166 UnirersHy of California Publication.^ in Zoology [Vol.12 



Goldfinches of this species were henceforth noted in small nnmbcrs 

 as follows: opposite Cibola, ten miles below Cibola, twenty miles north 

 of Picacho, eight miles east of Picaeho (full grown young taken), four 

 miles below Potholes and near Pilot Knob (family of young) . Twenty- 

 five specimens were taken, nos. 13091-13115. These are identical with 

 the form inhabiting the Pacific slope of California. Of the sixteen 

 males in the series, not one is of the arizonae or mcxicanus type of 

 coloration, that is. with unusual extensions of black in the plumage. 



Astragalinus lawrencei (Cassin) 

 Lawrence Goldfinch 

 Observed only on the California side at Rivei-side ilountain. March 

 17: a fiock of eight was discovered in the upper branches of a dead 

 niesquite on the verge of the river bank, singing and calling in char- 

 acteristic fashion. Two were procured, nos. 13089-13090. 



A single specimen (no. 4164) is in the ilusenm, taken by J. G. 

 Cooper at Fort ilohave January 2S, 1S61. The species is probably 

 a winter visitant to the Colorado Valley, though not in abundance. 



Passer domesticus Linnaeus 

 English J>parrow 

 Several dozen were apjiarently well established in the station park 

 and about the railroatl yards of Needles. They had their i-ctreats in 

 the palms and eucalyptus by the station. One lone indi\-idual was 

 seen in some willows on the Arizona side half a mile above the railroad 

 station at ilelleu, February 24. 



Pooecetes gi-amineus coufinis Baird 

 Western Vesper Sparrow 



Met with in but two places: on the California side, in Chemehuevis 

 Valley, where a specimen, no. 13124, was secured JIai-ch 10; and on the 

 Arizona side, above Bill Williams River, Jlarch 12 and 13, where 

 three specimens were taken, nos. 13125-13127. A few others were 

 seen in the latter locality, where they were all found in a growth of 

 tall coarse grass paralleling the niesquite belt. 



There is in the ^lusenm a skin (no. 4155') taken by J. G. Cooper 

 at Fort Mohave. March 6, 1S61. This sparrow probably occni-s in 

 the resiou throusrhout the winter. 



