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Finding Aid to the Watercolors of Birds of the Pacific Slope. 1853-1869
BANC PIC 19xx.117--ffALB  
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Hylocichla ustulata. Swainson's Thrush. BANC PIC 19xx.117:001--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"Island Thrush" --two birds on a branch with leaves and pink fruit. Seascape in background; painted on Tres Marias Islands.
 

Myadestes obscurus. Brown-backed Solitaire. BANC PIC 19xx.117:002--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"Hilgaro or Mexican Nightingale" painted on "Tres Marias Islands, Dec. 1868." One bird is perched on a branch with leaves.
 

Melanotis caerulescens. Blue Mockingbird. BANC PIC 19xx.117:003--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

One bird on a leafy branch against a forest background in muted tones; painted in "Mazatlan."
 

Mimus polyglottus. Mockingbird. BANC PIC 19xx.117:004--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"Socorro Mocking bird -May 21, 1867" --One bird, perched on a branch with leaves and lichens; painted on Socorro Island.
 

Toxostoma redivivum. California Thrasher. BANC PIC 19xx.117:005--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"California Curved Bill Thrush" --One bird on a fruiting and flowering branch of Wild Rose, eating a rose hip.
 

Toxostoma curvirostre.Curve-billed Thrasher. BANC PIC 19xx.117:006--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"Mexican Curved Bill Thrush" --Two perched birds.
 

Pyrocephalus rubinus. Vermilion Flycatcher. BANC PIC 19xx.117:007--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"Redcrested Flycatcher" painted in "Tepic, Dec. 1865"; Two males and a female on a branch with leaves and orange fruit; the female holds an insect in her beak.
 

Platypsaris aglaiae. Rose-throated Becard. BANC PIC 19xx.117:008--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"Rose Throated Flycatcher--Tres Marias Islands, Jan. 1865, Guyécan Tree, iron wood;" Three birds on a branch with lavender flowers.
 

Granatellus venustus francescae. Red breasted Chat. BANC PIC 19xx.117:009--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"Rosybreasted fantail taken on Tres Marias Islands, Jan. 1865." Two males and one female in a yellow-flowered tree, with moth; this bird was named, by S. F. Baird, for A. J. Grayson's wife, Frances Jane Timmons Grayson.
 

Vireo huttoni. Hutton's Vireo. BANC PIC 19xx.117:010--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"Hutton's flycatcher" --early California painting; "Shrub -Calocanthus" --Two birds on flowering branch.
 

Euthlypis lachrymosa. Fan-tailed Warbler. BANC PIC 19xx.117:011--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

Two birds on leafy bough with "Honeymaking Wasp and Nest."
 

Myiarchus cinerascens.Ash-throated Flycatcher. BANC PIC 19xx.117:012--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"Mazatlan -1869" --Two birds on flowering branch, with butterfly.
 

Parula pitiayuma. Olive-backed Warbler. BANC PIC 19xx.117:013--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"Tres Marias Islands--Jan. 1865." --Two birds on a leafy bough.
 

Vireo atricapillus. Black-capped Vireo. BANC PIC 19xx.117:014--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"Solitary Vireo -nat. size" --One female with a large white flower.
 

Vireo olivaceus flavoviridis. Red-eyed Vireo. BANC PIC 19xx.117:015--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"Mazatlan Vireo" --A pair completing their nest on the branch of a bush with pink flowers.
 

Mniotilta varia. Black and white Warbler. BANC PIC 19xx.117:016--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"Mazatlan, Sep. 4, 1868 -Nat. Size" --Two birds on a branch of oak tree; one bird hanging on oak ball.
 

Pipilo erythrothalmus socorroensis. Red-eyed Towhee. BANC PIC 19xx.117:017--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"The Waterfinders -Socorro Towhee" --Two birds on a branch with a yellow flower against the rocky shoreline of Socorro Island; this race originally described by A. J. Grayson in
 

Rhodinocichla rosea. Rose-breasted Thrush-Tanager. BANC PIC 19xx.117:018--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"June 1862" --Three individuals on a branch of a flowering Acacia, feeding on red berries of a vine.
 

Saltator coerulescens. Grayish Saltater. BANC PIC 19xx.117:019--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"Song Finch or Pretty Bird . . . Tepic -Dec. 1865" --One bird with large red poinsetta.
 

