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354 (562) Spizella breweri Cassin 
BREWER SPARROW 
Synonyms—Emberiza pallida; Spizella pallida; Spizella pallida var. 
brewert. 
Status—Common summer visitant to arid Transition and high Upper Sono- 
ran chiefly east of the Sierran divide; a characteristic member of the sage-brush 
(Artemisia tridentata) association. Breeds south along the eastern slopes of 
the Sierras to the Tehachapi region, thence west to Sespe, Ventura County (Pey- 
ton, Condor, x1, 1909, p. 207), and south to the San Jacinto Mountains (J. Grin- 
nell and Swarth, Univ. Calif. Publ. Zool., x, 1913, p. 273) ; breeding colonies are 
reported locally from the southern San Joaquin Valley: Clovis, Fresno County 
(Tyler, Condor, xm, 1910, p. 193), and west as far as Carrizo Plains, San Luis 
Obispo County (Swarth, Condor, xm, 1911, p. 163). Oceurs more widely in mi- 
gration, westward even to Marin County (Belding, Land Bds. Pace. Dist., 1890, p. 
157) ; winters sparingly in Fresno County (Tyler, Condor, xi, 1911, p. 76), cas- 
ually to Redwood City, San Mateo County (Littlejohn, Condor, xiv, 1912, p. 41), 
and regularly in the San Diegan district, but most numerously on the desert 
along the Colorado River (J. Grinnell, Univ. Calif. Publ. Zool., x11, 1914, p. 171). 
355 (565) Spizella atrogularis (Cabanis) 
BLACK-CHINNED SPARROW 
Status—Fairly common summer visitant to semi-arid Upper Sonoran chiefly 
of southern California. Common locally in the chaparral of the mountain 
sides throughout the San Diegan district, northwest to Mount Pinos (J. Grin- 
nell, Auk, xxi, 1905, p. 387); also in Walker Basin and Walker Pass, Kern 
County, and on certain of the desert ranges southeast of the Sierras, north to 
Independence Creek, in Owens Valley, Inyo County (A. K. Fisher, N. Amer. 
Fauna no. 7, 1893, p. 92). Recorded casually to Monterey County (H. R. Tay- 
lor, Nidiologist, 1, 1894, p. 10) and Alamdea County (Cohen, Bull. Cooper Orn. 
Club, 1, 1899, p. 107). One instance of occurrence in midwinter: San Clemente 
Island (Linton, Condor, x1, 1909, p. 194). 
356 (567) Junco hyemalis hyemalis (Linnaeus) 
SLATE-COLORED JUNCO 
Status—Rare winter visitant. The following are the record stations for the 
state, the dates of occurrence ranging through the winter from October 23 to 
April 3. From one to five instances are on record from each locality. Santa 
Barbara (Jeffries, Auk, vi, 1889, p. 221) ; Riverside and Haywards (Emerson, 
Zoe, 1, 1890, p. 45; Emerson, Condor, m, 1900, p. 33); San Diego and Gridley 
(Belding, Land Bds. Pac. Dist., 1890, p. 159); Panamint Mountains (A. K. 
Fisher, N. Amer. Fauna no. 7, 1893, p. 92) ; Battle Creek and Saint Helena (Me- 
Gregor, Bull. Cooper Orn. Club, 1, 1899, p. 52); Berkeley (Slevin, Bull. Cooper 
Orn. Club, 1, 1899, p. 73) ; Amador County (H. B. Kaeding, Bull. Cooper Orn. 
Club, 1, 1899, p. 81) ; Los Angeles and Pasadena (J. Grinnell, Bds. Los Angeles 
Co., 1898, p. 38; Swarth, Bull. Cooper Orn. Club, 1, 1899, p. 95) ; Mount Wilson 
(Swarth, Condor, m, 1901, p. 17); Victorville (J. Mailliard and J. Grinnell, 
