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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 SPAKROW. 

 *' 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- 



