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294. Sialia mexicana Swains. WESTERN BLUEBIRD. 



Seattle. 0. B. Johnson. First seen March 3, 1884. 



British Columbia. John Fannin. Abundant sum- 

 mer resident. March 10, 1885, first seen; March 1:>, 

 next seen; common April 6; breeds. 

 Henshaw, 1879. East slope from Carson to the Colum- 

 bia River the common bluebird of the region. 



Camp Harney. Bendire. Common during their mi- 

 grations. None are known to remain and breed. 



Ridgway. We lost sight of the species entirely after 

 we left the eastern watershed of the Sierra Nevada go- 

 ing eastward. Carson, February 21, 1868, two speci- 

 mens. 



Fort Walla Walla. J. W. Williams. April 4, two ar- 

 rived, the first of the season. It does not winter here. 



San Diego. L. B. Rather common resident breed- 

 ing in the timbered parts of the country. It is more 

 common near San Diego in winter than in summer. 



Poway. F. E. Blaisdell. Seen in flocks to February 

 11, 1884, afterward in pairs. 



Volcan Mountains. W.O..Emerson. Seen every day, 

 pairing by March 1, 1884; the female then looking for 

 nesting places; at this time common. 



Sail Bernardino. F. Stephens. A tolerably common 

 visitant in winter to the valley, breeding in the mount- 

 ains. Agua Caliente, common March 25. Seen almost 

 every day from March 18 to April 15, 1886. 



Berkeley. T. S. Palmer. I know of only one in- 

 stance of its breeding here. Last seen March 18, ISSfl. 



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

 Tolerably common resident. 



Ukiah. George E. Aull. Common resident. 



Central California. L. B. Common resident. Not 

 breeding much above 5,000 feet; tolerably common at 

 Red Bluff, February 3, 18Sf>. 



