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277. Psaltriparus minimus californicus Ridgw. CALI- 

 FORNIAN BUSH-TIT. 



Red Bluff. L. B. Rather common February 3, 1885, 

 in pairs. Mr. B. W. Evermann, of Santa Paula, Ven- 

 tura County, informed me that birds of this species were 

 laying there February 16, 1881. I noticed that it was- 

 mated at the same time in the foothills of San Joaquin 

 County. It is common and pretty generally distributed 

 in most parts of California below the fir forests; rarely 

 seen in them, but I have seen it at 5,000 feet altitude. 



Ukiah. George E. Aull. Common resident. 



Chico. William Proud. April 16, 1884, nest finished. 



Berkeley. T. S. Palmer. Abundant summer resi- 

 dent. 



Alamedaand Contra Costa counties. W. E. Bryant. 

 Common resident. 



San Jose. A. L. Parkhurst. January 15, 1885, flocks 

 were breaking up in pairs; February 15, building. 



Poway. F. E. Blaisdell. Common resident; nest 

 April 26, 1884. 



San Diego. L. B. Rare, owing to scarcity of trees 

 and shrubbery, but more common in the mountains on 

 the east and at Campo. I suppose the bird south of 

 Oregon, especially in the interior, to be var. californicus 

 Ridgw. The Red Bluff, Oroville and Colfax birds, 

 I collected in winter, are of this form, and probably so 

 at all times. Mr. Henshaw appears to have found an 

 abundance, as he got twenty-four specimens at Santa 

 Barbara, Fort Tejon and Walker's Basin, in 1875. It 

 was common at and about Tehachapi March and April, 

 1889. 



San Bernardino. F. Stephens. Common; breeds in 

 the valleys. 



Volcan Mountains. W. 0. Emerson. Only seen 

 February 24 in a snow storm, associated with mountain 

 chickadee. 



