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60. Micropallas whitneyi (Cooper). Elf Owl. 

 Cooper, 1870. No. 208, State Collection; shot at Fort 



Mojave, Colorado Valley, April 26, 1861, is, as yet, a 

 unique specimen. 



Captain Bendire secured several specimens near Tuc- 

 son. Mr. F. Stephens found it a very common bird 

 about Tucson and Camp Lowell (Brewster Bull. Nutt. 

 Orn. Clftb, vol. viii, 27), also stating that Mr. Stephens 

 found several nests in deserted woodpecker's holes in the 

 giant cactus. 



61. Geococcyx californianus (Less.) Road-eunner. 

 Common at San Diego; first notes here, January 19, 



1884.— L. B. 



Poway. F. E. Blaisdell. — Common'^resident. 



San Bernardino. F. Stephens. — Rare resident of the 

 valley and foothills. 



Henshaw, 1876. Abundant resident through South- 

 ern California. 



Cooper, 1870. At Santa Barbara I observed a young 

 one nearly fledged in May. 



Contra Costa County. W. E. Bryant. — Rare resident. 



Berkeley. T. S. Palmer. — Rare; accidental visitant. 



San Rafael. A. M. Ingersoll. — Very rare. 



Central California. L. B. — Rare resident; seldom 

 found above fifteen hundred feet. 



Murphys. John J. Snyder.— September, 1885, a spec- 

 imen. 



Sebastopol. F. H. Holmes. 



Igo, Shasta County. E. L. Ballou. — Rare resident. 



Hoffman. I found this bird only in the Colorado Val- 

 ley, in the vicinity of Fort Mojave, where it was not of 

 uncommon frequency. 



