14 PACIFIC COAST AVIFAUNA [NO. 2. 



80. Junco hyemalis pinosus {Loonih). Point Pinos Junco. 



I believe the authority for this race should stand in parentheses as 

 above and a line be added to the reference in the check-list: 

 Junco hyemalis pinosus A. O. U. Comm. 6th Sup. 



Fiske took a nest containing four fresh eggs on May 17, 1891, which 

 was placed on the ground under a vine. The nest was of dry grass, lined 

 with hair and a few feathers. Hoover and I saw several juncos late in 

 March above the Big Creek power house and about the dam. Hoover 

 took the species at Santa Cruz in July. Emerson. — I take this to be the 

 breeding Junco of this range of mountains. I see no difference between 

 these birds and those from the type locality. It is not a common bird at 

 any place in the mountains. Downy and fully feathered young were 

 seen on May 13, i88g, and a nest of three well incubated eggs taken was 

 placed on the ground in a slight hollow at the foot of a bunch of grass. 

 The nesting site was on a steep hillside above an old logging road. The 

 nest was composed of redwood and other leaves, lined with fine dead 

 grass and a few cow hairs and compactly built. Both birds came close 

 about me, the female being very much concerned about her treasures, and 

 coming within two feet of my hand. The eggs are similar to others of 

 this genus in color, being greenish-white, marked all over with reddish- 

 brown, much like eggs of the Field Sparrow. I have shot at Hay wards in 

 early July young in nesting plumage, but know of no place nearer than 

 twenty-five miles where they are likely to be found breeding. Kaeding. 

 — Very common. Young birds were flying by May 25 and fresh eggs 

 were found on June i. All my specimens and some taken by Slevin be- 

 low Monterey are undoubtedly referable to pinosus. Cooper. — Resident 

 in mountains. Nests at foot of Santa Cruz Mountains, May i; at 3000 

 feet altitude nested May 30, 1864.^ 



81. Amphispiza belli (^Cass.). Bell Sparrow. 



Emerson. — Seen once around the summit of Lonia Prieta in the thick 

 chemise. No doubt it nests there. 



82. Melospiza melodia samuelis {Baird). Samuels Song Sparrow. 

 Rather abundant near the coast in the marshy localities where it is 



resident, I think. Secured by myself and Mr. Hoover. Emerson. — Met 

 with near the coast. The species of this genus will always be difficult to 

 separate, for no defined line can be laid down on account of the peculiar 

 formation of the coast country. Ty ^\q.q\ samuelis is found only on the salt 

 marshes, while inland and higher up it approaches hcermanni.^ 



S3. Melospiza melodia rufina {Donap.). Sooty Song Sparrow. 



"Mr. Bailey took a specimen of this subspecies at Boulder Creek, Cal- 

 ifornia, on October 13, 1891, and stated that it was common there. "3 



\. Proc. Nat. Mus , 1880, p. 2<)6. 



2 Some of the wintet song- sparrows found in the Santa Cruz Mountains may best be referred to hcer- 

 nianni. My series from the coast, however, show no approach to that race. In reply to my request that he 

 again examine his birds, Emerson says: "I find that the Santa Cruz bird is var. .w/k«c//,«, and believe all 

 from that county may be considered the same until more material is in hand." 



3. N. A. Fauna, No. 7. p. 100. 



