386 GRINNELL, Summer Birds of Mount Pinos, Cal. \ o^ 



one. On the 6th of July I shot an adult pair of crossbills from a pine 

 near the summit of Mount Pinos. The male is in full feather, having 

 nearly the entire body plumage orange-vermilion. The two birds 

 measure in millimeters as follows: — £, wing, 97; tail, 65; culmen, 

 19; depth of bill, 10. $, wing, 93; tail, 64 ; culmen, 19 ; depth of bill, 

 10. The gullet of one of the birds contained 13, mostly whole, shelled, 

 Jeffrey pine seeds. This is the southernmost summer record of the 

 crossbill in California. In fact I can find but one other record of its 

 occurrence so far south at any season, that by Daggett of its presence at 

 Pasadena in December, 1898. 



3S. Astragalinus psaltria hesperophilus Oder/wiser. Green-backed 

 Goldfinch. — A single pair was seen for several days at our camp in 

 Seymour Caflon, 6500 feet. 



39. Astragalinus lawrencei (Cassin). Lawrence Goldfinch. — The 

 Lawrence Goldfinch was fairly common above 6500 feet on Mount Pinos. 

 Adults" and full-grown young were frequently seen about springs among 

 the firs on the north slope near the summit. A pair or so were also met 

 with on the lower Seymour Creek at 5500 feet. 



40. Spinus pinus pinus {Wilson). Pine Siskin. — Siskins were com- 

 mon from the lower edge of the Jeffrey pine belt, say 6000 feet, to the 

 summit. Many daily visited the trickles of water in Seymour Canon 

 near our base camp. And among the firs on the north side near the 

 summit full-grown young with their parents were of frequent note. 



41. Chondestes grammacus strigatus (Swa/nsoti). Western Lark 

 Sparrow. — The Western Lark Sparrow was a fairly common species of 

 the open valleys of the region. There were several pairs about Seymour 

 Creek Meadow, and a nest was found there on June 28, containing three 

 fresh eggs. It was on the ground, sunk into a bunch of grass under a 

 sage bush. A surprise came to us when we later encountered several 

 Lark Sparrows in the open places on the very summit of Mount Pinos, 

 8800 feet. As with the Sage Sparrows found there at the same time, we 

 concluded that they had wandered up the mountain after nesting at a 

 lower level. 



42. Spizella socialis arizonae Cones. Western Chipping 'Sparrow- 

 — The Western Chipping Sparrow proved to be a fairly common bird of 

 the pine woods from 6500 feet to the summit. It is not a brush-loving 

 bird, being most often seen on the forest floor, feeding among the fallen 

 needles, or at the edges of the grassy cienegas, often in company with 

 juncos. 



43. Spizella brewed Cassin. Brewer Sparrow. — The Brewer Spar- 

 row was a characteristic species of the sage valleys of the region. It was 

 first met with as we approached Mount Pinos through Cuddy Canon, at 

 about 4500 feet elevation, and was not seen above 6000 feet in any place. 

 On the sage flat above Seymour Creek Meadow the species was numer- 

 ous. Full-grown young were taken June 26, and on June 28 several nests 

 were found located from li to 3 feet above the ground in sage bushes 



