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ing- took a specimen thirty miles east of San Diego, January 24, 1884 (Land 

 Bds. Pac. Dist., 1890, 159). 



271. (567c) Junco hyemalis thurberi Anthony. Thurder Junco. 

 Abundant summer resident of the Transition and Boreal zones in the 



mountains mostly above 5000 feet. Common in winter in the lower country, gen- 

 erally appearing in October and remaining until April. Described from speci- 

 mens taken by E. C. Thurber on Mt. Wilson, Los Angeles County, May 24, 

 1890 (Zoe 1, 1890, 238). C. B. Linton saw a bird of this species on San 

 Nicolas Island, March 31, 1910. Fully fledged young may be found in the 

 mountains as early as the middle of June, and J. Grinnell has found fresh eggs 

 as late as July 27 (1905) (Univ. Calif. Publ. Zool. v, 1908, 95), so probably two 

 broods are reared in a season. Antonin Jay took three eggs advanced in incu- 

 bation in the Arroyo Seco above Pasadena, July 3, 1904. 



272. (570b) Junco phaeonotus caniceps (W'oodhouse). Gray-headed 

 Junco. 



Occasional winter visitant. W. B. Judson took a feiuale near Pasadena, 

 October 26, 1894 (Grinnell, Pub. 2, Pasadena Acad. Sci., 1898, 38). Now no. 

 378 collection H. S. Swarth. Mr. Judson also saw a bird of this species on 

 Mt. Wilson, January H, 1900. From November 18 to December 3, 1906, 

 several of these birds were noted by A. P. Smith at Julian, San Diego County, 

 at an altitude of 4100 feet (Condor ix, 1907, 199). 



273. (573a) Amphispiza bilineata deserticola Ridgvvay. Desert Spar- 

 row. 



Occasional in winter, north to Los Angeles County. H. S. Swarth took 

 a male near San I'ernando, Los Angeles County, April 23, 1898, and F. S. 

 Daggett took an immature male in the San Fernando Valley, September 12, 

 1903 (Condor vi, 1904, 24). Mr. Swarth also noted a bird in the San Fernando 

 Valley, October 30, 1903, and saw one on a lawn in Los Angeles, January 16- 

 the same year. J. Grinnell took an adult male near Pasadena, April 10, 1897 

 (Pub. 2, Pasadena Acad. Sci., 1898, 39). 



274. (574) Amphispiza belli (Cassin). Bell Sparrow. 



Common resident of the brush covered washes and mesas of the interior, also 

 on several of the Santa Barbara Islands. Breeds mostly in May and early June. 

 Originally described from specimens taken at Sonoma and San Diego (Proc. 

 Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. v. 1850, 103). According to J. S. Appleton, the Bell Spar- 

 row is a common breeding bird in the Simi X^alley, Ventura County. W. M. 

 Pierce has found it breeding plentifully near Claremont, Los Angeles County. 

 His earliest and latest nesting records for that locality are, respectively, four 

 eggs, incubation begun, taken April 6, 1905, and four fresh eggs noted June 25, 

 1903. I found it nesting abundantly near Colton, San Bernardino County, in 

 June, 1906, and took several sets of eggs. C. S. Sharp regards it as a rare breeder 

 in the vicinity of Escondido, San Diego County (Condor ix, 1907, 89). It is 

 recorded by L. Belding as a common resident at San Diego, and by F. E. Blais- 

 dell at Poway (Land Bds. Pac. Dist., 1890, 161). I noted it on Santa Rosa 



