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southern California. They spend the summer from sea 

 level up to 7,000 feet, but are most numerous in the 

 mountains. 



Santa Cruz. Joseph Skirm. — Breeds. 



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

 mer resident. First seen April 7; common April 13, 

 1886. 



San Jose. A. L. Parkhurst. — Common summer resi- 

 dent. Arrived March 22, six specimens; next seen 

 March 24, 1885. (Three specimens September 18, 1886, 

 near San Jose. — W. 0. Emerson). 



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

 Common summer resident. 



Hay wards. W. 0. Emerson. — Common summer resi- 

 dent. The first flycatchers to arrive, March 21, 1885; 

 common April 1. 



Nicasio. C. A. Allen.— April 2, 1884, first; April 6, 

 1876, first. 



Olema. A. M. Ingersoll. — April 7, 1884, first. 



Central California. L. B. — Breeds sparingly from 

 the valleys to near summits of Sierra. Gridley, April 

 30, 1886, one male shot. 



io8. Empidonax acadicus (Gmel.) Acadian Fly- 

 catcher. 



Ridgway. The rarest of the Evipidonacen, a few being 

 seen in the pine forests high upon the Wahsatch Mount- 

 ains and a still smaller number on the eastern slope of 

 the Sierra Nevada. 



British Columbia. John Fannin. — Common summer 

 resident. 



Burrard Inlet. John Fannin. — May 26, 1885, first; 

 May 28 next; common June 6;^breeds. 



