BIRDS OF THE PACIFIC DISTRICT. 



Santa Cruz. Joseph Skirm. A common summer 

 resident on the San Lorenzo River, where they nest in 

 wild blackberry bushes. At Olema they nest on the 

 ground. 



A. M. Ingersoll. Eggs collected by me at Santa Cruz 

 and Olema. 



Oakland. W. E. Bryant. Tolerably common sum- 

 mer resident. March 7, 1885, four male specimens. 



Berkeley. T. S. Palmer. Tolerably common resi- 

 dent. 



Nicasio. Charles A. Allen. First seen March 13. 



Seattle, W. T. 0. B. Johnson. May 1, nest and 

 fresh eggs. 



British Columbia. John Fannin. East of Cascades; 

 rare. 



Alaineda Springs. A. M. Ingersoll. Thirteen sets 

 of eggs found here by myself alone. 



Haywards. W. O. Emerson. March 21, 1885, one 

 male, first seen; rare; breeds. 



Sebastopol. F. H. Holmes. March 9, 1885, first 

 seen; next seen March 12; March 25, common. Abun- 

 dant; breeds. 



Beaverton. A. W. Anthony. First seen March 19, 

 1885; next seen March 31, April 10; common, breeds. 



Summit. L. B. Not seen after snow storm of Sep- 

 tember 25, 1885. At Big Trees, September 20, 1880, it 

 was still present. It is a rather common summer resi- 

 dent of the pine forests of Central California, and a few 

 winter in the Sacramento Valley as far north as Marys- 

 ville. 



Henshaw, 1879. Moderately common in summer 

 when inhabiting the mountain slopes, but most numer- 

 ous during the fall migration. 



Ridgway. The brightly colored specimens represent- 

 ing var. lutescens were prevalent in the western depres- 



