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many other specimens, is that it will be found of nearly universal applica- 

 tion.*-^. E.] 



73602 

 73(503 

 73004 

 73811 — ail 



73819 

 738G3 

 73864 

 74458 

 76611 



cT ad. 



Marysvillo. 



Ido 



do .... 



do .... 



do .... 



do .... 



do .... 



"Stockton. . 



Dec. 29, 

 Dec. 29, 

 Dec. 29, 



Feb. — , 1878 

 Mar. 1,1877 

 Mar. 1,1877 

 June 8,1878 

 May 18, 1878 



Tail only. 

 Do. 



Wings and tail. 



Family ALCEDIJSTDiE : The Kingfishers. 



"127. Ceryle alcyon, (Linn.). — Belted Kingfisher. 



The Kingfisher is a common resident at Stockton. It is also occasion- 

 ally seen at Murphy's, at all seasons. It is rarely found in the mountains 

 of this region. 



74284 I ? ad. 



"Stockton Apr. 15, 1878 



Family OUCULIDJE : The Cuckoos. 



"128. Geococcyx californianus, (Less.). — Road Banner; Chaparral Cock. 



The Road Runner is a rare resident of the chaparral only. Many 

 years ago I saw one between Vallecita and Angel's (altitude about 2,000 

 feet), and I have seen a few others in Calaveras County, below this ele- 

 vation, three in MarysvUlc buttes, one in the hills east of Marys ville — 

 in all about a dozen — in twenty or more years, though I have limited a 

 great deal in the foot-hills — lived at Murphy's and San Andreas from the 

 spring of 1857 to October 1802. 



*129. Coccyzus americanus, (Linn.). — Yellow-billed Cuckoo. 



The Yellow-billed Cuckoo was common in the willow and poplar 

 thickets at Marysville in June, 1878, but whether generally distributed 

 in the extensive thickets of like character so abundant along the rivers 

 of Northern California, I am unable to say. I heard one at Murphy's 

 about September 1, 1878. 



744.-7 



? 



ad. 



*Marvsville 



Juno 22, 1878 



7GG04 



d" 



ad. 



ilo 



June 13, 1878 







*Mr. Henshaw informs me that lie examined a specimen taken at San Francisco, 

 which had all the rectrices of one side of the tail red, those of the other half being 

 yellow!— R. R. 



