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204. Piranga ludoviciana (Wils.) LOUISIANA TANAGER. 



San Diego. L. B. Very rare migrant immediately on 

 the coast. Very common between San'Diego and Campo, 

 May 15-16, 1884, the sexes being "about equal. Nearly 

 all passed by San Diego in their journey north prior to 

 May 9, 1885. None spend the winter in California, 

 being then south of this State. 



Poway. F. E. Blaisdell. April 29, 1884, first, two 

 seen; May 22, a flock. Common in April and May, 

 1883. Common May 3, 1885. 



Julian. N. S. Goss. April 22. r 



San Bernardino. F. Stephens. Rare summer resi- 

 dent of the mountains; tolerably common migrant in 

 valley and foothills. 



Henshaw, 1876. Near Santa Barbara in July, several, 

 feeding their young. Here and elsewhere in southern 

 California, rare. 



Sebastopol. F. H. Holmes. May 1, 1885. 



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

 Rare migrant. 



Chico. William Proud. May 3, 1885. 



Berkeley. T. S. Palmer. Common hVspring of 1883; 

 rare in 1885; last seen September 11, 1885. 



Ukiah. George E. Aull. Rare summer resident. 



Stockton. L. B. May 7, 1880, first male; first males 

 in 1885, May 3; May 5, 1889. Gait, Sacramento County, 

 May 13, 1880, common mostly males. Gridley, July 8, 

 1889, a male, feeding on mulberries. Big Trees, May 

 25, 1880, both sexes common and mated. It is common 

 in the firs of the Sierra from latitude 38 'northward, 

 where it generally nests well up in conifers, though I 

 have known it to nest twelve or fifteen feet from the 

 ground in dogwood (Cornus Nuttallii). 



Gridley, July 28, 1885. I was surprised to find these 

 in the valley in July, where it is known only as a mi- 



