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143. Pinicola enucleator (Linn.) PINE GROSBEAK. 

 British Columbia. John Fannin. Big Bend of Co- 

 lumbia River, rare. 



Camp Harney. Bendire. An occasional winter 

 visitor. 



L. B. Summit, Central Pacific Railroad, August 11, 

 1882, tolerably common; from June 23 to July 10, 1885, 

 an adult male and female feeding in alders; during this 

 time these only; but later, in August and September, 

 not rare, in fact rather common. Blood's, July 16, 1880, 

 shot an adult female which probably had a nest; speci- 

 men sent to Smithsonian Institution. 



144. Carpodacus purpureus californicus Baird. CALI- 



FORNIA PURPLE FINCH. 



San Diego, January 19, 1884, shot a female; not met 

 here again, nor at Campo in January. Mr. Emerson 

 did not find it or C. cassini on the Volcan Mountains in 

 the severe winter of 1883-84. It is common in Central 

 California from 3,000 feet altitude up to about 5,000 

 feet in summer, and much lower in -winter, rarely visit- 

 ing the large interior valleys near sea level at that time. 

 L. B. 



San Bernardino. F. Stephens. Rare accidental visit- 

 ant to the foothills. Agua Caliente, seen a number of 

 times from March 18 to April 12, 1886. 



Santa Cruz. Joseph Skirm. Tolerably common 

 summer resident. 



Berkeley. T. S. Palmer. Rare. December 26, 1885, 

 three birds. 



Oakland and vicinity. W. E. Bryant. Rare sum- 

 mer resident. 



Olema. A. M. Ingersoll. Breeds. 



Beaverton. A. W. Anthony. Abundant summer 

 resident; March 6, first; March 20, 1884, common; 



