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San Bernardino. F. Stephens. Tolerably common 

 resident of foothills. 



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

 Tolerably common resident. 



Berkeley. T. S. Palmer. Abundant resident. 



Sebastopol. F. H. Holmes. Shot here. 



Red Bluff. L. B. Common resident; also of Colfax 

 and Murphys. Alta, November 17, 1884, not rare, 

 though seldom found so high (3,600 feet). I suppose 

 the Alameda and Contra Costa County notes refer to 

 the typical bird, the others to variety henshawi, al- 

 though specimens from Red Bluff, Oroville, Colfax, 

 Gridley, Marysville, Stockton, Calaveras County and San 

 Diego, are much darker than the type of henshawi, as I 

 remember it, having seen it in 1882. This came from 

 Walker's Basin, near Caliente, as Mr. Henshaw informs 

 me. I doubt if it is really abundant at any locality, but 

 is quite common in most parts of California, in shrub- 

 bery and thickets, where it finds shelter. 



275. Chamaea fasciata henshawi Ridgw. PALLID WREN- 

 TIT. 



Interior of California, including the western slope of 

 the Sierra Nevada. 



276. Psaltriparus minimus (Towns.) BUSH-TIT. 

 British Columbia. John Fannin. Common resident. 

 Cooper, 1860. Quite abundant during summer at 



Fort Steilacoom. They arrive towards the middle of 

 April. 



Beaverton. A. W. Anthony. First seen March 11, 

 1885; March 12, tolerably common; breeds. 



Willamette Valley. O.B.Johnson. Plentiful during 

 the winter months among the evergreens; always in 

 small flocks. Many remain all summer to breed, but 

 they are more retired and less conspicuous. (1880). 



