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(1940) cite two summer specimens of Black-throated Sparrow from 

 Harney County and Brown (1960) observed the species on several 

 dates in May and June at Nilakishi Ridge (Klamath County) and 

 state that one bird appeared to be gathering nesting material on 

 June 3, 1959. Dubois (1959) saw one near Beaverton and two near 

 Milwaukie (northwestern Oregon) in May and one at Depoe Bay 

 (Lincoln County) on June 4-6, 1959. A bird was observed in Curry 

 County (Brookings ?) on May 23, 1970 {Aud. Field Notes 1970:638). 

 An adult male of the species was collected on a farm near Lebanon 

 (Linn County) on May 3, 1970 (Scott et at. 1972). 



Junco hy emails. Dark-eyed Junco. 



Specimens: Numerous specimens from Prospect area, Medford, 

 and Ashland, both sexes, all months. The Dark-eyed Junco is a 

 common breeding bird in the Mixed Conifer Forest of the county. 

 It winters in the low elevations of the Mixed Conifer Forest and 

 Chaparral-Oak Community, arrives in Bear Creek Valley in late 

 October, and departs by April. 



Spizella arborea. Tree Sparrow. 



A Tree Sparrow was reported at Ashland on January 30, 1965. 

 Other records of this species from western Oregon are three birds 

 seen in the southern Willamette Valley in winter and spring (Gullion 

 1951) and one that was banded and photographed near Corvallis 

 (Benton County on November 18, 1962; Strauch 1963). Gabrielson 

 and Jewett (1940) list the species as an irregular winter resident in 

 Oregon occurring from October through March. 



Spizella passerina. Chipping Sparrow. 



Specimen: Prospect, male. May 8, 1934. The Chipping Sparrow is a 

 common migrant and breeding species. It breeds throughout most of 

 the Mixed Conifer Forest in mountain meadows and open ponderosa 

 pine from 610 m to near timberline. Earliest, February 20, Ashland; 

 latest, October 7, Medford. 



Spizella atrogularis. Black-chinned Sparrow. 



Accidental. Two birds were discovered on the chaparral covered 

 slope of Roxy Ann Peak on June 7, 1970. A female (after hatching 

 year) was banded there on June 18 and three others were observed 

 on July 2, 1970. A singing male was seen at the same location from 

 May to July 10, 1971. Gabrielson and Jewett (1940) do not list this 

 species. 



Zonotrichia guerula. Harris' Sparrow. 



Specimen: Ashland, male, May 10, 1962. This species is a rare 

 visitor to Jackson County. Two additional specimens taken near 

 Medford on February 1-2, 1912, are reported in Gabrielson and Jewett 

 (1940). There are several sight records of individual birds at a feeder 



