SMALL TllllUSllliS OF CALIFORNL\. 69 



Poway, San Diego County. May 1, 1885, first seen, one 

 individual; May 2, two seen; is common and breeds here. 

 F. E. Blaisdell. 



Foot of Volcan Mountains. April 2, 1884, two seen. 

 W. O. Emerson. 



San Bernardino. A somewhat common summer resident 

 of the valley. F. Stephens. 



Santa Cruz. Common; nesting about May 15; eggs from 

 three to four, the latter number the most I have found in 

 any one of about one hundred and fifty nests. Joseph Skirm. 



San Jose. April 25, 1881, four seen for the first time. 

 A. L. Parkhurst. 



Hay wards April 12, 1885, first seen; common April 18. 

 W. O. Emerson. 



Berkeley. First seen April 23, 18S5, one bird; next seen 

 April 25; common on April 27; began to sing May 2; breeds 

 here. T. S. Palmer. 



Olema. May 7, 1884, first seen. A. M. Ingersoll. 



Nicasio. April 23, first seen. Clias. A. Allen. 



Chico. May 7, 1884, first seen. May 1, 1885, first seen; 

 became common from the first to the sixth of this month. 

 "William Proud. 



Sebastopol. April 27, 1885, first seen; next seen April 

 29; common April 30; breeds here. F. H. Holmes. 



Fort Klamath, Oregon. Dr. J. C. Merrill, Auk, October, 

 1888, p. 365, says: "It arrived at Fort Klamath, Oregon, 

 about May 20, a few nesting about the Fort and in suitable 

 situations in the mountains near the Fort." 



Fort Walla Walla, W. T. May 20, 1885, first seen, four 

 birds; next seen June 2; by -June 10 it was common. It is 

 somewhat common here in breeding time. Dr. J. W. Wil- 

 liams, U. S. A. 



Mr. Nelson, in Proc. Boston Soc. of Nat. Hist., Vol. XVII, 

 p. 355, mentions having seen it at or near Nevada City, Cal., 

 as late as November — an error, I am sure, the November 

 birds having been probably the dwarf thrush, which I think 



