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zones. In Yosemite region has been 

 recorded as high as 7,700 feet, at Glen 

 Aulin. R. in Yosemite Valley and west- 

 em foothills. 



BROWN TOWHEE (Pipilo fuscus): 

 854-9/2 in. Body generally brown; eye- 

 lids, throat, and under tail feathers red- 

 dish-brown; chin lightly streaked with 

 dusky; tail long. 



Frequents open brushland, mixed 

 woodland and underbrush, streamside 

 growth, hedges, and shrubbery about 

 homes. Inhabits the Lower and Upper 

 Sonoran life-zones, and sparingly en- 

 ters the Transition zone. R. in the west- 

 em foothills. C. V. at lower elevations 

 of the park as at El Portal. 



BROWN TOWHEE 



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SAVANNAH SPARROW (Passercu- 

 lus sandwichensis): 4% - 6 in. Above 

 brown with streaks of dusky; below 

 narrowly streaked with brown except 

 on throat and belly; line over eye whit- 

 ish to yellowish; white stripe through 

 crown; dark spot on breast; legs light 

 pink; tail slightly forked. 



Frequents sagebrush, grassland, and 

 marshes. In winter may be seen in cul- 

 tivated or fallow fields. S^ V. in the 

 Lower Sonoran to the Transition life- 

 zone. Ranges sporadically into the Yo- 

 semite region, largely from the east 

 side, in late summer and fall. Has been 

 recorded at 9,700 feet above Ten Lakes 

 and in Yosemite Valley. 



VESPER SPARROW (Pooecetes 

 gramineus): 5/2-654 in. Above light 

 grayish-brown, streaked with dusky; 

 below soiled white with brown streaks 

 on breast and flanks; suggestion of 

 chestnut on bend of wing; obscure, 

 dark spot on breast; two outer tail 

 feathers white. 



VESPER SPARROW 



LARK SPARROW 





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