10 Geo. 5 



Provincial Museum Eeport. 



P 13 



Mr. J. Grimiell, Director of the Museum of the University of California, wrote this year 

 asking permission of the Provincial Museum to loan to Mr. Harry S. Swartb, ornithologist of 

 their Department, our collection of bird-skins of the genus Passerella (fox-sparrows), as he is 

 working on a monograph of this species and is very anxious to secure the specimens from this 

 northern portion of the country. Twenty specimens of this genus were loaned for comparison 

 and have been returned — namely, three P. i. townsendi, four P. i. fuliginosa, two P. i. meruloides, 

 five P. i. sinuosa, and six P. i. altivagwns. 



OOLOGY. 



During the year the Provincial Museum was very fortunate in having a magnificent collection 

 of birds' eggs presented by Mr. W. F. Burton, of this city. 



Mr. Burton is an enthusiastic student of bird-life and a careful collector. He has added a 

 number of sets of eggs not heretofore represented iu the Oological division in the Museum. 

 It has been the request of the donor that these specimens be exhibited in a case and kept by 

 themselves as the TV. F. Burton collection. 



List of Eggs iit the Bukton Collection. 



No. of 

 Eggs 



in Set. 



4 



4 



4 



11 



Set 

 with 

 Nest. 



Species. 



Common Name. 



Nest 



Xest 



Nest 



Guvia inimcr (Brunnich ) 



Curia stellata (Pontoppidau) 



Lunda cirrhata (Pallas) 



Cerorhinca monoccrata (Pallas) 



Ptychorainphus aleuticus (Pallas) 



ZHthia pusilla (Pallas) 



SynthUboramphus antiquus (Gmelin) 



Cepphus roliiinha Pallas 



Uria troille caUfornica (H. Bryant) 



Eissa brcrirostris (Bruch) 



Larus glaucescens Naumann 



Larus atricilla Linnaeus 



Sterna caspia Pallas 



Sterna hirundo Linnaeus 



Diomedea albatrus Pallas 



Fttlmarus rodgersi Cassin 



Puffinus tcnuirostris (Temininck) 



Oceanodroma furcata (Gmelin) 



Oceanodroma leucorhoa (Vieillot) 



Oceanodroma melania (Bonaparte) 



Oceanodroma socorrcensis C. H. Townsend . . 



Phalacrocorax penicillatus (Brandt) 



Phalacrocorax pclagicus robust us Ridgway . . 



Pelecanus Gdlifomieus Ridgway 



Branta canadensis canadensis Linnaeus 



Botaurus lentiginoses (Montague) 



Ardea herodias fannini Chapman 



X udicorax nycticorax nwvius (Boddaert) ... 



Qrus mcxicana (Muller) 



Rallus rirginianus Linnaeus 



Recurvirostra amcricanu Gmelin 



Galldnago <£eMcata (Orel) 



Actitis macularia (Linnaeus) 



Wumenius amerieanus Bechstein 



Oxyechus voeiferus (Linnaeus i 



J'fiidlitis semipalmata (Bonaparte) 



Lophortyx California* calif urnica (Sli.iw) .. 

 Dendragapus obscurus fuliginosus (Ridgway) 



Bonasa umbellus sabini I Douglas) 



Cathartes aura septentrionalis Wied 



Elanoidcs forficatus ( Linmeus) 



Accipiter velox (Wilson) 



liuteo borcalis calurus Cassin 



Buteo lincatus elegdns Cassin 



Loon. 



Red-throated Loon. 



Tufted Puffin. 



Rhinoceros Auklet. 



Cassin's Auklet. 



Least Auklet. 



Ancient Murrelet. 



Pigeon Guillemot. 



California Murre. 



Red-legged Kittiwake. 



Glacous-winged Gull. 



Laughing Gull. 



Caspian Tern. 



Common Tern. 



Short-tailed Albatross. 



Rodger's Fulmar. 



Slender-billed Shearwater. 



Forked-tailed Petrel. 



Leach's Petrel. 



Black Petrel. 



Socorro Petrel. 



Brandt's Cormorant. 



Violet-green Cormorant. 



California Brown Pelican. 



Canada Goose. 



Bittern. 



Northwestern Coast Heron. 



Black-crowned Night Heron. 



Sandhill Crane. 



Virginia Rail. 



Avoret. 



Wilson's Snipe. 



Spotted Sandpiper. 



Long-billed Curlew. 



Killdeer. 



Semipalmated Plover. 



California Quail. 



Sooty Grouse. 



Oregon Ruffed Grouse. 



Turkey Vulture. 



Swallow-tailed Kite. 



Sharp-shinned Hawk. 



Western Red-tailed Hawk. 



Red-bellied Hawk. 



