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Black -bellied Plover 452 



American Golden Plover 458 



Killdeer 463 



Semipalmated Plover 469 



Snowy Plover 473 



"Wilson Plover 479 



Mountain Plover 481 



Surf-bird 485 



Ruddy Turnstone 489 



Black Turnstone 493 



Black Oyster-catcher 498 



Frazar Oyster-catcher 502 



Mountain Quail 504 



Painted Quail 513 



Valley Quail 514 



California Quail 537 



Catalina Island Quail 537 



Desert Quail 538 



Sierra Grouse ; 544 



Sooty Grouse 552 



Oregon Ruffed Grouse 552 



Columbian Sharp-tailed Grouse 558 



Sage-hen 564 



Ring-necked Pheasant 572 



Band-tailed Pigeon 575 



Western Mourning Dove 588 



White-winged Dove 603 



Mexican Ground Dove 606 



Literature cited 611 



Index 633 



Colored Plates 



1. California Quail (drawn by Louis Agassiz Fuertes) Frontispiece 



2. Mallard, male and female (Fuertes) facing page 94 



3. Baldpate, male and female; European Widgeon, male (Fuertes) 110 



4. Cinnamon Teal, male and female (Fuertes) 126 



5. Canvasback and Lesser Scaup Duck, males and females (Fuertes) 150 



6. American White-fronted Goose and Lesser Snow Goose (Fuertes) 214 



7. Fulvous Tree-duck (drawn by Allan Brooks) 246 



8. White-faced Glossy Ibis (Fuertes) .' 270 



9. California Clapper Rail (Fuertes) — ., 286 



10. Mud-hen (Brooks) 318 



11. Avocet and Black-necked Stilt (Fuertes) 342 



12. Snowy Plover (Brooks) 478 



13. Surf-bird (Brooks) ; 486 



14. Mountain Quail (Fuertes) 310 



15. Sierra Grouse, male and female (Fuertes) 550 



16. Ring-necked Pheasant (Fuertes) 574 



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