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

 Common winter visitant. 



Sebastopol. F. H. Holmes. Abundant winter visit- 

 ant; the bulk left in the third week of March, 1885; 

 April 9, last seen. 



Olema. A. M. Ingersoll. Common in April; May 

 1, last. 



Beaverton. A. W. Anthony. Abundant resident; 

 first nest and eggs April 20. 



Willamette Valley. 0. B. Johnson. Abundant dur- 

 ing winter; a few remain to breed. 



Seattle. 0. B. Johnson. April 14, 1884, nest, eggs 

 nearly hatched; April 28, nest, eggs fresh; May 1, nest 

 and five nearly fledged young. 



Cooper, 1860. Common throughout Washington Ter- 

 ritory, especially in winter; breeds about Puget Sound. 



British Columbia. John Fannin. Abundant resi- 

 dent. 



Henshaw, 1879. Appears to pass the summer from 

 about the latitude of Carson northward. 



Camp Harney. Bendire. Winter resident, retiring 

 to the neighboring mountains in summer. 



Ridgway. Very abundant in winter from the Pacific- 

 coast to the Wahsatch Mountains, but in summer has a 

 more restricted distribution, being then confined to the 

 coniferous forest region of the higher western ranges. 



Summit. L. B. November 13-16, a few; Big Trees, 

 January 6, 1879, rather common; very common in sum- 

 mer in fir forests of the Sierra; nests on the ground, in- 

 variably, the nest varying much in composition, some- 

 times of grasses entirely, often of soap root (Chlorogalum) 

 fibres almost entirely; rarely of shreds of bark of Libo- 

 cedrus sparcely lined; very common in foothills and 

 valleys of Central California in winter, as it unques- 

 tionably is in nearly all the State. 



