BIRDS OP THE PACIFIC DISTRICT. Ill 



much more numerous in Butte County winter of 1884 

 and 1885 than usual, probably in part winter visitants in 

 search of food or a milder climate. 



Wilbur, Oregon. W. E. Bryant. — Breeds. 



Willamette Valley. 0. B. Johnson. — Common among 

 deciduous trees, breeding about habitations. 



Nuttall. Near Fort Vancouver, early in October. 



Henshaw, 1879. Numerous in the foothills to a con- 

 siderable distance north of Carson. A specimen was 

 taken at the Dalles, October 4. Mr. C. Roop of Port- 

 land, Oregon, informed me that this jay is abundant 

 near the mouth of the Columbia River, both in Oregon 

 and Washington Territory. 



Ridgway. On the east slope it appeared to be quite 

 common, at least on the foothills near Carson, where in 

 1868 it made its first appearance toward the last of April. 



L. B. — I occasionally see individuals on the east slope 

 in autumn, which appear to be migrants on their way 

 to California to spend the winter. A few have been 

 seen at Lake Tahoe and the Summit of the Central 

 Pacific Railroad late in September and early October. 



123. Aphelocoma insularis Hensh. Santa Cruz 

 Island Jay. 



124. Perisoreus obscurus (Ridgw. ) Oregon Jay. 

 Newberry. In California we found them at the upper 



end of the Sacramento Valley, in latitude 40°. As we 

 progressed toward the Cascades it became more com- 

 mon. 



John Feilner, Sm. Rept. 1864. This bird I first saw 

 in 1859 about Lassen's Butte. About Shasta Butte, on 

 the north and east side. May 15. I found them in large 

 numbers, up to twenty together, noiselessly and busily 

 engaged searching for insects on the ground. 



