422 CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 



17. Cyanocitta stelleri frontalis. 

 Blue-fronted Jay. — Common at all times. 



18. Aphelocoma californica. 



California Jay. — Common. More social than the Blue- 

 fronted Jay, coming about the corrals and sheds for scat- 

 tered corn, and often going to the feed boxes to help them- 

 selves. Specimens which were taken differ considerably 

 from the same species found at Hay wards, Cal., being 

 smaller and somewhat different in color. 



19. Corvus americanus. 



American Crow. — Two or three pairs were seen about the 

 ranch during the winter. A large colon}^ had nesting sites 

 in some willows at the foot of the mountain in the spring. 



20. Sturnella magna neglecta. 



AYestern Meadowlark. — Rarely seen on the mountains. 



21. Scolecophagus cyanocephalus. 



Brewer's Blackbird. — Three males came around the 

 house during a snow storm on February 11th; a female was 

 seen on March 20th. 



22. Carpodacus frontalis rhodocolpus. 



Crimson House Finch. — Not common. Heard one sing- 

 ing on February 22d. 



23. Spinus lawrencei. 



Lawrence's Goldfinch. — A small flock was seen twice in 

 January. 



24. Ammodramus sandwichensis alaudinus. 



"Western Saa^anna Sparrow. — A single specimen was 

 taken March 9th. 



25. Chondestes grammacus strigatus. 



Western Lark Sparrow. — Common in flocks about open 

 ground. 



26. Zonotrichia gambeli. 



Gambel's Sparrow. — Common. 



