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

 Common winter visitant. 



Sebastopol. F. H. Holmes. — Abundant winter visit- 

 ant; the bulk left in the third week of March, 1885; 

 April 9, last seen. 



Olema. A. M. IngersoU. — Common in April; May 

 1, last. 



Beaverton. A. W. Anthony. — Abundant resident; 

 first nest and eggs April 20. 



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

 ing winter; a few remain to breed. 



Seattle. 0. B. Johnson. — April 14, 1884, nest, eggs 

 nearly hatched; April 28, nest, eggs fresh; May 1, nest 

 and five nearly fledged young. 



Cooper, 1860. Common throughout Washington Ter- 

 ritory, especially in winter; breeds about Puget Sounds 



British Columbia. John Fannin. — Abundant resi- 

 dent. 



Henshaw, 1879. Appears to pass the summer from 

 about the latitude of Carson northward. 



Camp Harney. Bendire. — Winter resident, retiring 

 to the neighboring mountains in summer. 



Ridgway. Very abundant in winter from the Pacific 

 coast to the Wahsatch Mountains, but in summer has a 

 more restricted distribution, being then confined to the 

 coniferous forest region of the higher western ranges. 



Summit. L. B. — November 13-16, a few; Big Trees, 

 January 6, 1879, rather common; very common in sum- 

 mer in fir forests of the Sierra; nests on the ground, in- 

 variably, the nest varying much in composition, some- 

 times of grasses entirely, often of soap root (Chlorogalum) 

 fibres almost entirely; rarely of shreds of bark of Libo- 

 cedrus sparcely lined; very common in foothills and 

 valleys of Central California in winter, as it unques- 

 tionably is in nearly all the State. 



