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YOSEMITE NATURE NOTES 



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GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW 



(Zonotrichia atricapilla): 6-7 in. Crown 

 yrlloiv bordered by black: back brown, 

 streaked with black; two white wing- 

 bars; under parts light grayish-brown. 

 Immature: ^'ellow of crown faint and 

 largely confined to forehead. Often 

 gives plaintive call Oh, come here, on 

 a descending scale. 



Frequents broken brushland and 

 tracts of grassy or weedy ground where 

 there is a scattering of bushes and 

 trees. W. V. to western foothills. In 

 the fall, enters the Yoseniite region from 

 the lowlands and ranges up through 

 the Canadian life-zone. C. V. to Yo- 

 (y^j^j Semite Valley. 



^'* FOX SPARROW (Passcrclla iliaca) : 

 654-7^4 in. Above varying from soft, 

 rich, reddish-brown to grayish; sides 

 and breast irregularly streaked with 

 heavy arrow-like black to rufous spots; 

 rump and tail reddish - brown; bill 

 heavy, grayish to yellowish. Compare, 

 with hermit thrush. Excellent singer, 

 first two notes loud and clear followed 

 bv trills. Forages in thickets and on the 

 ground, in areas where there is abun- 

 dant leaf litter, scratching with both 

 feet at the same time. 



Frequents chaparral, streamside tan- 

 gles, and underbrush of woodland and 

 forest. In the ^'osemite region S. V. 

 to the Canadian life-zone on both slopes 

 of the Sierra. Seen along the rim of 

 Yosemite Valley and in the u])per part 

 of Mariposa Grove. Some subspecies 

 M. and W. V. chiefly in the Upper So- 

 noran zone. 



LINCOLN'S SPARROW (Mclo- 

 spiza lincolni): .')-6 in. Above brownish- 

 gray, moie or less irregularly streaked; 

 breast buffy, narrowly streaked with 

 black, sometimes with dark spot in mid- 

 dle; belly whitish, largely unstreaked; 

 sides grayish with narrow black streaks; 

 narrow eye-ring. 



Seeks damp meadows and stream 

 borders in mountains in summer, chiefly 

 in the Canadian life-zone but also in 

 adjacent zones. In the Yosemite region 

 in summer in the zones mentioned to 



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GOLDEN CROWNED 

 SPARROW 



6-7 



FOX SPARROW 



LINCOLN'S SPARROW 



5-6 



SONG SPARROW 



