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Sheep Rock, Northern California. Lieutenant John 

 Feilner. May 16, 1860, "might be said to be numer- 

 ous." 



Nicasio. C. A. Allen. Winter. 



Marysville. L. B. Winter of 1878, six specimens. 



Carson. R. Ridgway. (Bull. Essex Inst. 1874.) Not 

 common. 



Camp Harney. Bendire. Rare winter visitor. 



218. Lanius ludovicianus gambeli Ridgw. CALIFORNIA 

 SHRIKE. 



San Diego. L. B. Common resident. 



Poway. F. E. Blaisdell. Resident; first nest April 6. 

 I usually obtain its eggs about March 12. 



San Bernardino. F. Stephens. Common, resident of 

 the valley. 



Agua Caliente. Not common. Eight specimens seen 

 from March 24, to April 14, 1886. Resident? 



Santa Cruz. Joseph Skirrn. Common. 



San Jose. A. L. Parkhurst. February 27, 1885, full 

 grown brood of young. 



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

 Tolerably common resident. 



Berkeley. T. S. Palmer. Tolerably common resident. 



Sebastopol. F. H. Holmes. 



Central California. L.B. Common resident; gener- 

 ally distributed below 2,500 feet; wintering at Murphy s, 

 Colfax, Red Bluff, and probably farther north. Rarely 

 seen above 2,500 feet on the west slope, in other words, 

 rarely found in the pine or fir forests, breeding however 

 in Sierra Valley and other parts of the east slope up to 

 5,000 feet or more, as do several species, Carpodacus 

 mexicanus frontalis, Icterus bullocki, and others, which 

 find summer homes much higher on the east than on the 

 west slope. Although common, never numerous. 



