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mon; apricots and peaches in flower; season about as 

 early as usual. Murphys, March 15, 1878; common. 

 L. B. 



Poway. F. E. Blaisdell. Common summer resident. 

 First seen April 5, 1884; last seen, Sept. April 22, 

 1885, first. 



Volcan Mountains. W. 0. Emerson. April 2, 1884, 

 about a dozen. Santa Maria. April 4, building in an 

 old adobe house. Poway. April 12, nesting. 



Julian. N. S. Goss. April 10. 



San Bernardino. F. Stephens. Abundant summer 

 resident of valley and foothills up to April 2, 1884. 

 When I left for Tucson I saw no cliff swallows, barn 

 swallows or purple martins. They are later migrants 

 than the white-bellied and violet-green swallows which 

 had been going and coming for weeks. 



Agua Caliente, San Diego, Cal. F. Stephens. Seen 

 every day from April 8 to 14, 1886. 



Santa Cruz. Joseph Skirm. Common summer resi- 

 dent. First seen March 28, 1881; March 17, 1882; April 

 1, 1883. 



San Jose. A. L. Parkhurst. April 5, 1884, arrived 

 in flocks. March 22, 1885, first; common April 1, (W. 

 0. Emerson; hundreds on telegraph wires Sept. 9, 

 1886.) 



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

 Abundant summer resident. 



Hay wards. W. O. Emerson. April 6, 1885; first, 

 and common. 



Stockton. J. J. Snyder. March 29, 1885, first; 

 common April 26. 



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

 Last seen August 5, 1885. In 1886, arrived April 3. 



Nicasio. C. A. Allen. First seen April 20, 1884. 



Sebastopol. F. H. Holmes. First seen March 31, 

 1885; common April 7. 



