168 CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 



way north in the spring of 1876 on Rattlesnake Creek. 

 A few remain to breed. 



Ridgway. During summer we found this species only 

 in the elevated parks of the higher mountain ranges, 

 but during its migrations it was very plentiful in the 

 lower valleys. It arrived at Carson April 29, 1868. 



L. B. Butte Creek House, CaL, latitude 40 10', 

 altitude 5,600; nest and four nearly fresh eggs; nest of 

 grass, stems and dead leaves lined with fine grass, placed 

 on the ground on a cow chip in a very damp meadow 

 near a creek. Two of the eggs were much paler than 

 the others; all were greenish white, blotched, spotted 

 and speckled with brown. Date of finding July 1st; 

 female shot as she flew from the nest. 



Mr. Brewster (Auk, 1889, page 90), refers one of the 

 specimens I collected in the Victoria Mountains, Lower 

 California, in February, 1883, to M. lincolni striata, 

 Brewst., which he describes in the Auk of April, 1889. 



188. Melospiza lincolni striata Brewst. FORBUSH'S 

 SPARROW. 



British Columbia. 



189. Passer domesticus Linn. ENGLISH SPARROW. 

 Introduced about San Francisco Bay several years 



ago and now very abundant.* Reported breeding at 

 Olema, spring of 1884 by Mr. Ingersoll; a few seen at 

 Santa Cruz October 25, 1884, recent arrivals; the first 

 seen by Mr. Skirm. 



A few were brought from San Francisco to Stockton 

 in the fall of 1883, and turned loose in the streets. 

 They are multiplying rapidly and are already scattering 



* Phasianus torquatus Gmel., P. versicolor Vieill. aud P. scemmerringii 

 Teinm., have been introduced into Western Oregon from China and Japan, 

 and are thriving. 



