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southern California. They spend the summer from sea 

 level up to 7,000 feet, but are most numerous in the 

 mountains. 



Santa Cruz. Joseph Skirm. Breeds. 



Berkeley. T. S. Palmer. Tolerably common sum- 

 mer resident. First seen April 7; common April 13, 

 1886. 



San Jose. A. L. Parkhurst. Common summer resi- 

 dent. Arrived March 22, six specimens; next seen 

 March 24, 1885. (Three specimens September 18, 1886, 

 near San Jose. W. 0. Emerson). 



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

 Common summer resident. 



Hay wards. W. 0. Emerson. Common summer resi- 

 dent. The first flycatchers to arrive, March 21, 1885; 

 common April 1. 



Nicasio. C. A. Allen. April 2, 1884, first; April 6, 

 1876, first. 



Olema. A. M. Ingersoll. April 7, 1884, first. 



Central California. L. B. Breeds sparingly from 

 the valleys to near summits of Sierra. Gridley, April 

 30, 1886, one male shot. 



108. Empidonax acadicus (Gmel.) ACADIAN FLY- 

 CATCHER. 



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Ridgway. The rarest of the Empidonaces , a few being 

 seen in the pine forests high up on the Wahsatch Mount- 

 ains and a still smaller number on the eastern slope of 

 the Sierra Nevada. 



British Columbia. JohnFannin. Common summer 

 resident. 



Burrard Inlet. John Faniiin. May 26, 1885, first;. 

 May 28 next; common June 6; breeds. 



