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1885. Ridgway, R. Remarks on the Californian Vulture {Pscudogryphus cali- 

 foniianus). < Auk II, April 1885, pp. 167-169. 



1885. Ridgway, R. Icterus cucullatus, Swainson, and its Geographical Varia- 

 tions. < Proc. U. S. N. M. VIII, April 1885, pp. 18-19. 

 Including original description of /. c. nelsoni. 



1885. Ridgway, R. Note on the Anser leucopareius of Brandt. < Proc. U. S. 

 N. M. VIII, April 1885, pp. 21-22. 



Original description of Branta canadensis miniina. 



1885. Ridgway, R. On Onychotes gruberi. < Proc. U. S. N. M. VIII, April 

 1885, pp. 36-38. 



Probably from the Sandwich Islands. 



1885. Ridgway R. Some Emended Names of North American Birds. C Proc. 

 U. S. N. M. VIII, September 1885, pp. 354-356. 



Includes original description of Callipepla californica vallicola from "interior valleys of 

 California." 



1885. Sharpe, R. B. Catalogue of the Passeriformes, or Perching Birds, in the 

 Collection of the British Museum. Fringilliformes: Part I. Containing the 

 Families Dicaeidse, Hirundinidse, Ampelidse, Mniotiltidae, and Motacillidse. 

 =Cat. Bds. X, 1885, 8vo, pp. i-xiii, 1-682; pll. I-XII, figg. 



1885. Shields, A. M. Duck-hunting at Gospel Swamp. < Young Oologist I, 



February 1885, pp. 134-136. 

 1885. Shields, A. M. The Redhead. < Young Oologist II, June 1885, pp. 



32-33. 



Nesting in Los Angeles County. 



1885. Southwick & Jencks. Southern Range of Rissa tridactyla Kotzbuei. < 

 Auk II, July 1885, p. 313. 



Taken at Nicasio. {—R. t. pollicaris.) 



1885. Stejneger, L,. Remarks on Lanius Robustus (Baird), based upon an Ex- 

 amination of the Type Specimen. < Proc. Ac. Nat. Sc. Phil., March 1885, 

 pp. 91-96. 



The specimen said to have been obtained by Gambel in "California", probably not even 

 from North America; possibly Asiatic. 



1885. T[aylor], H. R. Hummingbirds. Unfinishe(^ nests — early nesting. < 

 Young Oologist I, March 1885, p. 150. 



1885. Taylor, H. R. Californian Oological Notes. < Orn. & Ool. X, Septem- 

 ber 1885, pp. 141-142. 



Nesting of several species near Alameda. 



1885. Towmsend, C. H. The Occurrence of the Catbird {M/'tnus caj'olineusis) 

 on the Farallone Islands, Pacific Ocean. < Auk II, April 1885, pp. 215-216. 



1886. [Anonymous] Eggs of the White-tailed Kite. < Orn. & Ool. XI, Octo- 

 ber 1886, pp. 152-153. 



Taken at Santa Barbara. 



