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Alameda. A. M. Iiigersoll. July 2, 1884, I found 

 one nest with three fresh eggs; one just finished with- 

 out eggs, the latter within a few feet of one I found 

 March 29. This species must raise two or three broods 

 here in summer. 



Oakland and vicinity. W. E. Bryant. Common resi- 

 dent. 



Nicasio. C. A. Allen. 



Sebastopol. F. H. Holmes. 



Butteville, Or. W. E. Bryant. In breeding season 

 of 1883. 



Willamette Valley. 0. B. Johnson. A very com- 

 mon summer resident and nesting familiarly about 

 gardens and thickets near dwellings. 



Beaverton. A. W. Anthony. Common summer 

 resident. April 7, first; April 12, bulk arrived. May 

 12, first nest. First seen March 25, 5 birds; common 

 March 30, 1885. 



Cooper, 1860. Abundant in all the prairie districts; 

 frequents the coast prairies where I have found its nest 

 and eggs. 



Suckley, 1860. Very abundant at Fort Dalles and 

 Puget Sound, a constant summer resident at both places. 



British Columbia. John Fannin. " var. gambeli," 

 summer resident east of the Cascades. Arrived at Bur- 

 rard Inlet April 22, 1885. Only a few noticed and 

 found breeding here for the first time. 



L. B. I have never found this form in central Cali- 

 fornia but once, and then only a few individuals at 

 Stockton in spring, migrating. At Port Harford, May 

 26, 1885, I found about a dozen near the beach. These 

 were mated and undoubtedly breeding. At this place 

 in May, 1884, I shot one which I was inclined to refer 

 to intermedia, but I suppose the coast breeding birds on 

 the California and Oregon coasts may be considered as 



