REPRODUCTION 



Nests with pipped eggs and young were found 

 in the latter part of March 1915 (Howell 1917). 

 If similar to the coastal race (belli), nests with 

 (usually) 4 eggs would be found chiefly in April 

 and May, and pairs would be spaced an average of 

 about 50 yards (46 m) apart (Miller 1968). 



MANAGEMENT 



The obvious procedure in management of the 

 Sam Clemente Sage Sparrow would be to remove 

 all goats and swine from the island, or at least to 

 fence them away from large enough sections of 

 the plateau to permit regrowth of the dense low 

 scrub necessary for the existence of this species of 

 sparrow. 



AUTHORITIES 



Robert M. Stewart and William C. Clow 



Point Reyes Bird Observatory 



Box 321 



Bolinas, California 94924 



PREPARER'S COMMENTS 



1 agree with Stewart's and Clow's appraisal in 

 their 1974 report that the feral goats are a men- 

 ace, not only to the San Clemente Sage Sparrovv, 

 but all of the brush-inhabiting birds of the island, 

 and that the only way to prevent the extinction 

 of several species is to remove or drastically con- 

 fine the goats and give the vegetation a chance to 

 come back. The U.S. Navy that controls the is- 

 land should be encouraged to take all steps pos- 

 sible to achieve such goat control. 



LITERATURE CITED/SELECTED 

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American Ornithologists' Union. 1957. Check-list 

 of North American Birds, 5th Ed. Baltimore, 

 Md. Amer. Ornith. Union. 591 pp. 



Breninger, G. F. 1904. San Clemente Island and 

 itsbirds. Auk 21:218-223. 



Grinnell, J. 1897. Report on the birds recorded 

 during a visit to the islands of Santa Barbara, 

 San Nicholas, and San Clemente, in the spring 

 of 1897. Pasadena Acad. Sci. Publ. 1. 



Grinnell, J. and A. H. Miller. 1944. The distribu- 

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Howell, A. B. 1917. Birds of the islands off the 

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Miller, A. H. in Bent, A. C. 1968. Life histories 

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Stewart, R. M. and W. C. Clow. 1974. Part I San 

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