Spinus tristis. American Goldfinch. BANC PIC 19xx.117:020--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"Yellow Bird . . . May 1859 . . . Gov. Boggs[form], Napa" One bird with next in a flowering bush.
 

Chlorura chlorura. Green-tailed Towhee. BANC PIC 19xx.117:021--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

Two individuals on a branch of yellow-flowered bush.
 

Pyrrhuloxi sinuata, Pyrrhuloxia. BANC PIC 19xx.117:022--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"Mazatlan -Dec. 25, 1868" --Two birds on a fruiting grass.
 

Guiraca caerulea. Blue Grosbeak. BANC PIC 19xx.117:023--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

Two females on a branch with red fruits.
 

Piranga bidentata. Flame-colored Tanager. BANC PIC 19xx.117:024--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"Island Grosbeak . . . Tres Marias Island . . . Palo Amarillo, in flower -Jan. 1865" --Two birds on a branch with white flowers and a humming bird, hovering above.
 

Piranga rubra. Summer Tanager. BANC PIC 19xx.117:025--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"Crimson Tanager . . . Nat. Size . . . Botany, Chapota Tree" Pair of birds on a pink-flowered branch.
 

Passerina ciris. Painted Bunting. BANC PIC 19xx.117:026--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"Nonpareil . . . Nat. Size . . . Mazatlan, August 29, 1868" --A pair of birds feeding on grass seeds.
 

Cynanthus latirostris lawrencei. Broad-billed Hummingbird. BANC PIC 19xx.117:027--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"Green Hummingbird--Tres Marias, Jan. 1865." --A pair of birds on leafy twigs with their lichen-covered nest.
 

Amazilia rutila. Cinnamon Hummingbird. BANC PIC 19xx.117:028--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"Habitat vicinity of Mazatlan . . . Sep. 1865" --Two birds on a leafy bough with their nest and eggs.
 

Amazilia rutila graysoni. Grayson's Hummingbird. BANC PIC 19xx.117:029--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"From the Tres Marias Islands, Jan. 1865" --Two birds on a branch with blue flowers.
 

Spiza americana. Dickcissel. BANC PIC 19xx.117:030--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

Two birds on a branch bearing green fruits; a small nest of a wasp is suspended from branch.
 

Turdus assimilis. White-throated Robin. BANC PIC 19xx.117:031--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"Merulin --tree, Calabaza" --One bird on the branch of a tree with green fruits.
 

Piaya cayana. Squirrel Cuckoo. BANC PIC 19xx.117:032--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"Red Cuckoo" --Two birds on the leafy branch of a mimosa.
 

Trogon citreolus. Citreolin Trogon. BANC PIC 19xx.117:033--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

Three birds in a shrub bearing beans with red seeds.
 

Trogon elegans. Elegant Trogon. BANC PIC 19xx.117:034--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"Mexican Trogon -Coa . . . Mazatlan, May 16, 1862; tree fruit & flower Guamuché." --Two birds on bush with white flowers and yellow fruits.
 

Catherpes mexicanus. Canon Wren. BANC PIC 19xx.117:035--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"Mexican House Wren -Acapulco in Background." --Two birds; the house is seen through an arch and above the wall of a ruin.
 

Icterus wagleri. Black-vented Oriole. BANC PIC 19xx.117:036--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"Orioles among the coffee, Jauje, near Tepic, Jan. 1866." Three birds; two perched and one in flight against the green leaves and red fruits.
 

Icterus pustulatus. Streak-backed Oriole. BANC PIC 19xx.117:037--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"Mazatlan Oriole . . . about Nat. Size, Nest, Branch & Pod of Tamarind." --A pair of birds in a fruiting branch.
 

Icterus pustulatus graysonii. Grayson's Oriole. BANC PIC 19xx.117:038--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"Golden Oriole -Tres Marias Island, Jan. 1865." --Two birds on leafy branches; third bird in nest.
 

Icterus cucullatus. Hooded Oriole. BANC PIC 19xx.117:039--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"Black Back Oriole" --Two birds on bough with white flowers.
 

Calocitta formosa. Magpie-jay. BANC PIC 19xx.117:040--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"Urraca or Long-tailed Magpie." Two birds perched on yellow-flowered shrub.
 

