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1857. G[rayson], A. J. The White Breasted Squirrel Hawk. < Hutchings' 

 California Magazine I, March 1857, pp. 393-396; fig. 



Extended account and description of ''Buteo Cali/or?nca" [^Airhibiiteo ferruoijieiis). 



1857. Newberry, J. S. Pacific Railroad Reports, Vol. VI, 1857. > Part IV, 

 No. 2. Report upon the Zoology of the Route. By J. S. Newberry, M. D. 

 > Chapter II. Report upon the Birds, pp. 73-110, 2 pll. 



Includes field-notes on birds observed from San Francisco thru the Sacramento Valley 

 and northeastern California into Oregon. 



1857. Sclater, P. L. Notes on the Birds in the Musetim of the Academy of 

 Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, and other Collections in the United States of 

 America. < Proc. Zool. Soc. XXV, 1857, pp. 1-8. 



Includes the original description (p. 4) of (nauciditn)i califoriiicinn from "California". 



1857. Sclater, P. L. List of Birds collected by Mr. Thomas Bridges, Correspond- 

 ing Member of the Society, in the Valley of San Jose, in the State of Cali- 

 fornia. < Proc. Zool. Soc. XXV, 1857, pp. 125-127. 

 A technically annotated list of 3>5 species. 



1857. Wiepken, C. F. Ein briitendes Mannchen von CaUipcpla californica. 



< Naumannia, 1857, pp. 264-266. 



1858. Baird, S. F., Cassin, J., and I^awrence, G. N. Pacific Railroad Reports, 

 Vol. IX, 1858. "= [sub-title] Explorations and Surveys for a Railroad Route 

 from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. | War Department. | = 



I Birds: | By Spencer F. Baird. | Assistant Secretary Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion. I With the co-operation of | John Cassin and George N. Lawrence. 



I I Washington, D. C. | 1858. 4to, pp. i-lvi, 1-1005. 



Contains a great amount of technical matter relating to California birds, including origi- 

 nal descriptions of Enipidonax difficiUs baird (specimens listed from Washington as well 

 as California), Carpodaciis califorjiiciis bki^rd, Melospiza heervianni baird (from Tejon 

 Pass), M. gouldi BAIRD (locality of type not known), Passerella niegarhyuchus baird (Fort 

 Tejon), Pipilo megalonyx (Fort Tejon), Herodias egretta, var. californica baird (San 

 Diego) , Aegialitis nivosa cassin (San Francisco) , Pelionetta troivbridgii baird {San Diego) , 

 Podiceps clarkii lawrence, and perhaps others. 



1858. Baird, S. F. [New Sparrow Collected by Mr. Samuels in California] 



< Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VI, October 1858, pp. 379-380. 

 Aninwdromns Samuelis {^=Melospiza uielodia satimelis) from Petaluma. 



1858. Cassin, J. United States | Exploring Expedition. | During the years | 

 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. | Under the Command of | Charles Wilkes, 

 U. S. N. I — I Mammalogy | and | Ornithology. | By | John Cassin, | Member 

 [etc., 5 lines]. | With a Folio Atlas [of 42 plates]. | — | Philadelphia: | 

 J. B. Eippincott & Co. | 1858. 4to, pp. i-viii, 1-466. 



Includes considerable mention of certain birds of California, some of the information 

 being previously unpublisht. 



1858. Sclater, P. L,. Notes on California Birds. By Thomas Bridges, Corres- 

 ponding Member. Communicated, with Remarks, by Philip Eutley Sclater. 

 < Proc. Zool. Soc. XXVI, 1858, pp. 1-3; pi. CXXXI (Aves). 



