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cies, particularly abundant in the upper Sylvies Valley 

 at an altitude of about 6,000 feet. 



Hensha\v, 1879. Numerous as is this species in many 

 portions of the Rocky Mountain region it appears to be 

 even more abundant in the sterile tracts that lie just 

 east of the Sierra Nevada and Cascade ranges. 



Ridgway. Abundant in certain localities but by no- 

 means evenly distributed. 



Hoffman. The only locality where this bird was found 

 at all common was near Belmont. Specimens were also- 

 shot at Hot Creek Canon. 



L. B. Common resident of Sierra Valley and occura 

 in Alpine county up to 8,500 feet but rare so high; also- 

 found in Mono county by Lieutenant McComb. 



Newberry. On the shores of Wright and Rhett lakes, 

 we found them very abundant. 



16. Columba fasciata Say. BAND-TAILED PIGEON. 



I saw a flock in El Cajon, San Diego county, Decem- 

 ber 15, 1883, a- rare occurrence. L. B. 



Poway. F. E. Blaisdell. I have seen this species, 

 here on three occasions. It was very abundant in the 

 Volcan Mountains in September and October when 

 choke cherries were ripe. 



Henshaw, 1876. Not seen by us until in the fall. In 

 November I often saw them in flocks of from ten to one 

 hundred. 



Cooper, 1870. North of San Francisco I have seen 

 them in flocks as early as July and at the Columbia 

 River they spend the summer in the valleys as well as. 

 throughout the mountains. They are there migratory, 

 leaving in October, but in California their wanderings 

 are guided chiefly by want of food. I have found them 

 building in the Coast Range as far south as Santa Cruz. 



L. B. It is rare in the mountains of Central California 



