1915 BIRDS .OF CALIFORNIA 115 
ust 27 (J. Mailliard, Condor, vr°1904, p. 16), and to San» Clemente Island 
(Breninger, Auk, xxi, 1904, p2:223):;-also in’ midwinter at Salton Sea (Van 
Rossem, Condor, xm, 1911, p. 132)..-There is apparently no authentic record 
of actual breeding within the state; the evidence indicates that the species spends 
the swmmer somewhere south. of this state (see J. Grinnell, Auk, xxm, 1905, 
p. 16). 
343 (546a) Ammodramus savannarum bimaculatus Swainson 
WESTERN GRASSHOPPER SPARROW 
Synonyms—Emberiza passerina; Coturniculus passerinus; Coturniculus 
passerinus perpallidus; Ammodramus savannarum perpallidus; Coturniculus 
savannarum bimaculatus; Yellow-winged Sparrow. 
Status—Sparingly resident locally in the valleys west of the Sierras, from 
Sacramento (Ridgway, Bull. Essex Inst., vi, 1874, p. 171) south through Los 
Angeles and Ventura counties (Willett, Condor, x, 1910, p. 204) to vicinity of 
San Diego (Huey, Condor, xvm, 1915, p. 60). Other record stations are: Ber- 
ryessa, Santa Clara County (C. Barlow, Condor, 1, 1900, p. 132); Point Sur, 
Monterey County (Ray, Osprey, v, 1900, p. 7); Merced County (J. Maillard, 
MS) ; Santa Barbara (Henshaw, Rep. Wheeler Surv., 1876, p. 240; Bowles, Con- 
dor, x1, 1911, p. 385); Laguna Beach, Orange County (Gardner, Condor, xvu, 
1915, p. 99) ; Schain’s Ranch, near San Jacinto Peak (J. Grinnell and Swarth, 
Univ. Calif. Publ. Zool., x, 1913, p. 271). Elsewhere more widely distributed 
in winter: Oakland and San Diego (Belding, Land Bds. Pae. Dist., 1890, p. 146) ; 
Marin County (J. Mailliard, Condor, u, 1900, p. 65); Paicines, San Benito 
County (J. and J. W. Mailliard, Condor, 1, 1901, p. 124); Stanislaus County 
(J. Mailliard, MS); Pasadena and Los Angeles (J. Grinnell, Bds. Los Angeles 
Co., 1898, p. 36); Beaumont, Riverside County (Swarth, Condor, xm, 1910, p. 
108) ; Riverside, and Earlimart, Tulare County (Mus. Vert. Zool.) ; Fresno dis- 
trict (Tyler, Pac. Coast Avif. no. 9, 1913, p. 78). 
344 (549.1) Passerherbulus caudacutus nelsoni (Allen) 
NELSON SPARROW 
Synonyms—Ammodramus caudacutus becki; Ammodramus nelsoni; Ammo- 
dramus caudacutus nelson; Passerherbulus nelsoni nelsoni. 
Status—Known only from its capture twice by R. H. Beck at Milpitas, 
Santa Clara County: specimen taken May 6, 1891 (Ridgway, Proe. U. 8S. Nat. 
Mus., xiv, 1891, p. 483), and specimen taken January 31, 1896 (C. Barlow, Con- 
dor, 11, 1900, p. 132). The first, now no. 120310, U. S. Nat. Mus., has been exam- 
ined by me and found to be quite indistinguishable from eastern specimens of P. 
c. nelsoni. 
345 (552a) Chondestes grammacus strigatus Swainson 
WESTERN LARK SPARROW 
Synonyms—Emberiza grammaca; Zonotrichia grammaca; Chondestes 
grammaca; Western Lark Finch. 
Status—Common resident of the Upper Sonoran zone, chiefly in the open 
