McCaskie (1970) has summarized the status of the American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) in California. He considers it a normal fall migrant and a late spring vagrant, occurring regularly in small numbers throughout much of the state, and a rare, local winter resident in the south. He treats June and July birds as vagrants that have become hopelessly lost. The breeding range according to the American Ornithologists’ Union (1957) extends west and south to southwestern British Columbia, central northern Washington, eastern Oregon, and northern Utah. However, the closest definite breeding locality that we can find is in southwestern Oregon 15 miles north of Medford, Jackson Co., and 210 km northeast of Arcata, California (Crowell and Nehls, 1970); this nest contained four young when discovered on 2 July 1970 among willows along the Rogue River (John Butler, fide Guy McCaskie). Other summer records from farther northeast in Oregon (Gabrielson and Jewett, 1940; Quaintance, 1942) suggest breeding on a somewhat regular basis.