BIRDS OP THE PACIFIC DISTEICT. 207 



Santa Cruz. Joseph Skirm. — A common summer 

 resident on the San Lorenzo River, where they nest in 

 wild blackberry bushes. At Olema they nest on the 

 ground . 



A. M. IngersoU. — Eggs collected by me at Santa Cruz 

 and Olema. 



Oakland. W. E. Bryant. — Tolerably common sum- 

 mer resident. March 7, 1885, four male specimens. 



Berkeley. T. S. Palmer. — Tolerably common resi- 

 dent. 



Nicasio. Charles A. Allen. — First seen March 13. 



Seattle, W. T. 0. B. Johnson. — May 1, nest and 

 fresh eggs. 



British Columbia. John Fannin. — East of Cascades; 

 rare. 



Alameda Springs. A. M. IngersoU. — Thirteen sets 

 of eggs found here by myself alone. 



Haywards. W. 0. Emerson. — March 21, 1885, one 

 male, first seen; rare; breeds. 



Sebastopol. F. H. Holmes.— March 9, 1885, first 

 seen; next seen March 12; March 25, common. Abun- 

 dant; breeds. 



Beaverton. A. W. Anthony. — First seen March 19, 

 1885; jiext seen March 31, April 10; common, breeds. 



Summit. L. B. — Not seen after snow storm of Sep- 

 tember 25, 1885. At Big Trees, September 20, 1880, it 

 was still present. It is a rather common summer resi- 

 dent of the pine forests of Central California, and a few 

 winter in the Sacramento Valley as far north as Marys- 

 ville. 



Henshaw, 1879. Moderately common in summer 

 when inhabiting the mountain slopes, but most numer- 

 ous during the fall migration. 



Eidgway. The brightly colored specimens represent- 

 ing var. lutescens were prevalent in the western depres- 



