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(6) noted several there during December, 1908; and I took a female March 31, 

 1915, that was feeding in the corral near a barn. Linton (MS) also saw several 

 on San Nicolas in January, 1911. He (9) shot a bird on Santa Cruz Island and 

 saw two others, in December, 1907, which he recorded as hryanti, but which has 

 proved to be of this form (7). C. II. Townsend (i) secured a specimen in the 

 same locality February 6, 1889. 



136. Chondestes grammacus strigatus Swainsou 



Western Lark Sparrow 



Chondestes grammacus strigatus (/) Linton, Condor, x, 1908, p. 128. (2) Grinnell, Pac. 

 Coast Avif., 11, 1915, p. 115. 



C. B. Linton (1) saw several of tliese ])irds on Santa Cruz Island, and col- 

 lected one in December, 1907. 



137. Zonotrichia querula (Xuttall) 



Harris Sparrow 



Zonotrichia querula {]) Linton, Condor, x, 1908, p. 84. (2) Willett, Pac. Coast Avif., 7, 

 1912, p. 79. (3) Grinnell, Pac. Coast Avif., 11, 1915, p. 116. 



C. B. Linton (1) took a specimen of this species, sex undetermined, on San 

 Clemente Island, October 15. 1907. It is now in the University of California ^lu- 

 seum of Vertebrate Zoology. 



138. Zonotrichia leucophrys g-ambeli (Xuttall) 



Gambel Sparrow 



Zonotrichia gambeli il) Cooper, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., iv, 1870, p. 78. 



Zonotrichia leucophrys intermedia (2) Streets, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., vii, 1877, p. 11. (3) 

 Keeler, Zoe, i, 1891, p. 341. (.'/) Grinnell, Pasadena Acad. Sci., i, 1897, p. 17. (.7) 

 Grinnell, Auk, xv, 1898, p. 235. (6) Mailliard, Bull. Cooper Orn. Club, i, 1899, p. 41. 



Zonotrichia gambeli intermedia (7) Townsend, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xiii, 1890, pp. 139, 

 14L 



Zonotrichia leucophrys gambeli (S) Oberholser, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxii, 1900, p. 232. 

 (9) Richardson, Condor, x, 1908, p. 67. {10) Linton, Condor, x, 1908, p. 85. {11) 

 Linton, Condor, x, 1908, p. 128. {12) Osburn, Condor, xi, 1909, p. 137. {13) Howell 

 and van Rossem, Condor, xiii, 1911, p. 210. {l-'i) Willett, Pac. Coast Avif., 7, 1912, p. 

 79. {13) Grinnell, Pac. Coast Avif., 11, 1915, p. 116. 



Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii {16) Mearns, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. lvi, 1907, p. 142. 



Abundant winter visitant. Probably arrives in September and leaves the 

 first part of May. Streets (2) reports one taken on the Coronados, but I imagine 

 that it does not occur there in great numbers, as I have never seen it during the 

 early spring in that locality. We found it most abundant on San Clemente in 

 the spring of 1915. By the time we left the island, April 11, the birds were be- 

 ginning to bunch up in larger flocks than noted when we first arrived, and the 

 majority were evidently thinking about moving on. Birds were repeatedly no- 

 ticed chasing each other. 



J. Grinnell (5) states that the species was numerous at Catalina in Decem- 

 ber, 1897, and I have found it to be well distributed over the island in April. C. 



