OCT., 1899.] 



BIRDS. 



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84. Chondestes gramraacus strigatus. Western Lark Sparrow. 



Not observed ou the inoiiutaiii, but seen at Edge wood August 31, 

 and in the bushes bordering the narrow meadows on Shasta River, in 

 the southwe.stern part of Shasta Valley, September 29. Ten days ear- 

 lier W. 11. Osgood reported them as common a little farther north in 

 Shasta Valley. At Sisson K. T. Fisher saw two tiocks the first half of 

 September. In August, 1883, C. H. Townseud found the species abun- 

 dant "on the high-lying plains northward of Mount Shasta." In July, 

 1899, Walter K. Fisher reported it as the commonest bird in Shasta 

 Valley. 



85. Zonotrichia leucophrys. Wliite-crowned Sparrow. 



Probably breeds near timberline in the Hudsouian zone, where, near 

 the head of Mud Creek, one 

 was shot August 4 by W. H. 

 Osgood. About the middle of 

 September numbers were seen 

 just below timberline on Pan- 

 ther C r e e k — doubtless mi- 

 grants — and a little later they 

 were common in the bushes 

 from Wagon Camp to Sisson 

 and along Shasta River in 

 Shasta N'alley. 



86. Spizella socialis arizonae. 

 Western Chii)ping Spar- 

 row. 



As the chipping sparrow is 

 not an inhabitant of dense Ibr- 

 ests it was not seen in the 

 Shasta tir belt; but in the open- 

 ings along the lower edge of 

 this belt it breeds, and was 

 feedingyoungat Wagon Camp 

 in July. After the breeding season it was seen from time to time near 

 timberline. It is a common breeder at Sisson and in Shasta Valley, 



87. Junco hyemalis thurberi. Sierra Junco. 



Common from timberline down to the lower edge of the Shasta firs. 

 The commonest 'ground bird' of the forest. Several nests with eggs or 

 young were found near Wagon Camp the latter part of July. 



88. Melospiza melodia montana. Mountain Song Sparrow. 



Song sparrows supposed to be this subspecies were found breeding 

 at Wagon Camp and Sisson the middle of July. Others were seen in 

 the tules at Big Spring, in Shasta Valley, September 17 to 20 by W. H. 

 Osgood. One was secured at Fdgewood July 19, 1899, by Walter K. 

 Fisher, who states that it was the only one seen during his stay. 



-White-crowned Sparrow {Zonotrichia leuco- 

 phrys). Drawn by L. A. Fuertes. 



