FRINGILLID-35: Finches, Sparrows, etc. 



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Southwestern California 

 Res. Abundant in salt 

 marshes along the coast. Has 

 been found about alkaline 

 sloughs a short distance inland. 

 Usually occurs singly or in small 

 parties, scattered everywhere 

 in salt grass (salicornia) . 



Beldmq Sparrow 



Southwestern California 

 W.V. Sept.- Apr- Numer- 

 ous in salt marshes and on 

 adjacent ocean beach, a 

 habitat from which it never 

 strays. Nesting-place recently 

 discovered, tide-flats, on Gulf 

 of California. 



l_ar<je-billed Sparrow 



Southwestern California 

 Common locally; generally 

 rare. Nests in small, loose 

 colonies, widely separated, sea- 

 level to 5000 feet or more. 



Arizona Probably Res. 

 Rare. Southern and western 

 part of State. 



Western^ 



Grasshopper Sparrow 



