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County, April 19. 1903. and II. A. Gaylord took three slightly incubated eg-gs 

 near Pasadena. July 12, 1894 ( Grinnell, Pub. 2. Pasadena Acad. Sci., 1898. 

 37). 1 found a nest containing young birds at Bear N'alley, 6750 feet in the 

 San Bernardino Mountains, June 11, 1907. 



261. (553) Zonotrichia querula (Nuttall). Harris Sparrow. 



One record. C. B. Linton took a specimen, the sex of which was not 

 determined, on San Clemente Island, October 15, 1907 (Condor x, 1908, 84). 

 Recently no. 16656 collection J. E. Thayer; now no. 21272, Univ. Calif. AIus. 

 \'ert. Zool. 



262. (554) Zonotrichia leucophrys leucophrys (J. R. Forster). White- 

 crowned Sparrow. 



According to L. Belding, this species winters entirely south of San Diego. 

 and in the migrations keeps mainly to the mountain ranges, occasionally appear- 

 ing on the lowlands in the southern part of the state and southward (Land 

 Bds. Pac. Dist.. 1890, 148). There is, however, one wmter record for south- 

 ern California, that of an immature female taken by H. W. Marsden in the 

 Volcan Mountains, San Diego County, December 3, 1904 (Bishop, Condor vii, 

 1905, 142). We have the following records of specimens taken during migra- 

 tions: Two females by H. S. Swarth near Los Angeles, April 22, 1898, and 

 Ai)ril 26, 1899 (Bull. Cooper Orn. Club i, 1899, 94). Male, female and im- 

 mature male, also taken by Mr. Swarth near Los Angeles, April 12, April 19 

 and March 16. 1900. Male by H. W. Marsden at Witch Creek. San Diego 

 County, April 8, 1904 (Bishop, Condor vii. 1905, 142). Male and female by 

 L. Belding near San Diego, Mav 3 and 5, 1885 (Land Bds. Pac. Dist 1890 

 148). 



263. (554a) Zonotrichia leucophrys gambeli (Nuttall). Gambel Spar- 



row 



Abundant in winter all over the mesas and lowlands as well as on the Santa 

 Barbara Islands. Arrives mostly in September and leaves in April. J. Grinnell 

 took a specimen at I'asadena as late as May 3 (1896) (Pub. 2 Pasadena 

 Acad. Sci., 1898, 37). 



264. (554b) Zonotrichia leucophrys nuttalli Ridgway. Nuttall Spar- 



row 



Breeds along the coast as far south as Santa Barbara County, and. unlike 

 the two preceding, seems to occur in winter but very little farther south than 

 the southern limit of its breeding range. At this season straggles rarely south 

 to Los Angeles and San liernardino counties. Breeds commonly on the coast 

 of San Luis Obisix) Count}-. I found fresh eggs and fully grown young in 

 that locality in May, 1909 (Condor xi. 1909. 185). J. H. Bowles has found 

 It breeding near Santa P^arbara. He noted an old bird feeding young in 

 that vicinity. May 21. 1910 (Auk xxviii. 1911. 174). J. Grinnell informs me 

 that there are two specimens from Los Angeles County in the l^niversity of 

 California Museum of \'ertebrate Zoology. One of these was taken by H. S. 

 Swarth at Los Angeles, January 13. 1896 (Grinnell. Pub. 2. Pasadena Acad. 



