CONTENTS. 



No. 3.— REPORT UPON THE BIRDS COLLECTED ON THE SURVEY. 



■With Eight Plates. 



CHAPTER I.— LAND BIRDS. 



VuLTnRiD.E, Vultures, (3 sp.) 140 



Falco.\'id.e, Falcons, (17 sp.) 142 



Buteo cooperi 148 



Strigid.e, Owls, (9 sp.) 1.54 



PiciD.E, Woodpeckers, (7 sp.) 159 



TROCHILID.E, Humming Birds, (1 sp.) 164 



Cypselid^, Swifts, (1 sp.) 1C5 



Caprimdlqid^, Goatsuckers, {2 sp.) 16C 



ALCEDINID.E, Kingfishers, (1 sp.) 1G7 



CoLOPTERiD.B, Flycatchers, (5 sp.) 167 



TuRDiD.E, Thrushes, (7 sp.) 171 



SYLVICOLID.E, Warblers, (12 sp.) 176 



HiRU.N'Di.NiD.E, Swallows, (6 sp.) 184 



B0MBYCILLID.i:, WaxwiDgs, (2 sp.) 187 



Laniidje, Shrikes, (3 sp.) 188 



LioTRicniD^, Wrens, etc. (4 sp.) 189 



Certhiad.e, Creepers, (4 sp.) 192 



Sitta aculeata, 193 



PariD/E, Titmice, (4 sp.) 194 



Parns occidentalis, 194 



ALAUDID.E, Larks, (1 sp.) 195 



FRI.NGILLID.E, Finches, (20 sp.) 196 



Carpodaeus califoniicus, 196 



Passerculus alaudinus, 199 



ICTERID.E, Trupials, (4 sp.) 207 



CoRVTD.E. Crows, (7 sp.) 210 



Corvus caurinus, 211 



CoLUMBiD^, Pigeons, (3 sp.) 217 



Tetraonid.e, Grouse, (5 sp.) 219 



PERDICID.E, Partridges, (2 sp.) 225 



CHAPTER II.— WATER BIRDS. 



GRi'iDiE, Cranes, (1 sp.) 227 



Ardeid.g, Herons, (3 sp.) 228 



CHARADRID.E, Plovcrs, (5 sp.) 229 



H^EMAT0P0DiD.E, Oystcrcatchers, (3 sp.) 233 



Recurvirostrid^, Avosets, (1 sp.) 234 



PHALAROPODID.E, Phalaropcs, (2 sp.) 236 



ScoL0P.\ciD.E, Snipes, (14 sp.) 237 



Rallid.e, Rails, (3 sp.) 246 



AN.vTiDyE, Swans, etc. (28 sp.) 248 



Bernicla nigricans, . 



Pelecaxid.e, Pelicans, (2 sp.) 265 



PiiAL.4CR0couACiD«. Comiorauls, (2 sp.) 267 



Procei.larid.e, Albatrosses, (1 sp.) 269 



Larid/E, Gulls, (8 sp.) 270 



Larus suckleyi, 274 



Ris.sa scpteutrionalis, 277 



CoLYMBiD.*;, Bivers, (8 sp.) 278 



Colymbus pacificus 279 



Podiecps cooperi 280 



" occidentalis, 281 



ALCID.E, Auks, etc. (6 sp.) 283 



Cerorhina suckleyi, 284 



List of Birds attributed to the Northwest, of which no specimens were found by the E.xpedition, 288 



No. 4.— REPORT UPON THE REPTILES COLLECTED ON THE SURVEY. 



With Eleven Plates. 



[N. B. — New reptiles only are named here.] 



Chblonia, Turtles, (1 sp.) 292 



Sauria, Lizards, (6 sp.) 292 



Ophidia, Serpents, {21 sp.) 295 



Eutainia atrata 290 



Eutainia cooperi 296 



" hayJeiiii 298 



Regina kirtlandii 299 



Batrachia, skinny reptiles, (7 sp.) 303 



Siredon lichenoides var melanosticta 306 



No. 5.— REPORT UPON THE FISHES COLLECTED ON THE SURVEY. 



With Twenty Plates. 

 CHAPTER I.— REPORT UPON THE SALMONID.E. 



General remarks — 308. Table of seventeen species, their names and periods of arrival in the rivers — 316. 



[N. B. — New fish only are named here.] 



Salmo argyreus 326 



" truncatus 327 



" gibbsii 332 



" confluentus 334 



" protfius 339 



Salmo canis 341 



spectabilis 342 



aurora 343 



masoni 345 



stellatus 346 



lewisii 348 



