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bated eggs taken May 14, and his latest was of three eggs, also slightly incu- 

 bated, taken June 20. According to J. S. Appleton this bird is a rather com- 

 mon summer resident of the Simi Valley, southern Ventura County. He took 

 five fresh eggs in that locality. May 21, 1899. and three slightly incubated 

 eggs, May 28, following (Condor xm, 1911, 76). II. S. Swarth found a nest 

 containing three young birds in the San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles 

 County. May 24, 1899 (Bull. Cooper Orn. Club i. 1899, 94). W. M. Pierce 

 took two considerably incubated eggs near Claremont, Los Angeles County, 

 May 13, 1903, and noted four eggs, advanced in incubation, in the same local- 

 ity, May 28, following. I took a set of four eggs near Highlands, San Ber- 

 nardino County, April 19, 1897. Incubation was far advanced. Specimens 

 were taken by N. S. Goss at San Diego in the spring of 1884 ( Belding, Land 

 Bds. Pac. Dist, 1890, 157). 



269. (565) Spizella atrogularis (Cabanis). Black-chinned Sparrow. 



Common in summer on brushy mountain sides up to about 7000 feet. Oc- 

 curs sparingly on the mesas during migrations. Arrives mostly in April and 

 leaves during late August and early September. Extreme records for the species 

 in Los Angeles County are : specimen taken by LI. S. Swarth in the Cahuenga 

 Valley, April 1, 1896, and immature male taken by J. Grinnell near Pasadena, 

 September 10, 1897 (Pub. 2. Pasadena Acad. Sci., 1898, 38). Although the 

 Black-chinned Sparrow is fairly plentiful in summer in suitable localities, the 

 nest is hard to locate and there are few sets of eggs in collections. J. Grin- 

 nell found a nest containing two small young on Mt. Finos, Ventura County, 

 June 28, 1904 (Auk xxn, 1905, 387). O. W. Howard took five sets of eggs 

 in Lockwood Valley and Pirn Basin, northeastern Ventura County, in May 

 and June. 1903. His earliest set was of four fresh eggs taken May 16, and his 

 latest was of four slightly incubated eggs taken July 1. J. E. Law 

 found a nest containing almost full-grown young near Newhall, Los An- 

 geles County, May 19, 1906 (Condor vm, 1906, 157). A. B. Howell took 

 four slightly incubated eggs in the Arroyo Seco, near Pasadena, May 21, 

 1911. F. E. Blaisdell found three nests at Poway. San Diego County, in 

 April and May. One nest contained four eggs and the other two contained 

 young birds (Belding, Land lids. Pac. Dist., 1890, 158). A nest and three 

 eggs was taken by C. L. Pauter at Escondido. San Diego County, June 12. 

 1905 (Sharp, Condor ix, 1907, 89). 



270. (567) Junco hyemalis hyemalisf Linnaeus). Slate-colored Junco. 



Winter visitant in small numbers. W. A. Jeffries took a specimen at 

 Santa Barbara. March 14, 1883 (Auk vi. 1889, 221). L. S. Daggett took two 

 males near Pasadena. March 15, 1893. and March 4, 1897. J. Grinnell took 

 a female in the same locality. February 27, 1 897 . H. S. Swarth took a male 

 near Los Angeles, February 8, 1897 (Grinnell, Pub. 2, Pasadena Acad. Sci., 

 1898, 38). Mr. Swarth also took two males near Los Angeles, November 3, 

 1898 (Bull. Cooper Orn. Club 1, 1899. 95), and a male on Mt. Wilson, Decem- 

 ber 6, 1900 (Condor in, 1901, 17). W. W. Price took two males at Riverside. 

 February 10 and December 1. 1888 (Emerson, Zoe 1, 1890. 45). and L. Beld- 



