154 NORTH AMERICAN FAUNA. % [No. 7. 



2Q. GaU'aiago delicata. Wilson's Snipe. 

 Seen at Lone Pine in winter. 



27. Tringa minutilla. Least Sandpiper. 



Common at Owens Lake in December, 1890. 



28. Freunetes occidentalis. Western Sandpiper. 



Secured at Owens Lake in June. 



29. Totanus melanoleuous. Greater Yellow-legs. 



Seen at Lone Pine in December. 



30. Numenius longirostris. Long-billed Curlew, 



Seen at Owens Lake in December and June. 



31. JEgialitis vocifera. Killdeer. 



Common; breeds. 



32. JEgialitis nivosa. Snowy Plover. 



Not uncommon at Owens Lake, where it is a resident. 



33. Oreortyx p ictus plumiferus. Plumed Quail. 



Common along the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada. 



34. Callipepla califormca vallicola. Valley Quail. 



Common resident. 



35. Zenaidura macroura. Mourning Dove. 



Abundant breeder. 



36. Cailiartes aura. Turkey Buzzard. 



Seen all through the valley. 



37. Circus hudsonius. Marsh Hawk. 



Not uncommon; breeds. 



38. Accipiter velox. Sharp-shinned Hawk. 



Seen at Olancha and Bishop Creek in the latter part of May and first part of 

 August. 



39. Accipiter cooperi. Cooper's Hawk. 



Seen at Bishop Creek in August. 



40. Accipiter atricapillus striatulus. Goshawk. 



A hawk thought to be this species was seen at Lone Pine in December. 1890. 



41. Buteo Ijorealis calurus. Western Red-tail. 



Resident; more or less common. 



42. Aquila chrysaetos. Golden Eagle. 



A pair was seen in June. 



43. Falco mexicanus. Prairie Falcon. 



Not uncommon; undoubtedly breeds in the neighboring mountains. 



44. Falco columbarius. Pigeon Hawk. 



Seen at Little Owens Lake. 



45. Falco sparverius deserticolus. Desert Sparrow Hawk. 



A more or less common resident throughout the valley. 



46. Strixpratincola. Barn Owl. 



The remains of one were found at Alvord. 



47. Speotyto cunicularia hypogwa. Burrowing Owl. 



A not uncommon resident. 



48. Geococcyx calif or nianus. Road-runner. 



A common resident, 



49. Coccyzus americanus occidentalis. California Cuckoo. 



One seen at Bishop, August 11. 



50. Ceryle alcyon. Kingfisher. 



Not uncommon ; breeds. 



51. Drgohates villosus hyloscopus. Cabanis's Woodpecker. 



Seen at Bishop Creek in August. 



52. Melanerpes torqualiis. Lewis's Woodpecker. 



One seen at the head of the valley in July. 