Cissolopha beecheii. Purplish-backed Jay. BANC PIC 19xx.117:041--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"Mazatlan, May 1862 . . . shrub or tree -guava . . . Hummingbird Moth." Two birds with flowering and fruiting shrub.
 

Cyanocitta stelleri. Steller's Jay. BANC PIC 19xx.117:042--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"Napa -July 1859 (Chestnut Oak)" --Two birds on a fruiting branch.
 

Geococcyx velox. Lesser Road-runner. BANC PIC 19xx.117:043--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

One bird against an austere scenic background.
 

Amazona ochrocephala tresmariae. Tres Marias Yellow-headed Parrot. BANC PIC 19xx.117:044--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

One parrot on a branch with lavender morning glories.
 

Amazona finschi. Red-fronted Parrot. BANC PIC 19xx.117:045--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"Painted from Living Birds . . . Mazatlan, Mexico, October 19, 1864." --Two birds on a shrub with yellow fruits.
 

Amazona albifrons. White-fronted Parrot. BANC PIC 19xx.117:046--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

Two birds on fruiting branch of a legume.
 

Ara militaris. Military Macaw. BANC PIC 19xx.117:047--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"Macaw or Guacamayo." Two birds feeding on fruits of the "Ava."
 

Aratinga holochroa brevipes. Green Parakeet. BANC PIC 19xx.117:048--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"Socorro Island Parakeet --June 1865." Two birds on fruiting branch against austere island scene.
 

Forpus cyanopygius. Blue-rumped Parrot. BANC PIC 19xx.117:049--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"Catalina Parrots . . . the first one is from the Tres Marias Islands and larger than those found upon the main." Five birds perched on a legume with orange flowers and fruits with vermillion beans: one bird attentive to a black and cream butterfly.
 

Crotophaga sulcirostris. Groove-billed Ani. BANC PIC 19xx.117:050--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"Cincoyo -native name" --One bird on a branch with leaves and small yellow fruits.
 

Cassidix mexicanus. Boat-tailed Grackle. BANC PIC 19xx.117:051--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"Mazatlan, Nov. 4, 1868." --Two birds on a branch with leaves and lichen.
 

Columba flavirostris. Red-billed Pigeon. BANC PIC 19xx.117:052--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"Blue or Patagonia pigeon . . . Nat. size, Mazatlan, Sep. 15, 1868" --Individual on a broken branch with leaves and shiny maroon fruits.
 

Zenaida asiatica. White-winged Dove. BANC PIC 19xx.117:053--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"Nat. Size . . . Sep. 23, 1868" --Two birds on a branch with orange fruits.
 

Leptotila verreauxi. White-tipped Dove. BANC PIC 19xx.117:054--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"Ground dove . . . Nat. Size, Mazatlan Sept. 19, 1868" --Two birds on a branch, covered with two varieties of parasitic plant and a twining vine.
 

Zenaidura graysoni. Socorro Dove. BANC PIC 19xx.117:055--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"The Solitary Dove --Life Size. First Discovered by Eddie [Edward B.] Grayson, Socorro Island, May 20, 1867" --Individual on a dead branch against a sombre shoreline; named for Edward B. Grayson, son of A. J. Grayson who was murdered on the return from a field trip to Socorro Island.
 

Columbigallina passerina. Ground Dove. BANC PIC 19xx.117:056--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"Nat. Size Mazatlan. Sep. 1868" --Three birds on a branch with lichen.
 

Cyrtonyx montezumae. Harlequin Quail. BANC PIC 19xx.117:057--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"Massena Partridge . . . Nat. size, Guadalajara, May 1866" Three birds with grass and low herbs against a background of hills with sparse vegetation.
 

Lophortyx douglasii. Elegant Quail. BANC PIC 19xx.117:058--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"Sinaloa Quails . . . plant 'Hocuistle' Mex . . . Rio Mazatlan Jan. 1867"
 

Lophortyx gambelii. Gambel's Quail. BANC PIC 19xx.117:059--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"Sonora Quail . . . Colorado & Gila Rivers [Jan. 1859] Male, Female & Young. Scene on Gila River" --The pair and their ten young are shown in a desert river landscape, with a "cholla" cactus in the immediate background.
 

