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Vol. XVIII 
SOME BIRDS OF THE FRESNO DISTRICT, CALIFORNIA 
SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES 
By JOHN G. TYLER 
I N Pacific Coast Avifauna No. 9, one hundred and sixty-one species and sub- 
species of birds were listed as occurring within the region under consider- 
ation. Recent field work has enabled me to identify a number of others 
and I have also had the pleasure of examining a small collection of skins 
belonging to Mr. H. C. Old, from which I obtained several interesting records. 
Occasional mention was made in Avifauna No. 9 of the New Hope District, 
a schoolhouse of that name furnishing the only means of locating a rather 
sparsely settled portion of Fresno County. A railroad has since been con- 
structed and the embryonic city of Helm, with its postoffice of the same name, 
has arisen to dispossess the school of the honor of being the only nameable 
object in a vast area of interesting country. The seventh line on page 15 in 
my former paper should read “Herminghaus ” instead of “Chowchilla” Ranch, 
the latter being an inexcusable error on my part. 
The thirty-three birds listed herewith brings the total for the Fresno 
District up to one hundred and ninety-four. 
162. Eared Grebe. Colymbus nigricollis californicus (Heermann). 
163. Ring-billed Gull. Larus delawarensis Orel. 
164. Caspian Tern. Sterna caspia Pallas. 
165. Common Tern. Sterna hirundo Linnaeus. 
166. American Merganser. Mergus americanus Cassin. 
167. Gadwall. Chaulelasmus streperus (Linnaeus). 
168. Canvas-back. Marila valisineria (Wilson). 
169. Greater Scaup Duck. Marila marila (Linnaeus). 
170. Lesser Scaup Duck. Marila affinis (Eyton). 
171. Buffle-head. Charitonetta albeola (Linnaeus). 
172. Ross Snow Goose. Chen rossi (Cassin). 
173. Cackling Goose. Branta canadensis minima Ridgway. 
174. American Egret. Herodias egretta (Gmelin). 
175. Snowy Egret. Egretta candidissima candidissima (Gmelin). 
176. Sora. Porzana Carolina (Linnaeus). 
177. Wilson Phalarope. Steganopus tricolor Vieillot. 
178. Long-billed Dowitcher. Macrorhamphus griseus scolopaceus (Say). 
179. Western Sandpiper. Ereunetes mauri Cabanis. 
180. Spotted Sandpiper. Actitis macularia (Linnaeus). 
181. Semipalmated Plover. Aegialitis semipalmata (Bonaparte). 
182. Snowy Plover. Aegialitis nivosa Cassin. 
183. Red-bellied Hawk. Buteo lineatus elegans Cassin. 
184. Richardson Pigeon Hawk. Falco columbarius richardsoni Ridgway. 
185. Osprey. Pandion haliaetus carolinensis (Gmelin). 
186. Dusky Poor-will. Phalaenoptilus nuttalli californicus Ridgway. 
187. Traill Flycatcher. Empidonax trailli trailli (Audubon). 
188. Arizona Hooded Oriole. Icterus cucullatus nelsoni Ridgway. 
189. California Purple Finch. Carpodacus purpureus californicus Baird. 
190. Modoc Song Sparrow. Melospiza melodia fisherella Oberholser. 
191. Green-tailed Towhee. Oreospiza chlorura (Audubon). 
192. Western Warbling Vireo. Vireosylva gilva swainsoni (Baird). 
193. Sage Thrasher. Oreoscoptes montanus (Townsend). 
194. Dotted Canyon Wren. Catherpes mexicanus punctulatus Ridgway. 
