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Cooper, 1860. I observed its nest near Puget Sound. 



Suckley, 1860. Quite abundant in the valley of the 

 Willamette, also at Fort Vancouver. 



Beaverton. A. W. Anthony. Common resident. 



Willamette Valley. 0. B. Johnson, 1880. Common 

 throughout the year. 



Wilbur, Oregon. W. E. Bryant. Specimens in the 

 breeding season of 1883. 



Camp Harney. Bendire Common during winter re- 

 tiring to the mountains to breed. 



271. Parus gambeli Ridgw. MOUNTAIN CHICKADEE. 



Poway. F. E. Blaisdell. February 15, several seen; 

 one shot. 



Volcan Mountains. W. 0. Emerson. February 24, 

 and occasionally afterward; on March 1, singing and 

 looking for nesting sites. 



Volcan Mountains. F. E. Blaisdell. From August 

 21 to November 28, tolerably common. 



San Bernardino Mountains. F. Stephens. Tolerably 

 common resident. 



Central California. L. B. Common resident in coni- 

 fers, Big Trees, January 6-13, 1879. Summit, Central 

 Pacific Railroad, November 16; also at Donner Lake, 

 November 16. 



Ukiah. George E. Aull. Tolerably common resi- 

 dent. 



British Columbia. John Fannin. Abundant visit- 

 ant. 



Henshaw, 1879. Breeds numerously among the pines; 

 extremely abundant among the oaks of the eastern slope 

 near the Columbia River. 



Camp Harney. Bendire. Common during the win- 

 ter in the willows and shrubbery. In summer they 

 breed on the higher mountains. 

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