BIRDS OF THE PACIFIC DISTRICT. 179 



Santa Cruz. Joseph Skirm. Common summer resi- 

 dent. 



San Jose. A. L. Parkhurst. April 23, first five or 

 six males. 



Stockton, Cal. J. J. Snyder. April 19, 1885, first 

 seen; common May 3; summer resident. 



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

 Tolerably common summer resident. 



Nicasio. C. A. Allen. May 7, 1884, first; April 27, 

 1876. 



Olema. A. M. Ingersoll. April 28, 1884, first. 



Central California. L. B. Tolerably common sum- 

 mer resident in the valleys and foothills; a few breeding 

 at Big Trees and Blood's, the latter 7,200 feet altitude. 



Marysville. W. F. Peacock. Common summer resi- 

 dent. May 8, 1884, first; bulk arrived May 11. First 

 seen April 12, 1885; common May 8. 



Sebastopol. F. H. Holmes. First seen April 21, 

 1885; common May 1. Abundant summer resident. 



Chico. Wm. Proud. May 7, 1884, first; bulkarrived 

 May 16. First seen April 23, 1885; one male. Com- 

 mon summer resident. 



Willamette Valley. 0. B. Johnson. Abundant during 

 summer; breeding plentifully. 



Walla Walla, W. T. Dr. Williams. March 27, two 

 males; common April 20, 1885. Common summer resi- 

 dent. 



Cooper, 1860. Arrives at Puget Sound about May 15, 

 and is abundant in open districts of the interior during 

 summer. 



Suckley, 1860. The specimen I shot at the Dalles was 

 obtained from a flock of several hundred individuals 

 which had just arrived from the south in spring. 



Henshaw, 1879. A common summer resident about 



