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Butte County, California. L. B. Winter. Specimens 

 collected by me very near identical with an Alaskan 

 specimen kindly furnished by Mr. Heiishaw, having 

 bills of equal size, and equally as large in all respects. 



160. Ammodramus sandwichensis alaudinus (Bonap.) 

 WESTERN SAVANNA SPARROW. 



The form which I consider typical alaudinux was rare 

 in mid- winter at San Diego, though it goes as far south 

 as La Paz and Cape St. Lucas in winter. In March it 

 became more common, and was so until April 20. April 

 23 last seen, all having gone north of San Diego to 

 breed. In winter it is abundant in many parts of Cali- 

 fornia, breeding on the east slope of the Sierra, in lati- 

 tude 39 and northward. L. B. 



Poway. F. E. Blaisdell. Common in January and 

 February. 



Volcan Mountains. W. 0. Emerson. March 9, first. 

 A specimen taken on the llth was much smaller and 

 grayer than that of the 9th. Some days after this date 

 it was in large flocks in Santa Isabel Valley. 



San Bernardino. F. Stephens. Rare winter visitant. 

 Agua Caliente. Not Common. 



Henshaw, 1876. Early in September it was high up 

 in the mountains near Mount Whitney, while in No- 

 vember it was exceedingly numerous about Oakland. 



Oakland and vicinity. W. E. Bryant. Common 

 winter visitant. 



Sebastopol. F. H. Holmes. Found breeding abund- 

 antly, June 10, at Sebastopol. (bryanti?) 



Santa Cruz. Joseph Skirm. Summer resident, (bry- 

 anti?) 



Henshaw, 1879. Numerous in all wet meadow lands, 

 and as much so in Oregon as farther south. A nest 

 taken near Washoe Lake, May 22, contained four fresh 



