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Carson, but met with less frequently toward the north. 

 Found to breed up to an altitude of 7,000 feet. 



Camp Harney. Bendire. A rare summer visitor; a 

 pair or so breed. 



Hoffman. Found in nearly all the fertile regions, 

 along the mountain slopes and valleys. Several speci- 

 mens at Bull Run Mountain May 25; found later in the 

 season in the elevated valleys near Mt. Nagle, Mt. Ma- 

 gruder, and Spring Mountain. 



Ridgway. A very common [species in" all the fertile 

 valleys, as well as in the lower canons of the mountains, 



Berkeley. T. S. Palmer. An abundant summer resi- 

 dent. First seen April 27, 1885; common May 2. In 

 1886, first seen May 9; common May 15. 



Beaverton, Oregon. A. W. Anthony. First seen 

 May 21, 1885; again May 23. 



203. Calamospiza melanocorys Stejn. LARK BUNTING. 



Near National City, six miles south of San Diego, May 

 6, 1884, thirty or forty males hovering and singing on the 

 mesa. L. B. 



El Cajon. N. S. Goss. May 16, 1884. 



Poway. F. E. Blaisdell. May 25, 1886. 



Henshaw, 1875. Seen in Snake Valley, Nevada, by 

 Dr. Yarrow, where it had not been noted before. 



San Diego. L. B. April 1, 1885, three male speci- 

 mens from a flock of a dozen. April 16, 1885, flock in 

 male and female plumage; April 30, 1885, mostly mated. 

 Many persons about San Diego in the spring of 1884 

 noticed this, to them, strange bird, and as neither Drs.. 

 Heermann nor Cooper mentions its occurrence here, it 

 may have recently extended its range to this part of 

 California. I also saw a flock at Campo, and between 

 Campo and San Diego, May, 1884. 



