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13. The same eye-in a later stage of maceration, the film entirely removed, the 
optic nerve torn. 
14. Dorsal surface of brain of Zyphlogobius showing cranial nerves, the 2d, 3d 
and 4th pairs removed. ‘ . 
15. Gillichthys mirabilis x 42. 
16. A single scale of same more enlarged. 
17. Several scales with color cells from the tail of same. 
18. Sense organs of the lateral line of a younger specimen of Gillichthys, from 
about the middle of the body. 
19. Solitary sense organ of the same from the base of the caudal. 
SONGS OF SOME CALIFORNIAN ZONOTRICHIA. 
BY CHARLES A. KEELER. 
As the distinction between the songs of Gambel’s white-crowned 
sparrow (2. leucophrys gambeli) and the golden-crowned sparrow 
(Z. coronata) does not seem to be generally recognized by ornithol- 
ogists,a few remarks on the subject may not be out of place. Neither 
of these birds possess any great powers of song, the notes of both 
being high, fine, long-drawn whistles, very similar in the quality 
of the tone. There is, however, one distinction. between the songs 
which is present, I think, in all their variations, viz., that the song 
of Gambel’s white-crowned sparrow begins on an ascending scale, 
while the song of the golden-crowned sparrow begins on a descend- 
ing scale. The typical song of Gambel’s white-crowned sparrow is 
as follows: 
The typical song of the golden-crowned sparrow is much simpler, 
being represented by the following notes: 
