74 CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OP SCIENCES. 



San Bernardino Mountains. F. Stephens. — Rare; 

 foothills, less rare; common in the valleys where it 

 breeds. Agua Caliente, San Diego County, west end of 

 Colorado desert, several seen; probably resident in small 

 numbers. 



Henshaw, 1876. Found in southern California with- 

 out reference to special locality, being common both in 

 the mountains and low districts. 



Santa Cruz. Joseph Skirm. — Common; after breed- 

 ing it frequents orchards and feeds on fruit. A clutch 

 of eggs is five or six, rarely seven. 



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

 Common resident. 



Central California. L. B. — Very common resident 

 and generally distributed. 



Willamette Valley. 0. B. Johnson. — Abundant; nest- 

 ing commonly. 



Beaverton. A. W. Anthony. — Common resident; 

 slight increase in numbers March 1, 1884. 



Cooper, 1860. Constant resident in Washington Ter- 

 ritory, at least west of the Cascades. 



Suckley, 1860. Extremely common in the timbered 

 districts of Washington Territory. 



British Columbia. John Fannin. — Abundant resi- 

 dent. 



Henshaw, 1879. An abundant, widely distributed 

 species. The birds of the eastern slope appear to be 

 typical mexicanus and I have never seen a specimen 

 from this region showing intermediate characters. 



Camp Harney. Bendire. — Very common, arriving the 

 latter part of March. 



Hoffman. Common. 



Ridgway. Being the most abundant and generally 

 distributed of the woodpeckers, this species was found in 

 all wooded localities. 



