126 NORTH AMERICAN lAlXA. [no. 16. 



80. Melospiza lincolni. Lincoln Sparrow. 



Breeds alonii' the (Ml<>e of the forest at VVau'on Canij). where I shot 

 one at the spring -July -<>. Anotiier was ol)taJiK'(l l)y \l. T. Fish«r on 

 S(piaw Creek (alt. about (i,70(> feet) August 17. Others were seen 

 among the ahlers in Mud and Ash Creek canyons about the end of July 

 by Walter K. Fisher, At Sisson, the lirst half of September. II. f. 

 Fisher found the species fairly common, and shot one among the alders 

 bordering Cold Creek. W. 11. Osgood reported it as common in Shasta 

 Valley September 17 to I'O. 



IM). Passerella iliaca unalaschcensis. Townsend Sparrow. 



Common during migration (September) throughout the clm])arral of 

 the lower slopes from Sisson up to Wagon Camp. At Wagon Cam]) 

 one was shot by W. 11. Osgood September 2-f. Common also late in 

 September in bushes in the m;)re open parts of the forest along the east 

 base of Scott Mountains from Sisson lujrth to Edgewood, and in the 

 bushes bordering Shasta River in the southern ])art of Shasta Valley. 



Passerellas supposed to be this species were seen re[)eatedly at 

 Sisson, the lirst half of September, by R. T. Fisher. 



1)1. Passerella iliaca megarhyncha. Thiclv l)illed Sparrow. 



Breeds near Wagon Camp, apparently in the chai)arral, where John 

 H. Sage shot one July 20 and another July 22. At Sisson W. 11. 

 Osgood and Miss Merriam saw this species July l.> and 15. In the 

 summer of 1883 C. H. Townsend foun<l it a connnon breeder in the 

 chai)arral tracts of Shasta. 



92. Pipilo maculatus megalonyx. Spurred Towhee. 



Common in the undergrowth along the edges of openings in the pon- 

 derosa pine forest from Sisson to Shasta Valley. One was shot at 

 l"[)ton September 15 by R. T. Fisher. C. H. Townsend found it breed- 

 ing commonly on the lower slopes of ShastUi in 1883. 



93. Pipilo fuscus crissalis. California Towhee. 



Several seen in the chaparral near (xazelh^ August -'»1 by N'ernon 

 Bailey, and near Edgewood by Walter i\. Fisher. 



94. Oreospiza chlorura. (Ireen-tailed Towhee. 



Apparently a fairly common breeder on the lower slopes of Shasta, 

 where in the chaparral near Wagon Cainj) several were seen and one 

 was killed the latter part of July and early in August, and one was 

 found feeding lull-grown young Jidy 28. At Sisson lAIiss ]\Ierriam 

 found them the middle of July. 'Ihe last one noted by me was seen 

 in the manzanita at an altitude of 1,900 feet, on the road from Wagon 

 Camp to Sisson, August 20. 



95. Zamelodia melanocephala. lUack-headed (Irosbeak. 



Seen at Sisson l)y W. II. Osgood July 1">. At the .McClonl K'iver 

 lish hatchery C. H. Townsend found it a connnon breeder in IS8;>. 