Colinus virginianus graysoni. Grayson's Bobwhite. BANC PIC 19xx.117:060--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"Red Breasted Quail. About Nat. Size Guadalajara, May 1868" --Two birds in a semi-finished landscape; a small village is rendered.
 

Ortalis wagleri. Rufous-bellied Chachalaca. BANC PIC 19xx.117:061--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"Wisco . . . Indian Name" --One bird on a branch.
 

Penelope purpurascens. Crested Guan. BANC PIC 19xx.117:062--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"Faisan in Mex. Lang. . . . Drawn from a living bird . . . Mazatlan Oct. 28, 1864" --One bird on the limb of a yellow-fruited tree, with lichens and hanging moss.
 

Megacerle torquata. Ringed Kingfisher. BANC PIC 19xx.117:063--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"Kingfisher's Haunt. Nat. Size" --One bird eating a fish on a broken limb, covered with lichen; the scene is that of a lush jungle river and is fully rendered; in the background, on another branch, sits a Snake Bird.
 

Ixobrychus exilis. Least Bittern. October 1, 1868 BANC PIC 19xx.117:064--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"Little Bitterns . . . nat. Size. Mazatlan --Oct. 1, 1868" Three birds on an old lichen-covered branch with a white-flowered plant behind them and a jungle background.
 

Larus sp. BANC PIC 19xx.117:065--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

Bird appears to be completely rendered; the background is slightly indicated in pencil.
 

Sterna sp. BANC PIC 19xx.117:066--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"Pearly Tern" --One bird on a rocky shore; rocks and sky finished in detail.
 

Corvus ossifragus imparatus. Fish Crow. BANC PIC 19xx.117:067--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"Little Mexican Crow . . . Mazatlan Oct. 28, 1868" --One bird sits in a legume with pods and orange flowers.
 

Sarcoramphus papa. King Vulture. BANC PIC 19xx.117:068--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"Mazatlans Jan. 27, 1869" --Bird stands on a rocky cliff overlooking a jungle river.
 

Gallinula chloropus. Common Gallinule BANC PIC 19xx.117:069--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

One adult and two chicks stand on the grassy bank of a lagoon with a tropical jungle scene as background; three adult Gallinules are in the water.
 

Jacana spinosa. Jacana. BANC PIC 19xx.117:070--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"Lagoon Bird Mazatlan 1861" --Two adults, one in the water and one on a waterlily leaf; the opposite bank with jungle vegetation is shown.
 

Colymbus dominicus. Least Grebe. BANC PIC 19xx.117:071--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

Two adults and nest with four white eggs, under a large Calla Lily; a jungle scene is depicted in the background.
 

Centurus chrysogenys. Golden-cheeked Woodpecker. BANC PIC 19xx.117:072--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"Cactus woodpecker . . . Nat. Size, Mazatlan 1868" --A pair of birds with three young at nesting hole in cactus; one adult offers young bird an insect.
 

Dichromanassa rufescens. Reddish Egret. BANC PIC 19xx.117:073--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"Red Headed Heron" --One bird walking on the shore.
 

Micrathene whitneyi. Elf Owl. BANC PIC 19xx.117:074--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"Socorro Island Owl. The Least Owl. Nat Size" --Two birds on a branch with yellow flowers and green fruits.
 

Aramides axillaris. Rufous-necked Wood-rail. BANC PIC 19xx.117:075--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"Mangrove Rail --in a Mangrove Swamp" --One bird on shore of a lagoon bordered by mangrove.
 

Oporornis tolmiei. MacGillivray's Warbler. BANC PIC 19xx.117:076--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"Blue-Headed Warbler . . . 1859 . . . Napa, Calif." --Pair of birds with nest; wild strawberry in fruit and flowering Clarkia.
 

Spinus psaltria. Lesser Goldfinch. BANC PIC 19xx.117:077--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"Lawrence's Goldfinch . . . Hot Springs. [Calistoga]. Napa June 1859" --Two males and a female shown with a lavender Brodiaea and a pink Godetia.
 

Vireo gilvus. Warbling Vireo. BANC PIC 19xx.117:078--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"Napa Valley -May 1859 -Boggs Ranch" --Pair of birds on leafy twigs, with their lichen-covered nest.
 

