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high as 2,500 feet altitude, mixed with flocks of J. li. oregoniis, 

 and in summer abundant in the pine belt from 7,000 to 

 11,000 feet altitude. It nests during the first week in May. 

 (See these Proceedings, p. 76.) 



231. Amphispiza bilineata (Cass.) 



Black-throated Sparrow. — Reported as common at the 

 Cape region by Mr. Belding who did not see any at San 

 Quintin Bay but found them moderately common at Santa 

 Eosalia Bay and San Rafael Valley. Mr. Anthony found 

 them not uncommon in the low hills a few miles from the 

 coast about lat. 31° N. On Santa Margarita and Magdalena 

 Islands they were the most common and generally dis- 

 tributed species. Breeding far from any water, nests were 

 found in bushes from one to five feet above the ground. On 

 the peninsula and Cerros Islands I found them equally 

 common. 



232. Amphispiza belli (Cass.) 



Bell's Sparrow. — Mr. Anthony mentions it as common 

 from sea-level to 1,500 feet elevation. I secured a single 

 specimen south of San Quintin, May, 1889. Mr. Belding 

 found it common at Santa Rosalia Bay. 



233. Peucaea ruficeps boucardi (ScL) 



BoucARDS Sparrow.— In the Victoria Mountains Mr. 

 Belding found them common on grassy hillsides above 

 2,500 feet altitude. By February they were usuall}^ seen in 

 pairs. I obtained a single specimen at Llanos de San 

 Julian April 19, 1889. 



234. Melospiza fasciata samuelis (Baird). 



Samuel's Song Sparrow. — One individual seen amongst 

 some tules at San Quintin by Mr. Belding. I found them 

 quite common in the large fresh water sw^ampat El Rosario, 

 and song sparrows that I supposed were of this form, were seen 

 at San Fernando. 



