BIRDS OF THE PACIFIC DISTRICT. 61 



Cooper, 1870. Santa Clara Valley, May 24, 1864, nest 

 containing young. 



Alameda and Contra Costa counties. \V. E. Bryant. 

 Rare resident. 



Berkeley. T. S. Palmer. Rare visitant. December 

 22, 1885, one female, again seen on April 14 and May 

 31, 1885. 



Central California. L. B. Rare in the fir forests at 

 all times; more common in foothills and valleys; com- 

 mon in breeding season in willow thickets of the Sacra- 

 mento Valley at several points, perhaps generally so. 



Newberry. Very common in northern California and 

 Oregon. 



Willamette Valley. 0. B. Johnson. Abundant; nest- 

 ing in tops of dead willows. 



Cooper, 1860. Always found among the oaks, maple 

 and alders. 



Suckley, 1860. Extremely common on the lower 

 Columbia, especially among the willow trees. 



British Columbia. John Fannin. Common resident. 



Henshaw, 1879. Along the eastern slope as every- 

 where throughout the middle region, this is a rare 

 species and but a single individual was seen. 



Camp Harney. Bendire. Only met in the John Day 

 River Valley, Oregon, and it appears to be rare there. 



Ridgway. Unaccountably rare in all portions of the 

 country, even where its larger cousin, D. harrisii, 

 abounded; indeed it was seen at only two localities along 

 the entire route (specimens taken at upper Humboldt 

 Valley). 



68. Dryobates scalaris bairdi (Scl.) BAIRD'S WOOD- 

 PECKER. 



Heermann. Abounding in the woods about Fort 

 Yuma. 



