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April 1, bulk arrived;' February 20, 1885, ten birds; 

 next seen February 23; common March 27. Very com- 

 mon; breeds. 



Seattle. 0. B. Johnson. March 14, 1884. 



Cooper, 1860. Abundant. A few remain all the year 

 in the Territory. 



British Columbia. John Fannin. Common sum- 

 mer resident. 



Henshaw, 1879. A single individual taken at the 

 Dalles in October, the first record at any point along 

 the eastern slope. 



Burrard Inlet. John Fannin. April 29, 1885, first; 

 May 10, next; May 16, common. Very common in 

 breeding season. 



Willamette Valley. 0. B. Johnson. Common sum- 

 mer resident. 



145. Carpodacus cassini Baird. CASSIN'S PURPLE 

 FINCH. 



Calaveras, Alpine, Placer, Nevada, Sierra and Butte 

 counties, common in breeding season from 4,700 feet 

 altitude upward; not collected on the west slope in winter 

 nor reported from Mt. Whitney by Mr. Henshaw in 

 autumn, by Mr. Stephens in San Bernardino Mountains 

 at any time, nor by Mr. Emerson in the Volcan Mount- 

 ains, altitude 6,000 feet, in the severe winter of 1883-4. 

 Xantus found it at Fort Tejon. I found a nock of about 

 a hundred all in female plumage, though some were 

 males, in mountains near Tehachapi, March 29, 1889. 

 L. B. 



Ridgway. Near Carson, first observed March 21; they 

 continued to increase in abundance until about the mid- 

 dle of April; eastern slope of Ruby Mountains, quite 

 abundant on several occasions. 



Henshaw, 1879. Abundant summer inhabitant in the 



