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vlT, Cyanocitta stelleri frontalis. 



BLUE-FRONTED JAY. Common at all times. 



18. Aphelocoma californica, 



CALIFORNIA JAY. Common. More social than the Blue- 

 fronted Jay, coming about the corrals and sheds for scat- 

 tered corn, and often going to the feed boxes to help them- 

 selves. Specimens which were taken differ considerably 

 from the same species found at Hay wards, Cal., being 

 smaller and somewhat different in color. 



19. Corvus americanus. 



AMERICAN CROW. Two or three pairs were seen about the 

 ranch during the winter. A large colony had nesting sites 

 in some willows at the foot of the mountain in the spring. 



20. Sturnella magna neglecta. 



WESTERN MEADOWLARK. Rarely seen on the mountains. 



21. Scolecophagus cyanocephalus. 



BREWER'S BLACKBIRD. Three males came around the 

 house during a snow storm on February llth; a female was 

 seen on March 20th. 



22. Carpodacus frontalis rhodocolpus. 



CRIMSON HOUSE FINCH. Not common. Heard one sing- 

 ing on February 22d. 



23. Spinus lawrencei. 



LAWRENCE'S GOLDFINCH. A small flock was seen twice in 

 January. 



24. Ammodramus sandwichensis alaudinus. 



WESTERN SAVANNA SPARROW. A single specimen was 

 taken Marcli 9th. . 



25. Chondestes grammacus strigatus. 



WESTERN LARK SPARROW. Common in flocks about open 

 ground. 



26. Zonotrichia gambeli. 

 GAMBEL'S SPARROW. Common. 



