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Camp Harney. Bendire. — Seen on but a single occa- 

 sion, May 5, 1876. 



Ridgway. Eastward of the Sierra Nevada extremely 

 rare. Truckee Valley, breeding; rare east slope Ruby 

 Mountains. 



Smoky Valley. Hoffman. — Less than half a dozen 

 individuals. 



Beaverton. A. W. Anthony.— April 18, 1885, first; 

 common May 5; breeds. Very common. 



152. Spinus psaltria (Say). Arkansas Goldfinch. 



The species is rare in the northern 100 miles of Lower 

 California in May, most numerous in the mountains, 

 and this I think applies to San Diego County below about 

 4,000 feet altitude, where not rare in winter. — L. B. 



San Bernardino. F. Stephens. — Tolerably common 

 resident of the valley and foothills. Agua Caliente, 

 common March 25-28; March 18 to April 15, 1886, com- 

 mon resident. 



Henshaw, 1876. Of the three species inhabiting 

 southern California this goldfinch appears to be the 

 most widely spread and perhaps the most numerous; 

 like the other two it inhabits the valleys. 



Santa Cruz. Joseph Skirm. — Common summer resi- 

 dent. 



Berkeley. T. S. Palmer. — Abundant resident. 



Alameda. A. M. Ingersoll. — January 7, 1885, com- 

 mon. 



Central California. L. B. — Common resident of foot- 

 hills, less common in the valleys, rare in the pine forests 

 where perhaps it is only found when migrating. At 

 Summit, altitude 7,000 feet, August 27, 1885, I saw a 

 large flock in which were a dozen or more S. pinus, and 

 these I thought were crossing from the east to the west 



