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grant. Mr. John J. Snyder shot a fine, fat male adult 

 at Stockton July 19, 1885. 



Murphys. John J. Snyder. October 4, 1885, still to 

 be seen. 



Beaverton, Oregon. A. W. Anthony. May 14, 1885, 

 six specimens; common May 20; not uncommon sum- 

 mer resident. 



Willamette. 0. B. Johnson. Common summer resi- 

 dent. 



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

 common summer resident. 



British Columbia. John Fannin. Common summer 

 resident. (Burrard Inlet, May 12, 1885.) 



Henshaw, 1879, Summer visitor of the mountains 

 as high up at least as the Columbia River. A nest on 

 the extremity of a limb of cottonwood about 15 feet 

 from the ground. 



Hoffman. Rather common in the timbered areas 

 along the water courses in June, though later it was 

 found in the wooded regions of the interior. 



Ridgway. In May soon after their arrival from the 

 south these tanagers were very numerous in the rich 

 valley of the Truckee near Pyramid Lake. Very few 

 were seen later in the season, nearly all having departed 

 for the mountain woods. During July and August, 

 common, east slope of Ruby Mountains. 



205. Piranga rubriceps Gray. GRAY'S TANAGER. 

 Colombia, South America. Accidental in California, 



(Dos Pueblos, Santa Barbara county. Cf. Bryant, Auk,, 

 1887, p. 78.) 



206. Piranga rubra cooperi Ridgw . COOPER'S TANAGER . 

 Cooper, 1870. This beautiful bird I found quite com- 

 mon at Fort Mojave after April 25, 1861 , 



