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BULLETIN UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. 



[Vol. T. 



96. Glaucidium feeeugineum (of K. Am. writers). — Ferrugineous Owl. 



\_Glaucidium fernig'meum, Coues, Amer. Nat. vi, 1872, p. 370 (Arizona, C. 

 Bendire; first introduced to U. S. fauna). — Coues, Key N. A. Birds, 1872, 

 p. 206 (the same). — EiDGW., in Bd., Brew., & RiDGW. , Hist. N. A. B. iii, 1874, 

 p. 85. — Lawr., Mem. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. toI. ii, pt. iii, No. 11, 1874, -p. 297 

 (Mazatlan). — Lawr., Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. No. 4, 1876, p. 37 (Tehuantepec). — 

 Coues, in Sennett, Bull. U. S. *Geol. Surv. Terr, iv. No, 1, 1878, p. 40 

 (full descrii)tion of Texas si^ecimens). 



Note. — Tlie perplexing species of GZawcifZmjJt have of late been so extensively investi- 

 gated by Mr. Sharpe and Mr. Ridgway, with such notable disagreement in many particu- 

 lars between these two leading authorities on the genus, that it is scarcely possible for 

 one who has made no special study of the case to decide upon the nice points of nomen- 

 clature at issue. I therefore only venture to cite a few references of undoubted ap- 

 plicability to^the form now well known to occur in the southwestern United States. 



— E. C] 



Kot uncommon at Lomita, bnt from its small size not readily seen in 

 heavy timber. Its note, a clear wliistle quite difficult to follow, was 

 often lieard during April and May. A female captured April 9 con- 

 tained eggs nearly ready to be laid. My two specimens are reddish- 

 brown 5 the female redder than the male. 



63 

 lil 



Lomita. 

 ..-.do .. 



April 9 

 April 14 



6.50 



14.25 



3.90 

 3.65 



2.70 

 2.65 



FALCONID^. 



97. Circus cyaneus hudsonius (L.) Coues. — Marsh Haiolc. 

 Only observed at Corpus Christi the latter jiart of March. 



98. Elanits glauous (Bartram, 1791, or Barton, 1799) Coues. — White- 



tailed Kite. 



\^Falco f/Jancus, Bartram, Trav. Fla. orig. ed. 1791, p. 290. — Barton, Fragm. N. 



H. Penna. 1799, p. 11 (author strictly binomial; likewise i>ost-Linucean). 

 Manus f/laueiis, Coues, Pr. Phila. Acad. 1876, p. 345. — Coues, Birds Colorado 



Valley, i, 1878, p. 593. 

 Milviis leucurus, Vieill. 

 Falco dispar, Temm. 



— E. C] 



Shot an adult specimen near Santa Maria on our way down. It was 

 sitting on a tree in the chaparral near the roadside, and appeared not 

 very shy. It was prepared in the cart while moving along, and the 

 body was accidentally thrown out without examination, so that sex 

 remains undetermined. 



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Santa Maria 



May 5 16.25 42.25 12.50 7.00 



Iris red. Tarsus 1.35. Middle toe 1.15. 



