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Flats and Mt. Waterman," where full-grown young were obtained on July 3, 

 1897/ and Mr. Belding has found it " July 1 on Castle Peak, Nevada County, 

 up to 8,000 feet," where it doubtless breeds. ^ lu Mexico it occurs plentifully 

 in winter and early spring near the city of Chihuahua, and it has been taken 

 still further south, in Durango. I have specimens shot at Oposura, Sonora, 

 but none from the west coast south of Guaymas. 



Spizella atrogularis (Cab.). 



Black-chinxed Sparrow. 



Spizella atrigularis Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. Amer. Birds, I. 1874, 

 pi. 20, fig. 12; II. 1874, 15 (Cape St. Lucas). Belding, Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus., VI. 1883, 348 (Victoria Mts. ; Pescadero). Bryant, Proc. Calif. Acad. 

 Sci., 2d ser., II. 1889, 301 (Cape Region). 



The specimens taken in Lower California by Mr. Frazar appear to be pecu- 

 liar only in respect to their bills, which are somewhat broader than in the 

 birds which breed in southern California. 



The Black-chinned Sparrow is apparently of rather uncommon occurrence 

 in the Cape Region, where it was first detected by Mr. Belding, who, in the 

 winter of 1882-83, saw a single bird in the mountains, and afterwards, near 

 Pescadero, a small flock, from which a single specimen was obtained. Mr. 

 Frazar took two at La Paz in February, and six at Triunfo in April, the latest 

 on the 23d of the month. To the northward, according to Mr. Bryant, it 

 was found hy Mr. Belding in May, 1885, between San Rafael and San Pedro 

 Martir, but nowhere numerously, and by Mr. Anthony on San Pedro Martir ^ 

 and at Valladeres. At the place last named "they were common and nest- 

 ing " (Bryant). It is not impossible that a few pairs breed in the Cape Region, 

 also, but this remains to be proved. 



This Sparrow has been found in summer at a number of localities in southern 

 California, where, according to Mr. F. Stephens, it nests in chemisal brush on 

 steep hillsides at between 1,000 and 3,000 feet altitude. It has occurred as far 

 to the northward as Inyo county in the interior of the State and in Alameda 

 county near the coast. It is said to have a wide range in Mexico, but a single 

 bird shot by Mr. J. C. Cahoon at Oposura, Sonnra on May 10, 1887, is the 

 only specimen which my collectors have obtained in that country. 



1 Pub. II. Pasadena Acad. Sci., 1898, 37. 



2 Occ. Papers Calif. Acad. Sci., II., Land Birds Pacif. District, 1890, 157. 



3 Mr. Anthony has since reported that near San Pedro Martir the species is 

 "rather common in the hills from the coast to the base of the mountain," and that 

 he is " sure that its song was heard in May, 1887, at 10,000 feet elevation." Zoe, 

 IV. 1893, 241. 



