226 LAND BIRDS 
Nest : Of weed stems ; lined with grasses ; placed in alder bushes. 
Eggs: 4 to 5; pale greenish blue, heavily spotted with pale reddish 
brown. Size 0.90 X 0.66. 
Like the Gambel sparrow, the Golden-crowned Spar- 
row is found in California during the winter months 
only. He occurs at i 
: 7h el 
Wi no j sa 
As] sit 
this season through- 
out the length of the 
State west of the 
Sierra Nevada, and_ 
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is oftenest found near 
the haunts of men. 
City parks and door- 
yards are not infre- 
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557. GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW. 
“< Their food is chiefly weed seeds and winter berries.” 
quently his banquet hall, and he regards 
human friends almost as trustfully as do his 
less welcome English cousins in the East. 
Along the foot-hills the Golden-crowned fre- 
