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LAND BIRDS 



Nest : Of weed stems ; lined with grasses ; placed in alder bushes. 

 Eggs: 4 to 5 ; pale greenish blue, heavily spotted with pale reddish 

 brown. Size 0.90 X 0.66. 



Like the Gambel sparrow, the Golden-crowned Spar- 

 row is found in California during the winter months 

 only. He occurs at 

 this season through- 

 out the length of the 

 State west of the 

 Sierra Nevada, and 

 is oftenest found near 

 the haunts of men. 

 City parks and door- 

 yards are not infre- 



557. GOLDEN-OKOWNED SPARKOW. 

 " Their food is chiefly weed seeds and winter berries." 



quently his banquet hall, and he regards 

 human friends almost as trustfully as do his 

 less welcome English cousins in the East. 

 Along the foot-hills the Golden-crowned fre- 



