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1884. Ingersoll, A. M. The Ruddy Duck and Its Nests. < Orn. & Ool. IX, 

 February 1884, pp. 15-16. 

 Near Santa Cruz. 



1884. Orcutt, C. R. Stones placed in pine-trees by birds. < Science III, 

 March 14, 1884, p. 305. 



Acorn-storing habits of woodpeckers. 



1884. Ridgway, R. Descriptions of Some New North American Birds. < Proc. 

 Biol. Soc. Wash. II, April 1884, pp. 89-95. 



Includes original descriptions of /'5a//;7)!>a;7/.? viinii)ius cali/oriiicus, Lophortyx califor- 

 nicHS brunnescens [ L. c. caUfornicus) and Phalacrocorax dilophiis albociliatiis. 



1884. Ridgway, R. [See Baird, Brewer and Ridgway.] 



1884. Ridgway, R. A Review of the American Crossbills (I^oxia) of the L. 

 curvirostra Type. < Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. II, April 1884, pp. 101-107. 



Original description of Loxia cnri<irostya boidirei from Fort Klamath, Oregon; also 

 California. 



1884. Ridgway, R. On the Possible Specific Identity of Buteo Coopcri Cass, 

 with B. Harlaui (Aud.). < Auk I, July 1884, pp. 253-254. 



1884. Shields, A. M. The Black Stilt. < Young Oologist I, July 1884, p. 41. 

 Nesting near Los Angeles. 



1884. Shields, A. M. Egging in a California Swamp. < Young Oologist I, 

 October 1884, p. 90. 

 In Los Angeles County. 



1884. Skirm, J. Bird Nesting on "Bird Island," Cal. < Orn. & Ool. IX, 

 November 1884, pp. 131-132. 



Sea-birds at Tomales Point, I\Larin Count}-. 



1884. Skirm, J. List of Birds of Santa Cruz, Cal. < Orn. & Ool. IX, Decem- 

 ber 1884, pp. 149-150. 



Briefly annotated list of 98 species; refreshingly accurate. 



1884. Steinbeck, W. The Golden Eagle { Aqiiihi chrysaclits.) ' Orn. & Ool. 

 IX, May 1884, p. 58. 



Nesting in San Benito Valley. 



1884. Stephens, F. Collecting in the Colorado Desert — Lccontc's Thraslicr. 

 < Auk I, October 1884, pp. 353-358. 

 Habits of Harpoyhynchiis lecontci. 



18S4. T[aylor], H. R. California Mottled Owl. Young Oologist I, June 



1884, p. 23. 



Nesting at Alameda. 



1884. Taylor, H. R. Spurred Towhee; Least Tit. < Young Oologist I, No- 

 vember 1884, p. 100. 



Nesting habits at Alameda. 



1884. Taylor, H. R. Humming-birds in California. ■<' Young Oologist I, 

 December 1884, pp. 112-113. 



