BREWSTER: BIRDS OF THE CAPE REGION, LOWER CALIFORNIA. 149 
Birds (Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., no. 21) 1881, 25, no. 230, part. A. O. U., Check 
List, 1886, 278, no. 580, part. 
Peucaca ruficeps boucardi (not Zonotrichia boucardi ScLaTER) Bevin, Proc. U.S. 
Nat. Mus., VI. 1883, 348 (Victoria Mts.). Bryant, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., 
2d ser., II. 1889, 802 (Victoria Mts.;? Llanos de San Julian). 
P[eucaea] ruficeps Cours, Key N. Amer. Birds, 4th ed., 1894, 374, 375, part. 
P[eucaea] ruficeps boucardi Rrpeway, Man. N. Amer. Birds, 2d ed., 1896, 429, part 
(Lower Calif.). 
Aimophila ruficeps sororia Ripcway, Auk, XV. 1898, 226, 227 (orig. descr.; type 
from Victoria Mts.) ; Birds N. and Midd. Amer. pt. I. 1901, 248 (descr. ; 
Laguna; Victoria Mts.). A. O. U. Comm., Auk, XVI. 1899, 120, no. 580 ce. 
[Haemophila ruficeps] var. sororia Dupois, Synop. Avium, fase. IX. 1901, 635 
(Basse-Californie S.). 
It is probable that Mr. Bryant’s record of the occurrence of Peucaea ruficeps 
boucard: at Lianos de San Julian (about latitude 29° N.) relates to the present 
form, but this cannot be considered assured until the specimen taken (on April 
19, 1889) at the locality just named has been carefully re-examined. Mr. 
Anthony states that Azmophila ruficeps “seems to be rather common in a few 
favored localities along the base of San Pedro” Martir and that ‘‘a series of 
four skins taken between Tia Juana and the base of San Pedro are practically 
indistinguishable from Southern California examples.” 4 
The specimens collected by Mr. Frazar at Triunfo sustain very satisfactorily 
the characters ascribed by Mr. Ridgway to sororia. In respect to color and 
markings, this form is about intermediate between ruficeps and scottii, but its 
bill is unlike that of either of these races. It seems to be a perfectly good 
subspecies. 
It was discovered in the Cape Region by Mr. Belding, who found it ** common 
on grassy hillsides above 2,500 feet altitude,’’ and paired in February. Mr. 
Frazar met with it only at Triunfo, where it was not common in April, and 
still less numerous in June, the majority probably going further north to 
spend the summer. A few remained to breed, however, for a female taken 
on June 23 had evidently laid all her eggs, and was incubating. 
The Laguna Sparrow is believed to be confined to the more southern portions 
of the Peninsula, but the northern limits of its range are not as yet definitely 
known. 
Melospiza lincolnii (Avp.). 
LINcOLN’s SPARROW. 
Melospiza lincolni Betprne, Proe. U.S. Nat. Mus., VI. 1883, 348, part (Victoria 
Mts.), 350 (La Paz ands.). Bryant, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., 2d ser., II. 1889, 
303, part (Cape Region). 
Mr. Belding found this species less common than the Laguna Sparrow in the 
mountains, and rare in the low country near the coast. Mr. Frazar met with 
1 Zoe, IV. 1898, 242. 
