190 CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 



hundred; also December 5, 1878, a large flock. January- 

 IB, 1855, I saw hundreds or thousands in a drive of 

 six miles in the countrj'. The next day being densely 

 foggy, none were seen. It is a very common summer 

 resident of Central California, more especially in the 

 valleys and foothills, nesting about buildings as well 

 as in knot-holes of trees in the country. I saw a pair 

 carrying grass into a knot-hole at Stockton as early 

 as March 25, 1879. 



Stockton. J. J. Snyder. — Arrived January 18, two 

 birds; common January 30, 1885. 



Beaverton, Or. A. W. Anthony. — Common summer 

 resident. Arrived April 4, two birds; common April 

 15, 1885. 



Willamette Valley. 0. B. Johnson. — Abundant; 

 nesting in holes in trees. 



Cooper, 1860. Common in the western portions of 

 the Territory. 



Suckley, 1860. Obtained both at Fort Steilacoom and 

 Fort Dalles. 



British Columbia. John Fannin. — Summer resident; 

 more abundant east of the Cascades. (Burrard Inlet, 

 arrived March 13; common March 29, 1885.) 



Henshaw, 1879. More or less abundant inhabitant 

 of the eastern slope; not met with farther north than 

 northern California. In the mountains near Camp 

 Bidwell it was numerous enough the last of July, at 

 which time the pairs all had young as was shown by 

 frequent visits to woodpeckers' holes in the aspens. 



Ridgway. Among the cottonwoods of the lower 

 Truckee near Pyramid Lake in May, more abundant 

 than elsewhere, and every knot-hole or other cavity 

 among the trees seemed to have been taken possession 

 of by a pair. At Carson they were quite numerous and 

 built their nests under the eaves, behind the weather 



