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Sci., 1898, 37), and the other, an adult female, was taken by W. P. Taylor 

 near Pasadena, January 20, 1906. H. W. Marsden took a male at Redlands. 

 San Bernardino County, January 27. 1903 ( Bishop. Condor \'ii, 1905, 142). 



265. (557) Zonotrichia coronata (Pallas). Golden-crowned Sparrow. 

 Common winter resident from the lowlands up to 5000 feet on brushy 



mountain sides, south at least to San Diego. Also occurs on the Santa 

 Barbara Islands. Noted by J. Grinnell at Pasadena from September 26 

 (1896) to May 9 (1896) (Pub. 2, Pasadena Acad. Sci., 1898, 37). A. van 

 Rossem took a specimen near El Monte, Los Angeles County, May 16, 1911. 

 Recorded by L. Belding as a rare winter visitant at San Diego ( Land Bds. 

 Pac. Dist., 1890, 153), and noted by W. O. Emerson as tolerably common in the 

 \'olcan Mountains in the spring of 1884 (Bull. Cal. Acad. Sci. ii, 1887, 423). 



266. (558) Zonotrichia albicollis (Gmelin ). White-tiiro.\ted Sparrow. 

 Rare straggler in winter. Two records, as follows : Immature female 



taken by H. A. Gaylord near Pasadena, November 21, 1894 ( Nidologist iii, 



1896, 106). Now no. 5051 collection F. S. Daggett. Adult bird taken by 

 W. E. Bryant near Los Angeles, February 25, 1897 (Grinnell, Pub. 2, Pasa- 

 dena Acad. Sci., 1898, 37). 



267. (560a) Spizella passerina arizonae Coues. Western Chipping 

 Sparrow. 



Common resident of orchards, gardens and parks, in the foothill and 

 mesa region. Abundant in summer in coniferous forests of the mountains 

 up to 10,000 feet. Resident on some of the Santa Barbara Islands. Breeds 

 mostly in May in the lower country, later in the mountains. I found the 

 species plentiful on Santa Rosa Island, June 7, 1910 (Condor xii, 1910, 171); 

 F. Stephens found it common on Catalina in August, 1886 (Belding, Land 

 Bds. Pac. Dist., 1890, 155). and J. Grinnell saw it on San Clemente in March, 



1897. and again in June, the same year ( I\ib. 1. Pasadena Acad. Sci.. 1897, 

 18). Extreme nesting dates in the foothill region are: three fresh eggs taken 

 In' E. Parker near Pasadena. April 19, 1896, and three slightly incubated eggs 

 noted by H. A. Gaylord in the same locality, June 19, 1894 (Grinnell, Pub. 2, 

 Pasadena Acad. Sci., 1898. 37). 



268. (562) Spizella breweri Cassin. Brewer Sparrow. 



Coiumon summer resident of the sage brush slopes of the mountains. 

 Most plentiful froiu 5000 to 7000 feet. Breeds locally down into the foothills. 

 Occurs regularly in spring and fall in favorable localities in the lowlands, but 

 is rare in midwinter. H. S. Swarth has noted this sparrow many times in 

 spring and fall near Los Angeles and in the San Fernando Valley, Los An- 

 geles County. He saw one bird in the latter locality, December 27, 1899 ( Con- 

 dor II, 1900, 91), and J. E. Law took a specimen in the same vicinity. Decem- 

 ber 27, 1903. 



O. W. Howard found the Brewer Sparrow breeding plentifully in the high 

 sage-brush valleys of northeastern Ventura County, in the neighborhood of 

 Mt. Piiios, in May and June, 1903. His earliest set was of four slightly incu- 



