May T9OI.] LAND BIRDS Ol- SANTA CRUZ COl'XTY. 13 



71. Astragalinus lawrencei (C«^^.)- Lawrence (ioldtliKli. 



Emerson. — Noticed one near the Big Tree Grove at Felton. Nesting 

 in live oaks May i8, 1889. McGregor and Fiske. — Abundant summer res- 

 ident about vSanta Cruz. 



72. Spinus pinus ( Wils.). Pine Siskin. 



A pair of siskins was taken in March by Hoover and I. Kaeding. — 

 Throughout all of May siskins were abundant in small Hocks. The ovaries 

 were developed. Emerson. — On reaching the large pine grove at the top 

 of the ridge up from the river bottom of the San Lorenzo near Felton, my 

 companion and I noticed a siskin near the roadside gathering bits of dead, 

 dry grass. Soon it flew, with its mate following, to the end of a long pine 

 limb where there was a nest some forty feet up and ten feet or more from 

 the body of the tree. 



73. Ammodramus sandwichensis alaudinus iBo)iap.). Western Savanna 

 Sparrow. 



.Kaeding. — A few seen June i. 



74. Ammodramus sandwichensis bryanti Ridgw. Bryant Marsh Sparrow. 

 In March Hoover and I found this bird in flocks with the Western 



vSavanna Sparrow and I have taken numerous specimens in late summer, 

 from the marshes along the San Lorenzo River where it undoubtedly 

 breeds as both young and worn adults were secured. limerson. — Not un- 

 common al)out the hclds south of Santa Cruz. 



75. Chondestes grammacus strigatus {Swains.). Western Lark Sparrow. 

 Found breeding near vSanta Cruz by McGregor and Fiske. Emer- 

 son. — Noticed near F>lton, around habitations. Kaeding — Not common; 

 breeds. 



76. Zonotrichia leucophrys nuttalli Rido7c.^ Nuttall Sparrow. 



This and the golden-crown we found abundant in March. The 

 species breeds about Santa Cruz. Emerson — Noticed sparingly all 

 through the mountains, but it was more plentiful near the coast about 

 thick bushes. Skirm — Common; stays the whole year in the low brush 

 along the beach; begins to breed about April 25; eggs from three to four; 

 raises two, possibly three broods in a season. « 



77. Zonotrichia coronata {Pall.). Golden-crowned Sparrow. 



F;merson observed this species once in November, 1884, at Wright 

 Station. 



78. Zonotrichia albicollis {C.viel.). White-throated Sjjarrow. 

 Breninger records taking a male peabody at Santa Cruz on January 



r, 1894, and seeing another later.3 



79. Spizella socialis arizonae 6'<w<;'.v. Western Chijjping Sparrow. 

 Emerson. — Observed only about the gardens and small orchards near 



the mountain residences. Kaeding, — Fairly common; breeds. Skirm. — 

 Tolerably common summer resident.* 



1. Ridgway, Auk Xl'I; 1899, p. 36. 



2. Belding, o/> f;V., ^. 151. 



3. Bull. Cooper Ornith. Club, I; 1899, P- 93- 



4. Beldiug, op. cit., p. 155. 



