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

 Rare summer resident. 



Berkeley. T. S. Palmer. — Tolerably common trans- 

 ient visitant. Last seen October 29, 1885. 



Nicasio. C. A. Allen. — Common in summer; first 

 seen March 1, 1884; male shot. 



Sebastopol. F. H. Holmes. 



Central California. L. B. — Very rare in summer; 

 more common in the foothills in spring and fall, and an 

 uncertain number winter in them. At North American 

 Hotel, 30 miles east of Stockton, January 22, 1879, I 

 flushed one several times but did not get it, and the land- 

 lord, Mr. Stroud, told me of a whippoorwill his labor- 

 ers found a week previous while clearing off some land 

 by the hotel — land that had a dense growth of chapparal 

 ( Adenostomu fasciculatum) on it. The bird, he said, wa_s 

 torpid, and he took it up and looked at it. The bird I 

 flushed was on a grass-covered hill side where the sun 

 was shining, and it flew as well as usual, though going 

 only a few yards at a time. I have seen a few here at 

 other times in February and March, got a specimen 

 February 22, 1889, and shot one at Gridley, October 

 28, 1885, probably a recent arrival, as a pine needle was 

 sticking to its feathers. At Lake Tahoe, September 8, 

 1889, I saw two, and heard these, or others, several even- 

 ings in August and September. A fine specimen was 

 shot at Copperopolis, February 19, 1886, while flying, 

 by Mr. Andrew Simpson, and mounted by Dr. Daven- 

 port of Stockton. 



Newberry. This species is found in all parts of Cali- 

 fornia and Oregon. On the shores of Rhett Lake we 

 came upon its nest. 



Henshaw. It arrives at Carson from the south in the 

 early days of May. It soon becomes generally and com- 

 monly distributed over nearly all the region embraced 



