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BULLETIN 56,, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



ornithology of the Santa Barbara Islands, the "Entire list of water 

 birds observed " is consolidated, so that only four species of water 

 birds {Lams heermanni, Ardea herodias, Heteractitis incanus, and 

 Arenaria melanocephala) are specifically mentioned as inhabiting 

 San Clemente Island, while, under the heading of Oceanodroma 

 ■melania, the author observes : 



Small petrels of some kind were heard at nlglit on the east end of San 

 Nicolas, and at. Mosquito Harbor on San Clemente, but no trace of them was 

 to be found by day. We searched diligently for their burrows, but failed 

 entirely. 



Mr. Grinnell's observations covered the periods from March 28 to 

 April 3, and May 28 to June 7, 1897. His list includes Nos. 4, 11, 

 15, 16, 17, 19-31 of the present list, together with the following : 



34. Larus heermamii Cassin. 



35. Lophortyx californicus vallioola 



(Ridgway). 



36. Phalcanoptilus nuttallii californicus 



Ridgway. 



37. Aeronautes melanoleucus (Baird). 



38. Calypte costw (Bourcler). 



39. Selasphorus allcnl Henshaw. 



40. Horizopus rlclmrdsonil (^w&mson) . 



41. Sturnella neglecta Audubon. 



42. Passcrcidiin sandwichenisis almidi- 



nus (Bonaparte). 



43. Zonotrichia leucophrys gavibelii 



(Nuttall). 



44. Zonotrichia coronata (Pallas). 



45. Spizella socialis arizonw Coues. 



46. Melospiza lincolonii (Audubon). 



47. Ampelis cedrorum (Vieillot). 



48. Dendroica audiihoni (Townsend). 



49. Mlnius polyglotton leucopterus 



(Vigors). 



50. Hylocichla guttata (Pallas). 



Mammals. 



Peromysous sonoriensis dementis 



(Mearns). 

 PJioca largha Pallas. 



Vrooyon Uttoralis (Baird). 

 Myotis californicus (Audubon and 

 Bachman). 



