CONTENTS 



Spotted Sandpiper .... 72 

 Long-billed Curlew, or Sickle- 

 billed Curlew 73 



Hudsonian Curlew, or Jack 

 Curlew 75 



Black -bellied Plover 

 Killdeer .... 

 Snowy Plover . . 

 Black Turnstone 

 Black Oyster-catcher 



76 



77 

 78 

 80 

 81 



BIRDS FOUND IN BAYOUS AND MARSHES 



Anthony Green Heron . . 96 



Black-crowned Night Heron 97 



Sandhill Crane 98 



California Clapper Rail . . 99 



Virginia Rail 101 



Sora, or Carolina Kail . . 102 

 California Black Rail . . 104 

 Florida Gallinule, or Red- 

 billed Mud-hen .... 105 

 American Coot 107 



PART II. — LAND BIRDS 



UPLAND GAME BIRDS 



Gambel Partridge . . 

 Sierra 'Sooty Grouse . 

 Oregon Ruffed Grouse 

 Sage Grouse . . . . 

 Band-tailed Pigeon 

 Mourning Dove . . 



122 

 124 

 126 

 127 

 130 

 132 



II.— BIRDS OF PREY 



California Vulture, or Condor 134 



Turkey Vulture .... 136 

 White-tailed Kite . . .138 



Marsh Hawk 139 



Western Sharp-shinned 



Hawk 142 



Cooper Hawk 143 



Prairie Falcon 145 



Western Red-tailed Hawk . 147 



Red-bellied Hawk .... 149 



Swainson Hawk .... 150 



Ferruginous Rough-leg . . 153 



Golden Eagle 154 



Bald Eagle 156 



Duck Hawk 158 



Pigeon Hawk 159 



Desert Sparrow Hawk . . 161 

 Fish Hawk, or American 



Osprey 163 



American Barn Owl . . . 166 



