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San Bernardino Mountains. F. Stephens. Rare; 

 foothills, less rare; common in the valleys where it 

 breeds. Agua Caliente, San Diego County, west end of 

 Colorado desert, several seen; probably resident in small 

 numbers. 



Henshaw, 1876. Found in southern California with- 

 out reference to special locality, being common both in 

 the mountains and low districts. 



Santa Cruz. Joseph Skirm. Common; after breed- 

 ing it frequents orchards and feeds on fruit. A clutch 

 of eggs is five or six, rarely seven. 



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

 Common resident. 



Central California. L. B. Very common resident 

 and generally distributed. 



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

 ing commonly. 



Beaverton. A. W. Anthony. Common resident; 

 slight increase in numbers March 1, 1884. 



Cooper, 1860. Constant resident in Washington Ter- 

 ritory, at least west of the Cascades. 



Suckley, 1860. Extremely common in the timbered 

 districts of Washington Territory. 



British Columbia. John Fannin. Abundant resi- 

 dent. 



Henshaw, 1879. An abundant, widely distributed 

 species. The birds of the eastern slope appear to be 

 typical mexicanus and I have never seen a specimen 

 from this region showing intermediate characters. 



Camp Harney. Bendire. Very common, arriving the 

 latter part of March. 



Hoffman. Common. 



Ridgway. Being the most abundant and generally 

 distributed of the woodpeckers, this species was found in 

 all wooded localities. 



