218 NOTKS ON CALIFORNIA ANIMALS. 



I'K'd t<);;('llK'r laic in December. With the exception of a very lew 

 Ibiiiid near the mouth of the McCloud Elver in November they were not 

 observed in lii,<ih country. 



Chondestes grammacias strigatus (Sw.)- Wo^UrH Lark Finch. 



An abundant summer resident of all parts of the country, except the 

 pine forests and the high mountains. As observed, breeding Lite in 

 May at Baird, the nests were on the ground, wliile at lied Bluff' they 

 nested two weeks earlier, and all the nests noticed were in h)w trees. 

 It was very abundant in August on the higli lying plains northward of 

 Mount Shasta. 



Zonotrichia leucophrys (Forst.). WMie-cronncd Sparrow. 



Numerous in the mountains of the northeastern i)art of the State, 

 where it was found breeding in June by Mr. Uenshaw. Also recorded 

 from :Xortliern California, by ]>r. Newberry. I have not recognized it 

 then^ myself. 



Zonotrichia intermedia Ridgw. Jtitcrmediale Sjiarrow. 



Tliis species was abundant at Bed Bluff in the spring. Flocks of 

 them, accompanied by occasional individuals of eoronata, constantly 

 frequented the brush fences of certain localities. A few were observed 

 there in December also. They were seen only at rare intervals in the 

 region round about ]\Iount Lassen and were not found at all about 

 Mount Shasta. 



Zonotrichia gambeli (Nntt.)- (rambcr.s S2)arrow. 



A single S[)ecimen of this form was obtaine(l at the United States 

 fislieiy November 10. 



Zonotrichia eoronata (Pall.)- Goldeii-croicved Sparrow. 



Occasionally met with at lied Bluff" in jMarch, and oidy nnde:- the 

 circumstances mentioned in the paragraph relating to 'nitermc<H<i. At 

 ITnmboldt Bay it was more numerous. 



Spizella monticola ochiacea Brewst. Wenlcrn Trev, Sparrow. 



Tliis species is represented in Captain Feilner's JMut Crook colle(;- 

 tion. 



Spizella socialis arizonae Coii(\s. (rc^tern Chipphij/ Sparrow. 



Met with almost everywhere in the country, even np to the timber- 

 line of Shasta, where nunierons younj>' birds were fonnd in midsummer. 

 The va'ley region about lied Bluff was the oidy locality where this 

 sparrow was really rare. At Jiaird nests wei-e found late in Mny and 

 at ]Mount Lassen early in June. 



Spizella breweri C.-iss. Hrrwrr's Sj)<(rrotc. 



Keeorded as iihinid.'.nt i)y Dr. Newberry and Mr. Ilensliaw. Speci- 

 mens were collected at \\n\ Crook by Ca])tain I-'eiliier. 