Pitangus sulphuratus. Kiskadee Flycatcher. BANC PIC 19xx.117:079--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"Bull-Headed Flycatcher . . . Male, Female and Nest. Nat. Size . . . Mazatlan, Aug. 1868" --Nest in a leafy thorn tree; lichens stuck on nest.
 

Vireo solitarius. Solitary Vireo. BANC PIC 19xx.117:080--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"Blue-Headed Flycatcher . . . Hot Springs, Calif. --July 1859" --Two birds on Oak twigs.
 

Polioptila nigriceps. Black-capped Gnatcatcher. </emph> BANC PIC 19xx.117:081--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"Black-Headed Titmouse . . . Male, Female & Nest" --Birds in a pink-flowered tree with lichen-covered nest containing two eggs.
 

Sporophila torqueola. White-collared Seedeater. BANC PIC 19xx.117:082--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"Little Gros-beak finch . . . Nat. Size" --Pair of birds in a leafy bush, with nest containing two eggs.
 

Melozone kieneri. Rusty-crowned Ground-Sparrow. BANC PIC 19xx.117:083--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"Chestnut Headed Sparrow . . . 'Chilipequia'" --Two birds on herbaceous plant with white flowers and red fruits.
 

Thryomanes bewickii. Bewick Wren. BANC PIC 19xx.117:084--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"Long-Tailed Wren, Guadalajara" -Two birds perched on grass beside a cactus.
 

Thrvothorus sinaloa. Bar-vented Wren. BANC PIC 19xx.117:085--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"Sinaloa Wren" --Two birds with their nest in a branch of Acacia; landscape with village in background is unfinished.
 

Thryomanes sissonii. Socorro Wren. BANC PIC 19xx.117:086--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

Two birds on a branch with a few leaves; this species was described by A. J. Grayson for his friend and the then U. S. Consul, Isaac Sisson.
 

Thryothorus felix. Happy Wren. BANC PIC 19xx.117:087--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"Tres Marias islands Wren . . . Nat. Size, Mazatlan Oct. 19, 1868" --Two birds on a mossy fallen branch.
 

Troglodytes aëdon. House Wren. BANC PIC 19xx.117:088--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"Western Wren . . . Amole or Soap Root . . . Hot Springs, Napa, July 1859." One bird perched on the flowering plant, shown with root exposed and in section as is usual in botanical drawings of the period.
 

Iridoprocne albilinea. Mangrove Swallow. BANC PIC 19xx.117:089--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"Mazatlan Swallow . . . Nat. Size. Oct. 27th, 1868" --Three birds and nest hole on fence against a partly finished jungle background.
 

Tityra semifasciata. Masked Tityra. BANC PIC 19xx.117:090--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"Western Thick Bill. Life Size" --Pair on the branch of a tree bearing lavender flowers against a jungle river background.
 

Scardafella inca. Inca Dove. BANC PIC 19xx.117:091--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"Little Sand Dove . . . Nat. Size. Mazatlan Oct. 4" --Two doves on the leafy branch of a tree; two more sit on a stump in the background against a jungle shore scene with two huts.
 

Contopus richardsonii. Western Wood Pewee. BANC PIC 19xx.117:092--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"Short-Legged Pewee, Flycatcher . . . Tree Ash . . . Hot Springs, Napa Co., July 1859" --Two birds on a flowering branch; the female is in her lichen covered nest.
 

Empidonax difficilis. Western Flycatcher. BANC PIC 19xx.117:093--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"Yellow-Bellied Flycatcher . . . Cal. Maple . . . Hot Springs, Napa -July 1859" --Two birds perched on a fruiting branch.
 

Crypturellus cinnamomeus. Refescent Tinamou. BANC PIC 19xx.117:094--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

Two birds walking on a shore with a jungle background.
 

Phloeoceastes guatemalensis. Pale-billed Woodpecker. BANC PIC 19xx.117:095--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"Imperial Woodpecker . . . Mazatlan, May 15, 1862" --Three females feeding on a branch covered with lichen.
 

Aratinga canicularis. Orange-fronted Parakeet. BANC PIC 19xx.117:096--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

Three birds in a legume bearing pods and vermilion flowers.
 

