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Cooper, 1860. I observed its nest near Puget Sound. 



Suckley, 1860. Quite abundant in the valley of the 

 Willamette, also at Fort Vancouver. 



Beaverton. A. W. Anthony. — Common resident. 



Willamette Valley. 0. B. Johnson, 1880. — Common 

 throughout the year. 



Wilbur, Oregon. W. E. Bryant. — Specimens in the 

 breeding season 'of 1883. 



Camp Harney. Bendire — Common during winter re- 

 tiring to the mountains to breed. 



271. Parus gambeli Ridgw. Mountain Chickadee. 



Poway. F. E. Blaisdell. — February 15, several seen; 

 one shot. 



Volcan Mountains. W. 0. Emerson. — February 24, 

 and occasionally afterward; on . March 1, singing and 

 looking for nesting sites. 



Volcan Mountains. F. E. Blaisdell. — From August 

 21 to November 28, tolerably common. 



San Bernardino Mountains. F. Stephens. — Tolerably 

 common resident. 



Central California. L. B. — Common resident in coni- 

 fers, Big Trees, January 6-13, 1879. Summit, Central 

 Pacific Railroad, November 16; also at Donner Lake, 

 November 16. 



Ukiah. George E. AuU. — Tolerably common resi- 

 dent. 



British Columbia. John Fannin. — Abundant visit- 

 ant. 



Henshaw, 1879. Breeds numerously among the pines; 

 extremely abundant among the oaks of the eastern slope 

 near the Columbia River. 



Camp Harney. Bendire. — Common during the win- 

 ter in the willows and shrubbery. In summer they 

 breed on the higher mountains. 

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