BIRDS OF THE PACIFIC DISTRICT. 79 



San Bernardino Valley. F. Stephens. Rare sum- 

 mer resident. 



Cooper, 1870. On the 17th of April I saw the first of 

 this species at Fort Mojave. About the 25th of May 

 they were paired. I found them as far west as the Coast 

 Mountains. 



Baird, Brewer and Ridgway, vol. iii, 521. Dr. Cooper 

 shot a single specimen of this species near San Buena- 

 ventura, April 18, 1873. 



87. Cypseloides niger (Gmel.) BLACK SWIFT. 



San Diego, May 21, 1881, a flock of twenty or more 

 new over the mesa near town. As it was sunset when 

 they passed, I supposed they were going to their nests 

 for the night. The next evening I stationed myself 

 where I had seen them, and got a specimen, as they flew 

 in the same direction they did the previous evening. 

 Big Trees, June 8, three seen; Weber Lake, August 1, 

 1889, one seen. Seen on a few other occasions in 

 mountains of Central California in late summer. L. B. 



Seattle. 0. B. Johnson. April 9, 1884. 



British Columbia. John Fannin. Tolerably abund- 

 ant summer resident. Burrard's Inlet, May 26, 1885, 

 first; May 28, next seen; common June 15; breeds. 



Ridgway. Truckee Reservation, May 31, 1868, speci- 

 men. On the 23d of June following we found it abund- 

 ant in the valley of the Carson River. They were 

 evidently breeding in the locality. 



Hay wards. W. 0. Emerson. April 19, 1885, thirteen 

 birds. 



88. Chaetura vauxii (Towns.) VAUX'S SWIFT. 



San Diego, April 28, 1884, two specimens from a small 

 flock which was seen but a short time during a cool rain 

 storm. 



