134 CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 



L. B. No doubt abundant i n all the principal agricultur- 

 al districts of California; winters at Murphys, Colfax and 

 head of Sacramento Valley, not breeding in the Sierra 

 on the west slope much above 3,000 feet, but much higher 

 in summer on the east slope. In ascending the west slope 

 of the Sierra Nevada in Central California in summer, 

 the three species are found occupying separate belts, C. 

 m. frontalis the lower, C. purpureus californicus inter- 

 mediate, and C. cassini the upper belt, but meeting 

 californicus on its lower range; the lower species be- 

 ing the smallest, the higher the largest. 



Henshaw, 1879. Not observed much farther north 

 than Honey Lake, northern California. An abundant 

 species wherever found. 



Camp Harney. Bendire. April 8, 1876, a single 

 specimen. 



Ridgway. Carson, May 13, 1868, first seen. Although 

 chiefly a bird of the lower valleys, sometimes found in 

 the lower canons of the mountains, Sacramento, Truckee 

 Valley, Pyramid Lake, West Humboldt Range, etc. 



Hoffman. Rather common and generally distributed 

 over the northern half of the region under considera- 

 tion; Spring Mountain near the Old Spanish Trail. 



147. Loxia curvirostra minor (Brehm). AMERICAN 

 CROSSBILL. 



British Columbia. John Fannin. Common summer 

 resident. 



Cooper, 1860. Abundant in winter near the coast. 



0. B. Johnson. Common in the mountains and 

 coming down to the valley in winter. 



Summit, Central Pacific Railroad. L. B. November 

 12, 16, 1884, three flocks; same locality, September 

 9, 1885, first, two flocks; the species tolerably common 

 afterward until I left, October 12. I think a few breed 



