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 2'2 37, 35, 3, 4.0, 4. To 4.2, 3, 5, 50. 52, 53, 5, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60. 62. 64. 65. THE CONDOR VoL III Columba fasciata. Band-tailed Pigeon. Seen occasionally in winter. Said to be abundant in high ranges of the Gabilans. Zenaidura macroura. Mourning Dove. Abundant summer and sparingly winter resident. Gymnogyps californianus. California Vulture. Formerly abundaut, but now rarely seen. Cathartes aura. Turkey Vulture. Abundant resident for the greater part of the year, but notably scarce for a few weeks in midwinter. Elanus leucurus. White-tailed Kite. Occasionally seen. Circus hudsonius. Marsh Hawk. Occasionally seen. Accipiter velox. Sharp-shinned Hawk. Common winter resident. Accipiter cooperi. Cooper's Hawk. Common winter resident. Occasion- ally breeds. Accipiter atricapillus striatulus. Western Goshawk. Very rare visitor. Buteo borealis calurus. Western Redtail. Common resident. Buteo lineatus elegans. Red-bellied Hawk. Occasional fall visitor. Buteo sWainsoni. SwainsoWs Hawk. Sparingly summer resident. Some years not noted. Archibuteo ferrugineus. Ferruginous Rough-leg. Rare winter visitant. Aquila chrysaetos. Golden Eagle. Resident. Several pairs have lived here for years. Falcomexicanus. Prairie Falcon. Sparingly winter resident. Falco sparverius deserticolus. Desert Sparrow Hawk. Abundant resident except in years of drought. Pandion haliaetus carolinensis. American Osprey. Once seen. Strix pratincola. American Barn Owl. Common resident. In some places the river has washed against the alluvial banks and made perpendicular bluffs 2o or 3o feet high. Along these bluffs this species breeds in numbers in old squirrel holes. It also breeds occasionally in holes in trees. Asio wilsonianus. American Long-eared Owl. Sparingly resident. A few nests have been found, but this species is seldom seen ordinarily. Asio accipitrinus. Short-eared Owl. Once noted. Megascops asiobendirei. California Screech Owl. Common resident. Diffi- cult to say whether it is abundant or not. Bubo virginianus (subsp.) ? Horned Owl. Common resident and quite abundant. Our series has never been passed upon by an expert and the variations are great. Speotyto cunicularia hypogaa. Burrowing Owl. Common resident; scarce some years. Geococcyx californianus. Roadrunner. Common resident. Coccyzus americanus occidentalis. California Cuckoo. One 9 taken June 4, x899. No other record. Ceryle alcyon. Belted Kingfisher. Common resident. Dryobates villosus hyloscopus. Cabanis's Woodpecker. Common resident. The subspecies in this locality is intermediate, and seemingly ,floscopus rather than harrisi. I)ryobates pubescens galrdneri. Gairdner's Woodpecker. Common resident; quite abundant. I)ryobates nuttalli. Nuttall's Woodpecker. Common resident.