Molothrus ater. Brown-headed Cowbird. BANC PIC 19xx.117:097--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"Nat. Size, Mazatlan, Nov. 11, 1868" --Two adults with juvenile bird.
 

Tangavious aeneus. Bronzed Cowbird. BANC PIC 19xx.117:098--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"Red-Eyed Cow Bird . . . Nat. Size, Mazatlan, Dec. 4, 1868" Pair of birds with young on branch of tree with red fruit.
 

Cassiculus melanicterus. Yellow-Winged Cacique. BANC PIC 19xx.117:099--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"Double Crested Oriole. Mex. Name . . . Chang-a-lang-Ding . . . Nov. 4, 1864 . . . Nest . . . branch of Mimosa" --Three birds and two nests; one bird is poking its head out of a nest.
 

Turdus rufo-palliatus gransonii. Rufous-backed Robin. BANC PIC 19xx.117:100--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"Tree-Amapa . . . Western Mexican Robin" --Two birds in a tree.
 

Icterus bullockii. Bullock's Oriole. BANC PIC 19xx.117:101--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"White Oak. Hot Springs. Napa, June 1859" --Two adults on branches and young bird clinging to rear of nest.
 

Parus inornatus.mPlain Titmouse. BANC PIC 19xx.117:102--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

Four birds on fruiting branch, one in nest hole.
 

Icteria virens. Yellow-breasted Chat. BANC PIC 19xx.117:103--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"Mexican or Long-Tail Chat . . . The Plant and Bird from Dona Josefa Y Cardoza's Garden, Tepic" --Two birds are perching on a Bird of Paradise.
 

Pheucticus chrysopeplus. Yellow Grosbeak. BANC PIC 19xx.117:104--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"Mexican Grosbeak . . . flower -Clavellina . . . Mazatlan --Mexico, 1867" --Two birds on a branch with pink flowers and red leaves.
 

Pheucticus melanocephalus. Black-headed Grosbeak. BANC PIC 19xx.117:105--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"Laurel . . . Hot Springs, Napa -June 1859" --Two adults with two young on a branch; female offers one of the young an insect.
 

Richmondena cardinalis. Cardinal. BANC PIC 19xx.117:106--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"Dec. 26, 1868. Mazatlan" --A pair of birds on a branch with yellow flowers.
 

Saltator coerulescens. Grayish Saltator. BANC PIC 19xx.117:107--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"The shrub is common along the banks of brooks and rivers in Sinaloa" --One individual on a branch with red flowers.
 

Dendroica petechia. Yellow Warbler. BANC PIC 19xx.117:108--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"Red Headed Warbler . . . Mazatlan, Sep. 9, 1864" A pair of birds perches on a branch with pink flowers; an insect flies above them.
 

Mitrephanes phaeocercus. Tufted Flycatcher. BANC PIC 19xx.117:109--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

Nat. Size, Mazatlan, Sept. 2, 1868" --The bird is perched on a twig with tree leaves.
 

Tyrannus verticalis. Western Kingbird. BANC PIC 19xx.117:110--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"Arkansas Flycatcher . . . Hot Springs, Napa --July 1859" --Two birds--one with an insect--in a Godetia plant.
 

Tyrranus crassirostris. Thick-billed Kingbird. BANC PIC 19xx.117:111--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"Great Mexican Tyrant Flycatcher" --Two birds on a lichen covered branch against the background of a Mexican town; one bird has a beetle in his beak.
 

Elainea viridicata. Greenish Elainia. BANC PIC 19xx.117:112--ffALB

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"Golden Crowned Flycatcher . . . Tres Marias, Jan. 1865" --Two birds on a leafy bough.
 

Momotus mexicanus. Russet-crowned Motmot. BANC PIC 19xx.117:113--ffALB

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"Tehuantepec, Mexico, June 1857" --Two individuals perched on a branch.
 

Muscivora forficata.Scissor-tailed Flycatcher. BANC PIC 19xx.117:114--ffALB

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"Tehuantepec, Mexico Sep. 1857" --Two birds on a branch with lichen; one is trying to catch an insect.
 

Coccyzus americanus. Yellow-billed Cuckoo. BANC PIC 19xx.117:115--ffALB

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"Mazatlan, Jan. 7, 1869" --Two brids on a branch with orange fruits.
 

