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(6) noted several there during December, 1908; and I took a female March 31, 
1915, that was feeding in the corral near a barn. Linton (JZS) also saw several 
on San Nicolas in January, 1911. He (9) shot a bird on Santa Cruz Island and 
saw two others, in December, 1907, which he recorded as bryanti, but which has 
proved to be of this form (7). OC. H. Townsend (7) secured a specimen in the 
same locality February 6, 1889. 
136. Chondestes grammacus strigatus Swainson 
WESTERN LARK SPARROW 
Chondestes grammacus strigatus (1) Linton, Condor, x, 1908, p. 128. (2) Grinnell, Pac. 
Coast Avif., 11, 1915, p. 115. 
C. B. Linton (7) saw several of these birds on Santa Cruz Island, and col- 
leeted one in December, 1907. 
137. Zonotrichia querula (Nuttall) 
Harris SPARROW 
Zonotrichia querula (1) Linton, Condor, x, 1908, p. 84. (2) Willett, Pac. Coast Avif., 7, 
1912, p. 79. (3) Grinnell, Pac. Coast Avif., 11, 1915, p. 116. 
C. B. Linton (7) took a specimen of this species, sex undetermined, on San 
Clemente Island, October 15, 1907. It is now in the University of California Mu- 
seum of Vertebrate Zoology. 
138. Zonotrichia leucophrys gambeli (Nuttall) 
GAMBEL SPARROW 
Zonotrichia gambeli (1) Cooper, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., tv, 1870, p. 78. 
Zonotrichia leucophrys intermedia (2) Streets, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., viz, 1877, p. 11. (3) 
Keeler, Zoe, 1, 1891, p. 341. (4) Grinnell, Pasadena Acad. Sci., 1, 1897, p. 17. (4) 
Grinnell, Auk, xv, 1898, p. 235. (6) Mailliard, Bull. Cooper Orn. Club, 1, 1899, p. 41. 
Zonotrichia gambeli intermedia (7) Townsend, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., x11, 1890, pp. 139, 
141. 
Zonotrichia leucophrys gambeli (8) Oberholser, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxir, 1900, p. 232. 
(9) Richardson, Condor, x, 1908, p. 67. (10) Linton, Condor, x, 1908, p. 85. (11) 
Linton, Condor, x, 1908, p. 128. (12) Osburn, Condor, x1, 1909, p. 187. (13) Howell 
and van Rossem, Condor, x11, 1911, p. 210. (74) Willett, Pac. Coast Avif., 7, 1912, p. 
79. (15) Grinnell, Pac. Coast Avif., 11, 1915, p. 116. 
Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii (16) Mearns, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. ivi, 1907, p. 142. 
Abundant winter visitant. Probably arrives in September and leaves the 
first part of May. Streets (2) reports one taken on the Coronados, but I imagine 
that it does not occur there in great numbers, as I have never seen it during the 
early spring in that locality. We found it most abundant on San Clemente in 
the spring of 1915. By the time we left the island, April 11, the birds were be- 
ginning to bunch up in larger flocks than noted when we first arrived, and the 
majority were evidently thinking about moving on. Birds were repeatedly no- 
ticed chasing each other. 
J. Grinnell (5) states that the species was numerous at Catalina in Decem- 
ber, 1897, and I have found it to be well distributed over the island in April. C. 
