BIRDS OF THE PACIFIC DISTRICT. 29 



San Bernardino Valley. F. Stephens. Tolerably 

 common resident. 



Agua Caliente, San Diego County. F. Stephens. 

 One was observed on each of the following days: March 

 18, April 3 and April 8, 1888. 



Henshaw, 1876. Very numerous in California; resi- 

 dent in the southern part. 



Cooper, 1870. One of the most abundant hawks 

 throughout the unwooded country and about every 

 marsh, even in the dense forest. 



Alameda and Contra Costa counties. W. E. Bryant. 

 Rare, resident (?) 



Central California. L. B. Common resident in the 

 valleys; rare summer resident of the mountain mead- 

 ows. 



Willamette Valley. 0. B. Johnson. Moderately com- 

 mon; breeding. 



Fort Klamath. Lieut. Wittich. Abundant. 

 Cooper, 1860. Abundant throughout the open dis- 

 tricts of the Territory, especially in winter, and it breeds 

 there. 



British Columbia. John Fannin. A common sum- 

 mer resident. 



Henshaw, 1879. Very numerous in every suitable 

 locality. 



Camp Harney. Bendire. Moderately abundant and 

 a few resident. 



Ridgway. No marsh of any extent was visited, either 

 in winter or in summer, where this hawk could not be 

 seen at almost any time during the day skimming over 

 the tules in search of its prey. 



Newberry. Rather common in the Sacramento val- 

 ley, and abundant beyond all parallel on the plains of 

 Pit River. 



