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distributed along the Pacific coast than is generally supposed. I 

 collected a specimen at Tacoma on May 8, 1907, that was identified 

 by Mr. Oberholser. Concerning this bird my notes say: "I saw 

 eight of them during the day." Before and since that date I have 

 seen a few birds every season — spring and fall — that I am posi- 

 tive were this species, their duller coloration making them almost 

 conspicuous among the brighter V. c. lutcscens. 



Lutescent Warbler (Vermivora celata lutescens). — Recorded 

 as breeding in southern California only in the mountains. 



This warbler is a rather abundant summer resident at Santa 

 Barbara, where I have found the nest only two miles back from the 

 ocean, the elevation being less than 400 feet. It is less numerous 

 during the winter months. 



Sierra Creeper (Ccrthia familiaris zclotcs). — Not recorded 

 in the Check-List from north of Oregon. 



This subspecies is a not uncommon summer resident in northern 

 Washington east of the Cascades, a breeding specimen taken by 

 Mr. Dawson and myself being identified by Mr. Oberholser. It 

 is to be found in the vicinity of Lake Chelan at the mountain end, 

 and in the northeastern part of the State along the Pend d'Oreille 

 River. 



Creeper (Ccrthia familiaris, subsp.). — The Check-List does 

 not mention any form of creeper as occurring on the coast of south- 

 ern California. 



For the present record I am indebted to Mr. Watson Snyder, who 

 located one of these birds for me here at Santa Barbara, and which 

 we collected on January 5, 1911. 



Mr. Oberholser informs me that the specimen is not precisely 

 referable to any of the specimens in the National Museum, although 

 more closely approaching the Sierra Creeper (Ccrthia familiaris 

 zclotcs) than any other. It was taken in a clump of live-oaks close 

 to the town, at an altitude of about 700 feet. 



Slender-billed Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis aculeata). — 

 Recorded in the Check-List only in "Pacific coast region." S. c. 

 nclsoni is the form given in the Check-List as occurring from the 

 eastern base of the Cascades eastward. This is very possibly the 

 case as regards central and southern Washington, but I do not 

 believe it to apply to the northern part of the State. In the 



