BIBI.IOGRAPHY OF CALIFORNIA ORNITHOLOGY 



Note.— In this Bibliography titles are g-ronpt according to the year of publication, from 1797 

 to 1907. ilie titles for each year are arranged alphabetically by authors. Under each author, if 

 he pul)lisht more than one article during that year, titles are arranged chronologically by 

 months. Names of periodicals are usually abbreviated; their full names are to be found in the 

 List at the end of this work. 



1797. Milet-Mureau, M. L- A. Vo3^age | de la Perouse | aiitour du Monde, | 

 public I conformement ati decret du 22 avril 1791, | et redige | par M. L. A. 

 Milet-Mureau, | General [etc., two lines], i Tome Second. | — | A Paris, | 

 de ITmprimerie de la Republique. | a n V. (1797). 4to, pp. 1-398. > Chap. 

 XI (pertains to Monterey). > Pp. 254-255 (mention in the vernacular of 

 several species of birds, mostly water-fowl). Also folio Atlas du Voyage de La 

 Perouse, plates 36 (of c', and ? of California Quail) and 37 (of California 

 Thrasher). 



The "Perdrix de la Californie" is very plainly Lophortyx californicus, and the "Prome- 

 rops de la Californie Septentrionale" is \\'\W\ \\\X\^ ^o\\h\.ou\ Toxostonia redivivum. The 

 latter was thus figured nearly fifty years before it was formally described by Gambel from 

 the same locality. I examined the copy of this work in the Academy of Natural Sciences, 

 Philadelphia. 



1797. Shaw, G., and Nodder, P\ P. Vivarium Nature or Naturalist's Miscellany. 

 By G. Shaw M. D. F. R. S. the Figures by F. P. Nodder, Botanic Painter to 

 Her Majesty. [This on first volume but not in full on subsequent volumes.] 

 Vol. IX, 1797, 8vo, unpaged, pll. 301-348, text and index. 



I'ultur CixIiforniauHS, pi. 301 {^^Gymnogyps califoriiianns). Description in Latin 

 and English. "This Vulture was brought over by IMr. :\Ienzies, during his expedition 

 with Captain Vancouver, from the coast of California, and is now in the British Museum. ' ' 

 l^etrao Cali/orjiicits, pi. 345 {=Lophortyx califortikus californicus) . Description in Latin 

 and English. "This curious bird is a native of California, and was brought over by IMr. 

 Archilmld Menzies, who accompanied Captain Vancouver in his late expedition. The 

 specimen from which the present figure was taken is in the British iNIuseum." I handled 

 this book in the Acadeiu}- of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. 



1829. Douglas, D. Observations on some Species of the Genera Tetrao and Ortyx, 

 natives of North America; with Descriptions of Four new Species of the 

 former, and Two of the latter Genus. < Transactions Linnean Society Lon- 

 don XVI, December 1828 ["read"], pp. 133-149. 



Tetrao {—Centrocerciis) urophasianiis, Tetrao Sabini { = Bonasa umbellus sabini), 

 Ortyx picta {^Oreortyx pictus) and Ortyx Do/igtasii (= ?) are ascribed to California. 



1829. Vigors, N. A. On some species of Birds from the North-west Coast of 

 America. [Sub-title under Art. XLVII. Sketches in Ornithology, &c.] 

 <Zoological Journal IV, Oct. 1828-Jan. 1829, pp. 352-358. 



Includes original descriptions oi Colaptes collaris ( = Colaptes cafer collaris), Ortyx 

 Douglasii {=?), both from "Monterey"; Recurvirostra occidentalis (=A*. ainericana) from 

 vSan Francisco; Strcpsilas ttielafiocep/ialus {=Arenaria melanoccpliata) antl Numenitis 

 rufiventris {=X. /iiidsonicus), neither with locality indicated, but perhaps Californian. 



