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Eleven species, of which Melanerpes rubrif^ularis {—Sphyyapicus thyroideus) is de- 

 scribed as new; from Trinity Valley. 



1858. Xantus, J. Descriptions of two new species of Birds from the vicinity of 



Fort Tejon, California. < Proc. Ac. Nat. Sc. Phil. X, May 1858, p. 117. 



Original descriptions of 7]i';'rt;/«/^/rt //rt;;/;;/(?;/(^/// ( = E>>ipidoiiax haniuiondi) and Vireo 

 cassinii {'^Lanivirco solitaritts rasshii). 



1859. Baird, S, F. Notes on a collection of Birds made by Mr. John Xantus, at 

 Cape St. Lucas, Lower California, and now in the Museum of the Smithsonian 

 Institution. < Proc. Ac. Nat. Sc. Phil. XI, November 1859, pp. 299-306. 



Mention of several species from "Upper California". 



1859. Cooper, J. G., and Suckley, G. The | Natural History | of | Washington 

 Territory, | with much relating to | Minnesota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oregon, 

 and California, | between the thirty-sixth and forty-ninth parallels of lati- 

 tude, I being those parts of the final reports | on the survey of the northern 

 Pacific railroad route, I containing the climate and physical geography, with 

 full catalogues and descriptions | of the plants and animals collected from 1853 

 to 1857. I By J. G. Cooper, M. D., and Dr. G. Suckley, U. S. A., | Natural- 

 ists to the Expedition. | This edition contains a new preface, giving a sketch 

 of the explorations, a classified | table of contents, and the latest additions by 

 the authors. | With Fifty-Five New Plates of Scenery, Botany, and Zoology, 



and an Isothermal Chart of the Route. | | New York: | Bailliere Brothers, 



440 Broadway. | London:— H. BaiUiere, 219 Regent Street. | Paris:— J. B. 

 BaiUiere et Fils, Rue Hautefeuille. | Madrid: — C. Bailly-Bailliere, Calle del 

 Principe. | 1859. 4to, 8 11. (explanatory notice, and errata), frontispiece 

 (Black Brant from Cassin's "Illustrations"), pp. i-viii (contents, and preface), 

 1-72 (botany), 1-399 (zoology), 57 plates. 



The above title is from a copy in my library. In spite of the claims in the title, the bird 

 matter, at least, is identical with that in Vol. XII, Book II, of the Pac. R. R. Reports. 

 (See 1860. ) There are, however, three additional plates of birds, one (the frontispiece) 

 from Cassin's "Illustrations", and two from Vol. IX, Pac. R. R. Reports. 



1859. Heermann, A. L. Pacific Railroad Reports, Vol. X, 1859. > Part IV. 

 Routes in California, to connect with the Routes near the thirty-fifth and 

 thirty-second parallels [etc.] in 1853. > No. 2. Report upon the Birds Col- 

 lected on the Survey. By A. L. Heermann, M. D. Pp. 29-80, 7 pll. 



This list, with more or less extensive annotations, is the result of observations made by 

 the author during the surveys from Fort Yuma to San Francisco. It yet remains one of 

 the Ijest local lists we have. Many species from the desert region are for the first time re- 

 corded from the State. 



1859. Kennerly, C. B. R. Pacific Railroad Reports, Vol. X, 1859. > Part VI. 

 Route near the thirty-fifth parallel, explored by Lieutenant A. W. Whipple, 

 topographical engineers, in 1853 and 1854. > No. 3. Report on Birds col- 

 lected on the Route. Pp. 19-35, 11 pll. 



A briefly-annotated list, of which a number of species are accredited to southern Cali- 

 fornia or vicinity of vSan Francisco. 



1859. Sclater, P. L. A Synopsis of the Thrushes (Turdidce) of the New World. 

 < Proc. Zool. Soc. XXVII, 1859, pp. 321-347. 

 Some from "California." 



