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one in October on Catalina Island, but did not find it 

 there or at Santa Barbara in summer." 



Poway. F. E. Blaisdell. Rare. In 1876 a pair of 

 Polioptilas, the male having a black cap, had a nest in 

 forks of a dead scrub oak, four feet from the ground. It 

 contained five young birds. At Santa Ana Plains, De- 

 cember 14, I obtained one specimen. 



San Bernardino. F. Stephens. A very rare summer 

 resident of the foothills. 



Ventura County. B. W. Evermann. Not so com- 

 mon as P. ccerulea. Resident. 



[One of Mr. Brewster's type specimens was collected 

 at Saticoy by Dr. J. G. Cooper; another was from San 

 Bernardino, and another was from Fort Yuma.] 



285. Myadestes townsendii (Aud.) TOWNSEND'S SOLI- 

 TAIRE. 



San Diego. L. B. January 24, 1884, one specimen, 

 the only one seen by me so far south. It had been eat- 

 ing manzanita berries ( Arctostaphylos ) . 



Colorado Desert. F.Stephens. One seen on March 

 21, 24, and April. 2, 1886. 



Poway. F. E. Blaisdell. February 23, 1884, a single 

 specimen shot during a storm, the first I have seen here. 

 I noticed the species at Temecula, November 12, 1883. 



Ballena. W. 0. Emerson. Volcan Mountains, Jan- 

 uary 23, 1884, the day of my arrival, I saw a single bird, 

 and two more a few days later. 



Oakland. W.E. Bryant. Rare winter visitant. 



Central California. L. B. West slope of the Sierra 

 in pine forests, rather common summer resident though 

 never numerous; begins to lay about June 1, nests 

 usually on the ground, more or less secreted. 



Ridgway. Virginia Mountains near Pyramid Lake, 

 December 21, 1867. 



