BIRDS OF THE PACIFIC DISTRICT. 229 



258. Salpinctes obsoletus (Say). ROCK WREN. 



San Diego. L. B. Rare resident. 



Poway. F. E. Blaisdell. Resident. Santa Ana 

 Plains, December 10-14, frequently seen and heard. 



Henshaw, 1876. Island of Santa Cruz. 



San Bernardino. F. Stephens. Rare resident; toler- 

 ably common transient visitant to the valley and foot- 

 hills. 



Agua Caliente. F. Stephens. Foothills, not com- 

 mon. One seen April 12, 1886. 



Tehachapi. L. B. Unusually common, apparently 

 constant resident. 



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

 Rare resident. 



Berkeley. T. S. Palmer. Tolerably common resi- 

 dent. 



Nicasio, Marin County. Charles A. Allen. 



Sebastopol. F. H. Holmes. 



Central California. L. B. Stockton, one in a brick- 

 yard in winter, a migrant; foothills near Copperopolis, 

 Murphys, Marysville Buttes, Oroville, Colfax, Summit 

 in summer up to altitude 8,500 feet. Resident, but never 

 numerous below altitude 2,500 feet. More common in 

 summer about Summit than any place where I have 

 seen it. 



Farallon Islands. Messrs. W. 0. Emerson and A.M. 

 Ingersoll were on these islands in June, 1885, and found 

 a few old and young birds. 



Beaverton, Oregon. A. W.Anthony. May 21, 1885, 

 -one shot; the only one seen. 



British Columbia. John Fannin. Common summer 

 resident. 



Henshaw, 1879. A common summer visitant through- 

 out this whole region. 



Camp Harney . Bendire . Common summer resident ; 



