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dent. Many were breeding in company with a large 

 colony of the A. tricolor before mentioned. 



Santa Cruz. Joseph Skirm. Very common. 



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

 Common resident. 



Berkeley. T. S. Palmer. Common summer resident. 

 First, May 11, 1886. 



Central California. L. B. Very common in summer 

 excepting in the mountains and there usually found 

 about meadows of any considerable extent. Very abund- 

 ant in the valleys in winter, breeding plentifully 

 in towns as well as in the country, nesting early in trees 

 of different kinds, especially cultivated evergreens. 



Willamette Valley. O. B. Johnson. Very abundant 

 in summer; breeding abundantly. 



Cooper, 1860. They are found throughout the Terri- 

 tory. Vancouver, winter. 



Suckley, 1860. Quite abundant at Fort Dalles; a win- 

 ter resident. 



British Columbia. John Fannin. Rare summer 

 resident. 



Henshaw, 1879. Extremely abundant throughout 

 this whole region as a summer visitant, while more or 

 less remain through the winter. 



Camp Harney. Bendire. An exceedingly abundant 

 summer resident, a few remaining during mild winters. 

 It breeds in various situations 011 the ground, in sage 

 bushes and in service-berry bushes. 



Ridgway. Seldom seen there during summer; this 

 blackbird becomes one of the most abundant species in 

 the lower valleys during the winter season, when im- 

 mense flocks frequent the settlements. 



Hoffman. Met with more particularly in the south- 

 western portion of Nevada, in the more elevated regions. 

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