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277. Psaltriparus minimus californicus Ridgw. Cali- 



FORNiAN Bush-tit. 



Red Bluff. L. B. — Rather common February 3, 1885, 

 in pairs. Mr. B. W. Evermann, of Santa Paula, Ven- 

 tura County, informed me that birds of this species were 

 laying there February 16, 1881. I noticed that it was 

 mated at the same time in the foothills of San Joaquin 

 County. It is common and pretty generally distributed 

 in most parts of California below the fir forests; rarely 

 seen in them, but I have seen it at 5,000 feet altitude. 



Ukiah. George E. AuU. — Common resident. 



Chico. William Proud. — April 16, 1884, nest finished. 



Berkeley. T. S. Palmer. — Abundant summer resi- 

 dent. 



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

 Common resident. 



San Jose. A. L. Parkhurst. — January 15, 1885, flocks 

 were breaking up in pairs; February 15, building. 



Poway. F. E. Blaisdell. — Common resident; nest 

 April 26, 1884. 



San Diego. L. B. — Rare, owing to scarcity of trees 

 and shrubbery, but more common in the mountains on 

 the east and at Campo. I suppose the bird south of 

 Oregon, especially in the interior, to be var. californicus 

 Ridgw. The Red Bluff, Oroville and Colfax birds, 

 I collected in winter, are of this form, and probably so 

 at all times. Mr. Henshaw appears to have found an 

 abundance, as he got twenty-four specimens at Santa 

 Barbara, Fort Tejon and Walker's Basin, in 1875. It 

 was common at and about Tehachapi March and April, 

 1889. 



San Bernardino. F. Stephens. — Common; breeds in 

 the valleys. 



Volcan Mountains. W. 0. Emerson. Only seen 

 February 24 in a snow storm, associated with mountain 

 chickadee. 



