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one of the earliest birds in spring and one of the latest 

 in fall. 



Ridgway. Found in suitable localities in all the 

 desert ranges. It arrived at Carson, March 20, 1868. 



259. Catherpes mexicanus conspersus Ridgw. CANON 

 WREN. 



San Diego. L. B. Rare; always found, however, in 

 Mission Canon. 



Poway. F. E. Blaisdell. Seen several times in Feb- 

 ruary and March. 



San Bernardino. F. Stephens. A rare transient vis- 

 itant to the foothills. 



Henshaw, 1876. In the neighborhood of Mt. Whit- 

 ney tolerably numerous. It was detected, too, at vari- 

 ous points in the Coast Range, so that its diffusion over 

 southern California may be said to be general. 



Mt. Diablo. W. E. Bryant. A pair seen. 



L. B. Foothills of Central California in suitable local- 

 ities north to Oroville and probably to near base of Mt. 

 Shasta; Murphys, Colfax and Oroville in winter; breeds 

 on the Stanislaus River, altitude 4,000 feet. Summit, 

 Central Pacific Railroad, October 4, 1885, a single speci- 

 men journeying westward from the east slope; nowhere 

 numerous . 



Ridgway. We found it everywhere more rare than 

 the rock wren and apparently confined to the more 

 secluded portions of the mountains. An adult male 

 specimen, near Fort Churchill, on the Carson River, De- 

 cember 7, 1867. 



Chico. William Proud June 5, 1885, up under the 

 bluffs, quite a colony, and with them was Salpinctes 

 obsoletus. I was botanizing, had no gun and took no 

 specimens, but I am certain of the species. They were 

 very tame so that I was within ten feet of them. They 



