as to their validity as species. Besides the thirty-three species here enum- 

 erated, some fifty others of still more doubtful standing have been credited to the 

 State. But these were mostly recorded in the earlier writings, when "California" 

 covered a much more extensive and indefinite area than now, and when matters 

 of exact locality were not considered of so much importance. Many of these are 

 west Mexican or even Central and South American species. 



1 (5) Colymbus dominicus brachypterus Chapman. 



San Domingo" Grebe. 



Syn. — Colymbus dominicus; Podiceps dominicus. 



Status — Often quoted from W. Gambel as occurring in "Upper California"; no definite 

 record. 



2 (4, Hyp. List) Creagrus furcatus (Neboux) Bonaparte. 



Swallow-tailed Gull. 



SvN. — Xema furcata. 



Status — Known only from a specimen said to have been obtained by Dr. Neboux of the 



French frigate "Venus" at Monterey in November; the locality of capture has been 



doubted. 



3 (70) Sterna hirundo Linnaeus. 



Common Tern. 



Status — Said to occur as a migrant through the State, biit record of locality and specimens 

 are wanting. 



4 ( ) Diomedea melanophrys Boie. 



Spectacled Albatross. 



Status — Record of occurrence " 1060 miles west of Cape Mendocino", even if authentic, 

 is somewhat beyond our limits. 



5 (83) Thalassogeron culminatus (Gould) Ridgway. 



Yellow-nosed Albatross. 



Status— a skull said to have been obtained on the California coast; also recorded off the 

 coast of Oregon. 



