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Chico. Wm. Proud. October 1, 1884, first, two; 

 abundant October 21. 



Gridley, September 27, 1884, two; common October 

 1. L. B. 



Haywards. W. 0. Emerson. October 7, first (six); 

 common at once. 



Berkeley. T. S. Palmer. Abundant winter resident. 

 First seen September 27, 1885; common October 20; 

 last seen April 20, 1886. 



178. Amphispiza bilineata (Cass.) BLACK-THROATED 

 SPARROW. 



Probably never found in California west of the Sier- 

 ra. L. B. 



Agua Caliente, San Diego County, Cal. F. Steph- 

 ens. Seen almost every day from March 26, to April 15, 

 1886. 



Cooper, 1870. In winter they descended to the hills 

 near the Colorado. They were never numerous. 



Hoffman. Like A. belli nevadensis, this species occurs 

 throughout the sagebrush regions in the northern and 

 middle portions of Nevada, but in the southern regions 

 was found in the elevated deserts, between Spring 

 Mountain and the Colorado, containing an abundant 

 growth of Algarroba and Yucca baccata. 



Ridgway. Throughout the sagebrush country, the 

 most desert tracts of which are its favorite abode. 

 Abundant on the Carson desert, a summer sojourner, 

 making its appearance in Truckee Valley, May 13, 1868. 

 Juvenile specimens July 25, 1867, in Truckee Meadow. 



179. Amphispiza belli (Cass.) BELL'S SPARROW. 

 San Diego. L. B. Common resident. 

 Poway. F. E. Blaisdell. Common resident. 



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