Aphelocoma coerulescens. Scrub Jay. BANC PIC 19xx.117:116--ffALB

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"California Jay" --Two birds in a tree; one holds a broken egg in his beak.
 

Chloroceryle amazona. Amazon Kingfisher. BANC PIC 19xx.117:117--ffALB

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"Glossy Green Kingfisher . . . Rio Mazatlan" --a bird sits on a mossy branch against a jungle river scene; a calla lily and grass bloom in the foreground.
 

Chloroceryle americana. Green Kingfisher. BANC PIC 19xx.117:118--ffALB

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"Smallest Kingfisher" --Two individuals in a rich jungle setting.
 

Tigrisoma mexicana. Tiger Bittern. BANC PIC 19xx.117:119--ffALB

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Two birds are perched on branches covered with lichen beside a jungle river; blue waterlilies are shown and a little green frog on one pad.
 

Larus sp. BANC PIC 19xx.117:120--ffALB

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"Red Mouth Gull . . . Mazatlan, Jan. 1, 1869" --One bird with seashore scene.
 

Phaethon aetherus. red-billed Tropic bird. BANC PIC 19xx.117:121--ffALB

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"Western or Pacific Tropic Bird . . . Mazatlan. Sep. 1865" --One bird against sea-scape with a schooner sailing on the skyline.
 

Xiphorynchus flavigaster. Ivory-billed Woodcreeper. BANC PIC 19xx.117:122--ffALB

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"The Great Mexican Creeper . . . Nat. Size Mazatlan, Oct. 27, 1865" Two birds with nest hole in a decayed tree which is draped with a vine.
 

Phloeoceastes guatemalensis. Pale-billed Woodpecker. BANC PIC 19xx.117:123--ffALB

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Three males on a branch covered with lichen.
 

Centurus uropygialis. Gila Woodpecker. BANC PIC 19xx.117:124--ffALB

Scope and Content Note

"Mazatlan, May 1865" --Three birds on a branch covered with lichen; one watches an insect.
 

Dendrocopus scalaris. Ladder-backed Woodpecker. BANC PIC 19xx.117:125--ffALB

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"Tres Marias, Jan. 1865" --Three birds on branches covered with lichen and blue morning glories.
 

Cochlearius cochlearius. Boat-billed Heron. BANC PIC 19xx.117:126--ffALB

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"Floating Water Plants" --Individual on a lichen-covered branch beside a river; an Anhinga sits on a branch in the background while an alligator suns himself on the bank.
 

Nyctanassa violacea. Yellow-crowned Night Heron. BANC PIC 19xx.117:127--ffALB

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"Scene on the Estero, Mazatlan, Oct. 7, 1866" --Two brids perch on a branch beside a mangrove bordered stream; two men are in the background in a canoe and an Anhinga is shown on a mangrove root.
 

Anhinga anhinga. Anhinga. BANC PIC 19xx.117:128--ffALB

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"Snake Bird . . . Scene on Rio Mazatlan, Mazatlan, Oct. 13, 1868" One individual is shown on a river bank against a fully rendered scene; a second bird has his neck out of the water and is swallowing a fish.
 

Strix sp. BANC PIC 19xx.117:129--ffALB

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"Aug. 1867" --One bird is on the branch of a tree with a yellow-flowered vine; he holds a captured rodent and a second rodent escapes into a nest hole; the background is a jungle scene.
 

Chordeiles acutipennis.Lesser Nighthawk. BANC PIC 19xx.117:130--ffALB

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"Mazatlan, Sept. 5, 1868" --Two birds on a moss-covered branch.
 

Falco peregrinus. Peregrine Falcon. BANC PIC 19xx.117:131--ffALB

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"About Nat. Size, 1857" --One individual stands on the edge of a cliff with a seascape background.
 

Falco femoralis. Aplomado Falcon. BANC PIC 19xx.117:132--ffALB

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"1867 . . . About Nat. Size" --One bird shown on a broken branch with twining lavender morning-glories.
 

Falco albigularis. Bat Falcon. BANC PIC 19xx.117:133--ffALB

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"Least Falcon . . . Nat. Size" --Two birds shown with one holding a captured parakeet.
 

Geranospiza nigra. Blackish Crane-Hawk. BANC PIC 19xx.117:134--ffALB

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"Orange-Legged Hawk" --Individual on a branch of mimosa holding a captured frog.
 

