BIRDS OF THE PACIFIC DISTRICT. 57 



62. Coccyzus americanus occidentalis Ridgw. CALI- 

 FORNIA CUCKOO. 



Poway. F. E. Blaisdell. Once seen in 1875 and 



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once in 1876. 



San Jose. A. L. Parkhurst. June 6, 188P 

 and heard. 



Oakland. W. E. Bryant. One specimen 

 by Charles N. Comstock. 



Sebastopol. F. H. Holmes. Shot here August 

 1884; seen June 13, 1885. Very rare. 



Cooper, 1870. While stationed at Sacramento, in 

 1865, I found these birds quite common in the large 

 cottonwood trees about the city from about May 1 to 

 September 1. In the summer of 1862 Mr. Gruber ob- 

 tained two specimens, shot in Napa Valley. 



Ridgway At Sacramento City its well-known notes 

 were heard on more than one occasion in June, among 

 the oak groves in the outskirts of the city, while across 

 the Sierra Nevada, several individuals were seen in July 

 in the wooded valley of the Lower Truckee. 



L. B. Marysville, June, 1878, common in the willow 

 and poplar thickets. July 7, 1884, two juveniles just 

 out of nest. 



Marysville. W. F. Peacock. May 19, 1884, first; 

 June 6 next seen; tolerably common; breeds. First seen 

 May 1, 1885; common May 8. 



Chico. Win. Proud. June 4, 1884, first seen; usually 

 very rare here. 



Willamette Valley. 0. B. Johnson. Rare; two speci- 

 mens killed in this vicinity. 



Bendire. Keeny's Ferry, Oregon side of Snake River, 

 August 2, 1876, a nest containing half grown young 

 birds. 



Kamloops, B. C. John Fannin. G. americanus found 

 nesting. 



