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198. Pipilo aberti Baird. ABERT'S TOWHEE. 

 Cooper, 1870. Almost the exact counterpart, in the 



Colorado Valley, of crissalis. About April 1 I found 

 many of their nests generally built in thorny shrubs. 



Colorado Desert. F. Stephens. A male secured [the 

 most western record to my knowledge], March 22, 1886. 



199. Cardinalis cardinalis (Linn.) CARDINAL. 



I noticed six of these birds about the garden of Dr. 

 O. Harvey at Gait, May 14, 1880. Mrs. Harvey in- 

 formed me that a neighbor, Mrs. Long, had introduced 

 them from Missouri. They seemed to be permanently 

 located in the deciduous oaks and shrubbery in and 

 near Dr. Harvey's garden. May 14, 1884, Miss Gene- 

 vie ve Harvey wrote: "We have not seen any cardinal 

 birds for over a year; some persons think they were 

 killed. 



As I have since heard from them in the neighborhood 

 of Gait and Newhope, I suppose they are thriving in the 

 shelter of the thickets along the rivers. L. B. 



200. Habia melanocephala (Swains.) BLACK-HEADED 

 GROSBEAK. 



San Diego. L. B. Rare summer resident; first male 

 April 17; first female April 20, 1885. 



Poway. F. E. Blaisdell. April 6, first male; April 

 23, first female; commenced laying the last of April. 

 First males, March 26, 1885. 



Julian. N. S. Goss. April 23, summer resident. 



San Bernardino. F. Stephens. Tolerably common 

 summer resident of the valley; rare summer resident of 

 the foothills. 



Agua Caliente, San Diego County, Cal. F. Stephens. 

 Every day from April 6 to 15, 1886. 



Henshaw, 1876. We met with it at several places in 

 southern California, where it is pretty well diffused. 



