UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PUBLICATIONS 



BULLETIN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 



GEOLOGY 



AVIFAUNA OF THE PLEISTOCENE CAVE 

 DEPOSITS OF CALIFORNIA 



BY 



LOYE HOLMES MILLEE 



CONTENTS 



PAGE 



Introduction 386 



Occurrence ? : 386 



Record of species 387 



Cathartes aura (Linnaeus) 387 



Catharista shastensis, n. sp 388 



Gymnogyps ampins, n. sp 390 



Buteo borealis (Gmelin) 391 



Buteo swainsoni Bonaparte (?) 391 



Archibuteo ferrugineus (Lichtenstein) 391 



Accipiter velox (Wilson) 392 



Falco sparverius Linnaeus 392 



Falco peregrinus Tunstall 392 



Geranoaetus, sp 392 



Bubo virginianus (Gmelin) 393 



Bubo sinclairi, n. sp 393 



Otus asio (Linnaeus) 395 



Asio wilsonianus (Lesson) 395 



Glaueidium gnoma Wagler „ 395 



Micropallas whitneyi (Cooper) 395 



Branta canadensis (Linnaeus) 396 



Indeterminate anserines 396 



Meleagris, sp 396 



Dendragapus obscurus (Say) 396 



Dendragapus, sp 397 



Bonasa umbellus (Linnaeus) 397 



Oreortyx picta (Douglas) 397 



Lophortyx calif ornica (Shaw) 397 



Colaptes cafer (Gmelin) 398 



Corvus corax Linnaeus 398 



Corvus brachyrhynehos Brehm 399 



Cyanoeitta stelleri (Gmelin) 399 



Euphagus eyanoeephalus (Wagler) 399 



Tabular View of the Cave Faunas 399 



