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36. Zonotrichia leucophrys intermedia. Intermediate Sparrow. — 

 Not uncommon as a winter resident along the arroyo below the mission. 

 One was taken at the mine as late as April 29. 



37. Amphispiza bilineata. Black-throated Sparrow. — Verv 

 common in the interior and not uncommon on the coast. A. belli takes 

 the place, to a large extent, of bilineata on the coast, crowding it further 

 inland to the north until at San Qiiintin I very seldom saw it within ten 

 miles of the beach. In 1887 a nest of bilineata was found north of San 

 Fernando which contained four eggs, two of which were fresh and 

 normal. The others, tliough perfect to all appearances, contained nothing 

 but a small yelk. 



38. Amphispiza belli. Bell'.s Sparrow. — Not seen over four or Hve 

 miles from the beach in the latitude of San Fernando and not ver\' 

 common. 



39. Melospiza fasciata heermanni. Heermann's SoN(i Sparrow. — 

 Common about the mission. In Mr. W. E. Bryant's ' Catalogue of the 

 Birds of Lower California ' (Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., Vol. II) he says, under 

 head of M. f. saniuelis: "I found them quite common in the large fresh- 

 water swamp at El Rosario and Song Sparrows that I suppose were this 

 form were seen at San Fernando." In a series of Song Sparrows repre- 

 senting nearl\' all of the countr\- between San Diego and San Fernando 

 I can find nothing that approaches saniuelis, and though I have no speci- 

 mens from El Rosario I feel sin-e that Mr. Bryant must have made a 

 mistake in referring the bird to that race, all of m>' skins being easilv 

 referable to heermanni. In the San Fernando Melospiza I had expected 

 to find some indication of intergradation with rivnlaris. but in the small 

 series from the mission none show any approach to the characteristics of 

 that race. It is possible that on the eastern side of the peninsula it will 

 be found to intergrade with fallax, which extends for an unknown 

 distance down the western side of the Gulf, but in the light of the mate- 

 rial at my command I would expect to find rivularis a distinct local 

 species. 



40. Pipilo fuscus senicula.' Lower Californian Towhee. — Rare 

 about the mine but more common in the mesquite at the mission. 



41. Habia melanocephala. Black-he.xded Grosbeak. — Seen onlv as 

 a migrant and hut once or twice. 



42. Calamospiza bicolor. Lark Bunting. — A flock seen along the 

 coast between El Rosario and San Fernando in April, 1S87. 



43. Progne subis] hesperia. Western Martin. — Not uncommon at 

 the mission and an occasional pair was seen in other localities, nesting in 

 Woodpecker holes in the giant cactus. 



44. Petrochelidon lunifrons. Cliff Swallow. — Common during 

 migration, and occasionally seen as longas I was at San Fernando, but- 

 no nesting colonies were found. 



' See antea, j). in. 



