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Chaparral-Oak Community of the county. In winter it may be found 

 with flocks of Lesser Goldfinches (Spinus psaltria) . 



Spinus psaltria. Lesser Goldfinch. 



Specimen: 12.9 km SW Prospect, female, April 21, 1959. The 

 Lesser Goldfinch is a permanent resident in the Chaparral-Oak 

 Community of the Lower Rogue River and Bear Creek valleys. The 

 species is slightly less common than the American Goldfinch (Spinus 

 tristis) . In winter it may be found with flocks of the latter species. 



Spinus lawrencei. Lawrence's Goldfinch. 



Photograph: Talent, fall 1962 (DT). This species is a very rare 

 occasional visitor. One bird was captured in Medford on April 20, 

 1958, and then released and one was seen near Medford on June 7, 

 1967. The A.O.U. Check-list (1957) gives north-central California as 

 the northern range limit of this species. Gabrielson and Jewett (1940) 

 do not list the species for Oregon. 



Loxia curvirostra. Red Crossbill. 



Specimens: Two, 12.9 km SW Prospect, male and female. May 17, 

 1946. The Red Crossbill is an occasional winter and spring visitor. 

 Sight records of the species have been made at Ruch, Trail, Medford, 

 Gardner Reservoir, Oregon Switzerland, and Prospect. Thirty-nine 

 individuals were recorded on a Medford CBC on December 27, 1956 

 (Aud. Field Notes 1957:221). 



Chlorura chlorura. Green-tailed Towhee. 



This towhee is a fairly common summer resident along the Cascade 

 summit and east, and in the Siskiyou Mountains in Mixed Conifer 

 Forest (Pinus ponderosa edge). Earliest, May 3, Larson Creek; 

 latest, September 23, (Jackson County, in Gabrielson and Jewett 

 1940). 



Pipilo erythrophthalmus. Rufous-sided Towhee. 



Specimens: Three, 4.8 km SW Prospect, both sexes, January and 

 November; 17.7 km SW Prospect, male, April 30, 1949; Table Rock, 

 male, December 7, 1959; two, near Ashland, both sexes, November 1, 

 1964. The Rufous-sided Towhee is a common permanent resident in 

 the Lower Rogue River and Bear Creek valleys up to about 762 m, 

 except in the extreme southeastern portion of the county in the 

 Chaparral-Oak Community where it is uncommon. 



Pipilo Juscus. Brown Towhee. 



Specimens: Two, 25.7 km SW Prospect, male, November 13, 1959, 

 and female, November 11, 1959. The Brown Towhee is a fairly common 

 to uncommon permanent resident in the Chaparral-Oak Community 

 of the Lower Rogue River and Bear Creek vafleys and foothifls. 



