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119. Cyanocitta stelleri (Gmel.) Steller's Jay. 

 Inhabits the Coast region from northwest California 



to Sitka. 



120. Cyanocitta stelleri frontalis Eidgw. Blue-fronted 



Jay. 



Not found in mountains south of Campo. Tehachapi, 

 common. — L. B. 



F. E. Blaisdell. Common in June in pine regions of 

 San Diego County. 



Volcan Mountains. W.O.Emerson. — In firs and 

 cedars; winter. 



San Bernardino Mountains. F. Stephens. — Common 

 resident. 



Henshaw, 1876. A common inhabitant of the mount- 

 ains, rarely being seen in summer below 5,000 feet. 



Cooper, 1870. Inhabiting the Coast Kange as far 

 south as Santa Cruz at least. 



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

 Rare resident. 



L. B. — Lower foothills of central California, and bor- 

 ders of the principal valleys, in winter, moderately com- 

 mon; a very common summer resident in the fir forests; 

 rare at Donner Lake and Summit, November 12, 1884; 

 wintering chiefly between two thousand and four thou- 

 sand feet altitude, usually nesting high in conifers, a 

 single nest seen as low as six feet in a small lihocedrvi'. 

 At Blue Canon Mr. A. M. Ingersoll found eight nests 

 inside of the snow sheds. May, 1886. 



Chico. Wm. Proud. — Numerous all winter (1884-85). 

 I had not seen them here before in eight years. The 

 last was seen June 5 in a canon a few miles east of Chico. 



Willamette Valley. 0. B. Johnson. — Abundant resi- 

 dent; nesting in communities. 



Cooper, 1860. Very common in all the forests of the 

 Territory both sides of the Cascades. 



