BIRDS OF THE PACIFIC DISTRICT. 27 



insect; even the egg-sucking magpies and blue jays be- 

 came more than useful, and this continued throughout 

 the most of the summer. 



Willamette Valley. 0. B. Johnson. Common dur- 

 ing summer. 



Beaverton, Or. A. W. Anthony. March 22, 1885, 

 first seen; next seen April 15; rare. 



Cooper, 1860. Very abundant in all parts of the 

 Territory I have visited. They arrived at Puget Sound 

 about the middle of May and flocks could be seen daily 

 about the carcasses of sheep. 



British Columbia. John Fannin. Tolerably com- 

 mon. 



Henshaw, 1879. Generally distributed. In some lo- 

 calities as near Honey Lake, California, very numerous. 



Camp Harney. Bendire. Moderately common dur- 

 ing the summer months and breeding in this vicinity. 

 They arrive here early in April and I saw one on the 

 27th of November after a fall of snow. 



Hoffman. Arrives in the middle regions about the 

 second or third week in March, after which time it was 

 was common. Was also observed in the Colorado Valley 

 from Fort Mojave northward. 



Agua Caliente. F. Stephens. March 25, rather 

 common. Abundant March 18, 1886, and seen often 

 after up to the day of leaving (April 15). 



Ridgway. In the interior it was abundant through- 

 out the summer when it was found in. nearly all locali- 

 ties, but during the winter months they seemed to have 

 retired to the southward, none having been seen in the 

 latitude of Carson earlier than the middle of March. 



23. Elanus leucurus (Vieill.) WHITE-TAILED KITE. 



Ventura County. B. W. Evermann. A rare resi- 

 dent. I obtained a full set of eggs April 12. (Auk > 

 vol. iii, 1886.) 



