BREWSTER: BIRDS OF THE CAPE REGION, LOWER CALIFORNIA. 143 
The Western Lark Sparrow is acommon winter resident of the Cape Region, 
arriving from the North early in October (Mr. Frazar’s first specimen was 
taken on the 8th). It is apparently not restricted to any particular kind of 
country, for Mr. Frazar found it quite as numerous in the flat sea-coast region 
about San José del Cabo as among the hills at Pierce’s Ranch and Triunfo. 
None were seen by him, however, on the Sierra de la Laguna. 
To the northward of the Cape Region, the Western Lark Sparrow is ‘‘ gen- 
erally distributed over the peninsula in winter and spring,” according to Mr. 
Bryant. It will be strange if it is not found breeding in the more northern 
districts, for it nests commonly in southern California, and thence northward 
to British Columbia. Its winter range includes most of Mexico and extends 
to Guatemala. 
Zonotrichia leucophrys (Forst.). 
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW. 
Zonotrichia leucophrys Barrp, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1859, 301 (Cape St. 
- Lucas), 304 (crit.; Cape St. Lucas). Bairp, Brewer, and Rineway, Hist. 
N. Amer. Birds, I. 1874, 567 (Cape St. Lucas in winter). Brxpine, Proc. 
U.S. Nat. Mus., V. 1883, 540 (La Paz and s.). Ripewary, Jbid., footnote, 
(Cape Region). Bryant, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., 2d ser., II., 1889, 300 (Cape 
Region). 
This is another very common winter resident. Mr. Frazar found it most 
numerous at San José del Cabo, where his first autumnal specimen, an adult 
male, was obtained on October 11. Abouta week before this, a White-crowned 
Sparrow was heard singing, but it was not shot and may have been gambelit. 
Mr. Belding has taken lewcophrys on Cerros Island in May, and Mr. Bryant 
“found it on Santa Margarita Island and various places on the peninsula.” 
’The White-crowned Sparrow breeds in the Sierras of California, ‘in the sub- 
alpine meadows from Alpine County to the northern part of Butte County.” 1 
It migrates at least as far as southward as Alamos, western Mexico, whence I 
have typical specimens. In the interior it has been reported from Tamaulipas, 
Guanajuato, and the valley of Mexico. 
Mr. Anthony states that “ all of the white crowns [%. e., leucophrys, gambelii, 
and nuttallc] are abundant about the base of San Pedro [Martir] during the 
winter months, and a few are to be seen in the pines during migrations. But 
few specimens were taken and the comparative abundance of the different 
species was not determined.” ? 
1 Belding, Occ. Papers Calif. Acad. Sci., II., Land Birds Pacif. District, 1890, 
148. 
2 Zoe, IV. 1893, 241. 
