142 CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 



Cooper, 1870. I found this bird wintering in the 

 Colorado Valley in considerable numbers but it disap- 

 peared by April 1. 



158. Poocaetes gramineus affinis Miller. OREGON VES- 

 PER SPARROW. 



In the winter of 1883-4 I got a specimen in Cajon 

 Valley, San Diego County, out of a flock of larger grayer 

 birds and sent it to Mr. Ridgway, who said that it was 

 probably deserving of a name but he would want to see 

 more of that sort before naming it, and I let the matter 

 rest until the fall of 1888 when I sent several to Dr. 

 Fisher who was absent from his post about that time. 

 In the meantime Mr. Miller's bird was published. Dr. 

 Fisher told me afterward that he compared my speci- 

 mens with Mr. Miller's and found them identical, con- 

 sequently the preceding notes on P. g. confinis belong 

 in part here. I collected the one I sent to the Smith- 

 sonian in 1884; selected it from a flock of about a dozen, 

 because it was smaller and differed decidedly in color 

 from its companions. 



The birds which I have shot in winter in Central 

 California are all, or nearly all, of the variety ajfinis. 

 L. B., April, 1890. 



159. Ammodramus sandwichensis (Gmel.) SANDWICH 

 SPARROW. 



British Columbia. John Fannin. Common sum- 

 mer resident. 



Cape Beale, B. C. Emanuel Cox. Very common all 

 the year around; the only birds that strike the light. 

 Specimens identified by Mr. Ridgway were typical 

 santhcichensis. 



Willamette Valley. 0. B. Johnson. Seen sparingly 

 during the migration. 



