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common summer resident in the fir forests, a common 

 migrant througli all parts of Central California, not 

 breeding below the firs. — L. B. 



Poway. F. E. Blaisdell. — Noticed on several occa- 

 sions. 



San Bernardino. F. Stephens. — Rare migrant through 

 the valley. 



Agua Caliente, San Diego County. F. Stephens.— 

 One seen April 8, 1886. 



Henshaw, 1876. A few near Mt. Whitney in Sep- 

 tember. 



Ridgway. As characteristic of the mountains as E. 

 pusiUus is of the lower valleys. Common in May in 

 the Lower Truckee Valley; first observed near Carson 

 on the 21st of April. It was equally common on both 

 sides of the Great Basin, the only districts where en- 

 tirely absent being those where the ranges were desti- 

 tute of water and vegetation. 



Henshaw, 1879. Apparently rather uncommon as a 

 summer resident of the mountains. A nest found June 

 22 on an open bush contained four fresh eggs, yellowish 

 white, unspotted. 



Camp Harney. Bendire. — A single specimen taken 

 May 15, 1884. 



Butte Creek House. L. B.— Latitude 40° 10', July 1-2, 

 rare. 



Baird, Brewer and Ridgway (vol. iii, p. 520). Dr. 

 Cooper found a few of this species wintering in a large 

 grove of balsam, poplars and willows, which retained 

 most of their old leaves till spring, near San Buena- 

 ventura. Those shot were remarkably gray, and were 

 supposed to have been blown down from the borders of 

 the desert by the violent northeast wind. 



