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1874. Cooper, J. G. "Verbal Remarks." < Proc. Cal. Ac. Sc. V, December 



1874, pp. 414-415. 



Specimens of Uria lo7ni'ia{-~yon\\g oi Uria troile californica) and Stercorariiis parasi- 

 ticus from the coast of California. 



1874. Coues, E. Field | Ornithology. | Comprising a | Manual of Instruction | 

 for I Procuring, Preparing and Preserving Birds | and a | Check List of North 

 American Birds. | By | Dr. Elliott Coues, U. S. A. | [vignette] | Salem: | 

 Naturalists' Agency. | Boston: Estes & Lauriat. | New York: Dodd & Mead. | 

 1874. 8vo, pp. i-iv, 1-116, 1-137. 



In the "Appendix to Check List", pp. 123-l,i7, the status of several California species is 

 noted. 



1874. Coues, E. Birds of the Northwest: A Hand-book of the Ornithology of 

 the Region Drained by the Missouri River and its Tributaries. =^Miscel- 

 laneous Publications No. 3. U. S. Geol. Surv. of the Terr. Washington: 

 1874. 8vo, pp. i-xi, 1-791. 



The greater part of the California matter in this work is quoted from previous writers. 

 The accounts of a few species, however, are from Coues' personal observations at Fort 

 Vuma, IMojave River and San Pedro. 



1874. Pioneer. [Albino Robin at Nicasio] < Forest & Stream II, April 1874, 

 p. 123. 



1874. Pioneer. The Scent Question. < Forest & Stream II, August 1874, p. 

 405. 



Relates to the California (Juail. 



1874. Ridgway, R. Notes upon American Water Birds. < Am. Naturalist 

 VIII, February 1874, pp. 108-111. 



Ai^ialitis iuici'o>/iv>ii/iits, "new species", from San Francisco ( -^^^. diibia); also origi- 

 nal description of "/\a//us e/egafis, var. obsoletus" (^A". obsoletus) from San Francisco; 

 and Poizana Janiaicensis, var. cotnniiculits ( ^^Creciscus cotitruiculus) from the Farallone 

 Islands. 



1874. Ridgway, R. On Local Variations in the Notes and Nesting Habits of 

 Birds. < Am. Naturalist VIII, April 1874, pp. 197-201. 

 Reference to certain California species. 



1874. Ridgway, R. [See Baird, Brewer and Ridgway.] 



1874. Ridgway, R. Two Rare Owls from Arizona. < Am. Naturalist VIII, 

 April 1874, pp. 239-240. 

 With California references. 



1874-1875. Ridgway, R. Lists of Birds Observed at \"arious Localities Contigu- 

 ous to the Central Pacific Railroad, from Sacramento City, California, to Salt 

 Lake City, Utah. < Btill. Essex Inst. VI, October 1874, pp. 169-174; VII, 

 Jantiary 1S75, pp. 10-24; February 1875, pp. 30-40. 



Includes nominal lists of 5() species found at Sacramento; l.i species of the plains be- 

 tween vSacramento and the western foothills of the vSierras; V species of the foothills; 13 

 species of the pine forests of the west slope; and -1 species found at the summit. This paper 

 is merely a preliminary abstract of the complete report of 1877. 



