1/4 Bowles, Range of Certain Birds on the Pacific Slope. [.April 



Large-billed Sparrow (Passerculus rostratus rostratus). Given 

 in the Check-List as wintering "from San Pedro southward along 

 both coasts of Lower California," etc. 



During the winters of 1909-10 and 1910-11 these sparrows were 

 common on the dock at Santa Barbara, where they were seen 

 regularly by both Mr. Bradford Torrey and myself. They arrive 

 about the middle of September and leave us early in March, the 

 attraction here being undoubtedly the grain that is spilled when the 

 boats unload. 



Nuttall's Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys nuttalli). — Re- 

 corded as breeding south as far as San Louis Obispo County, Cal. 



On May 21, 1910, while on a collecting trip near Santa Barbara 

 with Mr. E. S. Spaulding of that city, he called my attention to 

 two pairs of these sparrows. One pair was feeding some bob- 

 tailed young, evidently newly out of the nest, while the second 

 pair showed every evidence of having a nest, although we failed 

 to locate it. 



Incidentally, a winter record of this sparrow from Washington 

 may be of interest. On January 22, 1908, I collected near Tacoma 

 a fine adult male in beautiful plumage. 



Golden-crowned Sparrow {Zonotrichia coronata). — While- 

 walking through a large field of weeds near Tacoma on December 16, 

 1907, I saw two immature birds of this species and collected one of 

 them. Returning on January 15, 1908, I found the other bird was 

 still there, where he remained until spring. These are my only 

 winter records for this species. 



Slate-colored Junco {J unco hyemalis hyemalis). — Not re- 

 corded from the State of Washington. I collected a male of this 

 species at Tacoma on February 4, 1909, and saw one other. They 

 were feeding in the snow with a company of Shufeldt's Juncos 

 (/. h. connectens), their plainer coloring at once distinguishing them 

 among their western cousins. 



Sooty Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia rufina). — At Ta- 

 kilma, Josephine Co., Oregon, my brother, Mr. C. W. Bowles, 

 collected the nest and four eggs of a Song Sparrow, but was unable 

 to secure either of the parents. Returning to the same locality a 

 few days later he succeeded in collecting a bird that was identified 

 by Mr. Oberholser as most closely corresponding to M. m. rufina. 



