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Portland. M. F. Spencer. February 19, 1884, first 

 song heard. 



Willamette Valley. 0. B. Johnson. Constant resi- 

 dent, less common in winter. 



Central California. L. B. Abundant resident below 

 the fir forests; rare in them, in summer only. 



Berkeley. T. S. Palmer. Abundant resident. 



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

 Common resident. 



Henshaw, 1879. Found in the fertile valleys and on 

 the plains. 



San Bernardino. F. Stephens. Common resident 

 of the valley; abundant winter visitant of the same; 

 Agua Caliente, several, probably wintering. Seen from 

 March 18 to April 15, 1888. 



Volcan Mountains. W. 0. Emerson. Seen but once. 

 Santa Isabel, common and singing at all times. 



Poway. F. E. Blaisdell. Common resident; begins 

 to breed in March. 



San Diego. L. B. Abundant resident; nesting 

 March 15. One of the few really abundant species of 

 the agricultural districts of California and apparently 

 so of the most of those of the entire Pacific coast. 



Henshaw, 1879. Very numerous throughout this 

 whole region. 



Camp Hariiey. Bendire. A very abundant summer 

 visitor, breeding everywhere in low lands as well as in 

 the. highest mountain meadows. About Camp Harney 

 they raise two or three broods in a season. 



Ridgway. A generally distributed species; it is much 

 less common in the mountains, however, than in the 

 lower valleys. Carson, abundant in winter, in sage 

 brush and fields. 



Hoffman. The grassy valleys are the usual resort, 

 although the adjacent prairies are also visited, especially 



