228 CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 



Godfrey Holterhoff, Jr. (Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, January, 

 1883.) Flowing Wells, about seventy-five miles north 

 of Fort Yuma, nest and eggs in a Palo Verde tree. 



Cooper, 1870. Rather common on the deserts along 

 the route between the Colorado Valley and the coast 

 slope of California. They were so very wild I could 

 obtain but two. 



256. Harporhynchus crissalis (Henry). Ceissal 

 Thkasher. 



Cooper, 1870. Rather common at Fort Mojave. 



257. Campylorhynchus brunneicapilltts (Lafr.) Cactus 

 Wren. 



San Diego. L. B. — Rather common resident; rarely 

 seen in winter. First heard January 19; began to be> 

 very noisy February 8, in spring-like, sunny weather. 

 April 3, nest just finished; probably intergrades with 

 C. affinis of the Cape region. 



Poway. F. E. Blaisdell. — Tolerably common resident. 

 Very common in Santa Ana Plains, Los Angeles County, 

 December 10 to 14. 



San Bernardino. Common resident in deserts and 

 desert-like parts of the valleys where it breeds. 



Agua Caliente. F.Stephens. — Not common resident; 

 set of eggs taken March 28. 



Ventura County. Evermann. — A common summer 

 resident where cacti are abundant. 



Kernville. Henshaw, 1876. — One or two individuals- 

 shot. 



Hoffman. Met with only in the sandy deserts about 

 30 miles northwest of Fort Mojave among the cactus and 

 Yucca. 



