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 o4 THE CONDOR Vol. IV mens and manuscript notes, which was used by Baird in 858 and t864, and especially by Baird, Brewer and Ridg- way in their colossal "History of North American Birds," T874 and t884. Birds which have been named in honor of Dr. J. G. Cooper are 15'uleo cooper/ CASSN (status now in doubt), Podiceps cooper/ LAWgENCE (=Co[ymbus holbwlli), Pyrana cooper/ RIDGWAY (:Piranga rubra cooper/) and Melospiza f ascfata cooperi RIDGWA. 860. Pac. R. R. Rep. XIL Book II. x86o --Part III. Route near the forty- seventh and forty-ninth parallels, ex- plored by I. I. Stevens, Governor of Washington Territory in 85Y55. Zoological Report. ---No. 3. Report upon the Birds collected on the Sur- vey. Chapter I. Land Birds, by J. G. Cooper, M.D. Chapter II. Water Birds, by Dr. G. Suckley, U.S.A. pp. T4o.29 z, 8 Pll. (This was Cooper's first published article on ornithology and pertains chiefly to the birds noted dur- ing the survey of Oregon and Wash- ington. There are also a few references to Californian species, of particular note being his account of the capture of the unique type of Bu/eo cooperi Cassin, at Mountain View, Santa Clara County. Although Cooper and Suckley present separate authorship for the "Land Birds" and "Water Birds," re- spectively, each evidently contributed written accounts to both chapters. Cooper's initial as a rule follows the most extended and detailed field-notes.) 86x. New Californian Animals. --Proc. Cal. Ac. Nat. Sc. II, July 86z, pp. 8-23. (Cooper here definitely records from the southeastern part of the State Panyplila melanoleuca onautes melanoleucus], Chorddies texensis, Tyrannus voczferans, /freo belli [: /. pusillus], l-[arporhynchus [ Toxostoma] lecontei, lcterua cucullalus [nelson/], and I-[ydrocheh'don plumbea [I-[. surina- mcrisis] as well as others from Fort Mojave. He also describes two new species from Fort Mojave, ctthene whitney/ [--Micropallas whftneyi] and l-[elminthophaga lucite). 865. On a new Cormorant from the Fatallone Islands, California. --Proc. Ac. Nat. Sc. Phil., January 865, pp. 5-6. (Description of Graculus Bairdif [ : Phalacrocorax pelagicus resplendens. ]) 868. Some Recent Additions to the Fauna of California. --Proc. Cal. Ac. Sc. IV, November t868, pp. 3-x3. (Mention, with occasional critical remarks, of forty-five species, some of them for the first time recorded from the State). z869. The Fauna of Montana Terri- tory. --Am. Naturalist, 869; II, Janu- ary, pp. 596 600; III, March, pp. 3-35; April, 73-84. Corrections, June, 13. 224. (More or less extended notes on about  o species of birds). 869. The Naturalist in California. --Am. Naturalist llI;June, pp. 82-89; November, pp. 47o-48. (Field-notes on many birds observed on the Los An- geles Plains, at Cajon Pass, along the Mojave River, and in the vicinity of Fort Mojave, which latter place, how- ever, is on the Arizona side of the Colorado River). 869. Notes on the Fauna of the Upper Missouri. --Am. Naturalist IlI, August 869, pp. 294-299. (Includes numerous ornithological notes). 87 o. Geological Survey of Cali- fornia. { J. D Whitney, State Geologist. 1--] Ornithology. I Volume I. { Land Birds. [ Edited by S. F. Baird, [ from the Manuscript and Notes of[J. G. Cooper. I -- ] Published by authority of the Legislature. { x87o. pp. i-x/, x- 592; with a great many figures. (This, Cooper's greatest work, includes the birds of all the region west of the Rocky Mountains. Most of the text is in the nature of biographical accounts, and included most of what was known at the time of publication. The tech- nical parts were prepared by Baird). 87o. The Fauna of California and its Geographical Distribution. --Proc. Cal. Ac. Sc. IV, February 87o, pp. 6z- 8. (Contains separate lists of birds for different localities, including those