BIRDS OF THE PACIFIC DISTRICT. 



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119. Cyanocitta stelleri (Gmel.) STELLER'S JAY. 

 Inhabits the Coast region from northwest California 



to Sitka. 



120. Cyanocitta stelleri frontalis Ridgw. BLUE-FRONTED 



JAY. 



Not found in mountains south of Campo. Tehachapi, 

 common. L. B. 



F. E. Blaisdell. Common in June in pine regions of 

 San Diego County. 



Volcan Mountains. W.O.Emerson. In firs and 

 cedars; winter. 



San Bernardino Mountains. F. Stephens. Common 

 resident. 



Henshaw, 1876. A common inhabitant of the mount- 

 ains, rarely being seen in summer below 5,000 feet. 



Cooper, 1870. Inhabiting the Coast Range as far 

 south as Santa Cruz at least. 



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

 Rare resident. 



L. B. Lower foothills of central California, and bor- 

 ders of the principal valleys, in winter, moderately com- 

 mon; a very common summer resident in the fir forests; 

 rare at Donner Lake and Summit, November 12, 1884; 

 wintering chiefly between two thousand and four thou- 

 sand feet altitude, usually nesting high in conifers, a 

 single nest seen as low as six feet in a small libocedra*. 

 At Blue Canon Mr. A. M. Ingersoll found eight nests 

 inside of the snow sheds, May, 1886. 



Chico. Win. Proud. Numerous all winter (1884-'85). 

 I had not seen them here before in eight years. The 

 last was seen June 5 in a canon a few miles east of Chico. 



Willamette Valley. O. B. Johnson. Abundant resi- 

 dent; nesting in communities. 



Cooper, 1860. Very common in all the forests of the 

 Territory both sides of the Cascades. 



