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The Western Lark Sparrow is a common winter resident of the Cape Region, 

 aiTi\ing from the North earlv in October (Mr. Frazar's first specimen was 

 taken on the 8th). It is apparently not restricted to any particular kind of 

 country, for ilr. Fraziir found it quite as numerous in the flat sea-coast region 

 ahout San Jose del Cabo as among the hills at Pierce's Ranch and Triunfo. 

 None were seen by him, however, on the Sierra de Li Laguna. 



To the northward of the Cape Region, the Western Lark Sparrow is " gen- 

 erally distributed over the peninsula in winter and spring," according to ilr. 

 Bryant, It will be strange if it is not found breeding in the more northern 

 districts, for it nests commonly in southern CaUfomia, and thence northward 

 to British Columbia. Its winter range includes most of Mexico and extends 

 to Guatemala. 



Zonotrichia leucophrys (Fobst.). 



White-crowjted Sparrow. 



Zonotrichia leucophrys Baird, Proc. Acad. Nat Sci. Phila., 1859, 301 (Cape St. 

 Lucas), .304 (crit. ; Cape St. Lucas). Baird, Brewer, and Ridgwat, Hist. 

 N. Amer. Birds, I. 1874, .367 (Cape St. Lucas in winter). Beldixg, Proc. 

 U. S. Nat. Mus., V. 188^3, 540 (La Paz and s.). Ridgwat, Ibid., footnote, 

 (Cape Region). Brtaxt, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., 2d ser., II., 1889, 300 (Cape 

 Region). 



This is another very common winter resident. Mr. Frazar found it most 

 numerous at San Jose del Cabo, where his first autumnal specimen, an adult 

 male, was obtained, on October II. About a week before this, a White-crowned 

 Sparrow was heard singing, but it was not shot and may have been gambelii. 

 Mr. Belding has taken Uucophrys on Cerros Island in May, and Mr. Bryant 

 " found it on Santa Margarita Island and various places on the peninsula." 



The White-crowned Sparrow breeds in the Sierras of California, "in the sub- 

 alpine meadows from Alpine County to the northern part of Butte County." ^ 

 It migrates at least as far as southward as Alamos, western Mexico, whence I 

 have typical specimens. In the interior it has been reported from Tamaulipas, 

 Guanajuato, and the valley of Mexico. 



Mr. Anthony states that " all of the white crowns [i. e., leuwphrys, gamhelii, 

 and nuttalW] are abundant about the base of San Pedro [Martir] during the 

 winter months, and a few are to be seen in the pines during migrations. But 

 few specimens were taken and the comparative abundance of the different 

 species was not determined."^ 



1 BelJing, Occ. Papers CaUf. Acal. Sci., II., Land Birds Pacif. District, 1890, 

 148. 



2 Zoe, IV. 1893, 241. 