Buteo sp. BANC PIC 19xx.117:135--ffALB

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"Eagle Hawk . . . Aug. 1867" --One bird perched on a branch.
 

Busarellus nigricollis. Black-Collared Hawk. BANC PIC 19xx.117:136--ffALB

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"White-Headed Red Hawk . . . Little less than Natural Size . . ." One bird on a branch overlooking a river scene with two jackals, two women, and cattle.
 

Buteo sp. BANC PIC 19xx.117:137--ffALB

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"Western Black Hawk" --An individual on a branch has a captured rodent in one claw.
 

Micrastur simitorquatus. Collared Forest-Falcon. BANC PIC 19xx.117:138--ffALB

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"Longtail Hawk . . . Mazatlan, Nov. 1864.
 

Caracara cheriway. Caracara. BANC PIC 19xx.117:139--ffALB

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Individual standing on one foot on a cactus.
 

Accipiter cooperii. Cooper's Hawk. BANC PIC 19xx.117:140--ffALB

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"Mazatlan, Jan. 8, 1869" --Single bird on a limb.
 

Accipiter cooperii. Cooper's Hawk. BANC PIC 19xx.117:141--ffALB

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The bird is shown on the the ground among grass and herbs with a captured quail.
 

Buteo nitidus. Gray Hawk. BANC PIC 19xx.117:142--ffALB

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"Shot Rio Mazatlan at Barone, Mazatlan Sept. 1865" --One individual on a dead branch.
 

Herpetotheres cachinnans. Laughing Falcon. BANC PIC 19xx.117:143--ffALB

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"Guaco Hawk" --Two birds are on a leafy branch; one holds a lizard.
 

Hypomorphnus urubitinga. Great Black Hawk. BANC PIC 19xx.117:144--ffALB

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One individual is on a dead branch.
 

Oxyura dominica. Masked Duck. BANC PIC 19xx.117:145--ffALB

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Two birds are shown--one standing on a rock and the other swimming--in a river setting, with a flowering grass beside them and a native Mexican village in the background.
 

Dendrocygna autumnalis. Black-bellied Tree-duck. BANC PIC 19xx.117:146--ffALB

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"Pichichine . . . Mazatlan, Dec. 8, 1868" --Two birds feeding on native corn.
 

Dendrocygna bicolor. Fulvous Tree-Duck. BANC PIC 19xx.117:147--ffALB

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"Long Legged Blue Bill Duck" --Two birds on a mossy log at water's edge with grass and a blue-flowered waterlily beside them; a little frog sits on the lily pad.
 

Attila spadiceus. Bright-rumped Attila. BANC PIC 19xx.117:148--ffALB

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Two birds are perched on twigs; the painting is unfinished except for the birds.
 

Tyrannus melancholicus. Tropical Kingbird. BANC PIC 19xx.117:149--ffALB

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"Mexican Tyrant Flycatcher . . . Mazatlan, Dec. 1868" --Two birds are shown, one is perched on a branch and the other is in flight chasing an insect.
 

Myiozetetes similis. Vermilion-crowned Flycatcher. BANC PIC 19xx.117:150--ffALB

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One bird sitting on a branch.
 

Passerina versicolor. Varied Bunting. BANC PIC 19xx.117:151--ffALB

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A pair of birds are shown on separate twigs; background is unfinished.
 

Myiarchus cinerascens. Ash-throated Flycatcher. BANC PIC 19xx.117:152--ffALB

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Two birds shown on branches against an unfinished background.
 

Glaucidium brasilianum. Ferruginus Pygmy-owl. BANC PIC 19xx.117:153--ffALB

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"Least Owl. Picar metate in Mex. Lang . . . Mazatlan Sep. 11, 1868" A single bird sits on a mossy branch.
 

Accipiter sp. BANC PIC 19xx.117:154--ffALB

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A single bird is on a branch; background is unfinished.
 

Oreortyx picta. Mountain Quail. BANC PIC 19xx.117:155--ffALB

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A pair with six young is shown against California mountains, probably in upper Napa Valley near Calistoga.
 

Anas creeca. White Green-wing Teal. 1857 BANC PIC 19xx.117:156--ffALB

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