BREWSTER : BIRDS OF THE CAPE REGION, LOWER CALIFORNIA. 145 



Valley, Alaska. In the Sierra Madre Mountains of Mexico it breeds as far 

 south as Pinos Altos, whence I have typical specimens, taken in June. None 

 of my collectors have found it on the west coast of Mexico. 



Spizella pallida (Swains.). 



Clay-colored Sparrow. 



Spizella pallida Belding, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., V. 1883, 540 (San Jose and 

 elsewhere in Cape Region). Bkyant, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., 2d ser., II. 

 1889,301 (Cape Region). 



This is a coniniou winter resident in the Cape Region, whence it was first 

 reported by Mr. Belding. Mr. Frazar found it numerous at San Jose del 

 Cabo (where his first specimen was shot on October 14) and at Triunfo (in 

 December). He also took it at Santiago, but it is not included in his lists of 

 birds seen at La Paz and on the Sierra de la La«'una. Mr. Brvant notes it as 

 common on Santa Margarita Island and northward on the Peninsula, pre- 

 sumably in autumn, winter, or spring, for there is no reason to suppose that 

 it breeds as far south as even the northern part of Lower California. 



Dr. Cooper has recorded S. pallida as " common in April " at Fort Mojave,i 

 but no one else seems to have found it in California. It breeds in the interior 

 of Xorth America and migrates as far southward as Oaxaca in southern 

 Mexico. 



Spizella breweri Cass. 



Brewer's Sparrow. 



Spizella hreireri Belding, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., V. 188-3, 540 (Cape Region). 

 Brtant, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., 2d ser., II. 1889, 301 (Cape Region). 



Mr. Belding considers Brewer's Sparrow "abundant," but Mr. Fra^.ar did 

 not find it at all common, and his collection contains only five specimens as 

 against thirty-nine of pallida. He saw it at La Paz, Triunfo, and San Jos^ 

 del Cabo, as well as on Carmen Island. Mr. Bryant mentions onl}' one ex- 

 ample, which he shot "at San Julio (near Comondu)," and which he considers 

 " intermediate between this species and .S'. pallida," S. breweri is, of course, 

 only a mnter visitor to the Cape Region. ]\Ir. Frazar's latest spring date is 

 April 20. 



North of San Diego, in California, Brewer's Sparrow is seldom seen near 

 the coast, but east of the Sierras it is of regular and frequent occurrence at its 

 seasons of migration. Mr. Grinnell states that it is " tolerablv common in 

 summer from 5,000 to 7,000 feet on the brushy mountain sides between Pine 



1 Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., II. 1863, 122. 



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