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San Bernardino. F. Stephens. — Tolerably common 

 resident of foothills. 



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



Tolerably common resident. 



Berkeley. T. S. Palmer. — Abundant resident. 



Sebastopol. P. H. Holmes. — Shot here. 



Red Bluff. L. B. — Common resident; also of Colfax 

 and Murphys. Alta, November 17, 1884, not rare, 

 though seldom found so high (3,600 feet). I suppose 

 the Alameda and Contra Costa County notes refer to 

 the typical bird, the others to variety henshaivi, al- 

 though specimens from Red Bluff, Oroville, Colfax, 

 Gridley, Marysville, Stockton, Calaveras County and San 

 Diego, are much darker than the type of henshawi, as I 

 remember it, having seen it in 1882. This came from 

 Walker's Basin, near Caliente, as Mr. Henshaw informs 

 me. I doubt if it is really abundant at any locality, but 

 is quite common in most parts of California, in shrub- 

 bery and thickets, where it finds shelter. 



275. Chamaeafasciata henshawi Ridgw. Pallid Wren- 

 tit. 



Interior of California, including the western slope of 

 the Sierra Nevada. 



276. Psaltriparus minimus (Towns.) Bush-tit. 

 British Columbia. John Fannin. — Common resident. 

 Cooper, 1860. Quite abundant during summer at 



Fort Steilacoom. They arrive towards the middle of 

 April. 



Beaverton. A. W. Anthony. — First seen March 11, 

 1885; March 12, tolerably common; breeds. 



Willamette Valley. 0. B. Johnson. — Plentiful during 

 the winter months among the evergreens; always in 

 small flocks. Many remain all summer to breed, but 

 they are more retired and less conspicuous. (1880). 



