March, i8g8. Birds of the Pacific Slope of Los Angeles County. 



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which is the latest known occurrence in the spring. W. B. Judson 

 took a specimen at Highland Park, near Los Angeles, Aug. lo ('97), 

 which might indicate that it had remained throughout the summer. 



208 — 552a. Chondestes grammacus strigalus (Swains.). 

 Westero Lark;^ Sparrow. 

 Common resident in the lower portion of the county. Quite nu- 

 merous and familiar about cultivated fields and orchards. Breeds 

 mostly in April and May, nesting either on the ground or in trees and 

 bushes. Earliest set, of four fresh eggs, taken by C. E. Groesbeck 

 near Pasadena, April 18 ('95); latest, of three slightly incubated eggs, 

 taken by H. A. Gaylord, July 12 ('94). Sets are of three to five eggs. 



209 — 354a. Zonotrichia leucophrys intermedia Ridgw. 

 Intermediate Sparrow, 



Abundant winter visitant from the coast to the foot-hills. Weed- 

 patches and brushy tracts at times fairly swarm with these sparrows; 

 They arrive regularly about the last week in September, my earliest 

 date being Sept. 15, ('95). The bulk leave early in April, though I 

 have shot specimens as late as May 3 ('96). 

 210 — 554b. Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii (Nutt.) 

 Gambel's Sparrow. 



H. S. Swarth has a specimen, typical of this subspecies, taken at 

 1,0s Angeles, Jan. 13, '96. Many of our white-crowned sparrows are 

 intermediate between gambellii and intermedia, indeed, most which I 

 have examined, are. 

 211— 557. Zonotrichia coronata (Pall.). 



Golden-crowned Sparrow. 



Common winter visitant from the mesas up to 5000 feet on brushy 

 mountain sides. My earliest and latest records are, respectively, Sept. 

 26, ('96), and May 9, ('96). 

 212 — 55<?. Zonotrichia albicollis (Gmel.). 



White-throated Sparrow. 



H. A. Gaylord secured an immature female near Pasadena, Nov. 

 21, '94. W. E. Bryant took an adult in Los Angeles, Feb. 25, '97. 

 These are our only records. 

 213 — 360a. Spizella socialis arizovcs Coues. 



Western Cbipping Sparrow. 



Common resident of orchards and gardens in the mesa regions, 

 and in summer numerous in the coniferous regions on the mountains 

 up to 8500 feet. Breeds mainly in May, laying usually four eggs. 

 First set, of three, probably incomplete, taken near Pasadena by E. 

 Parker April iq ('96); latest set, '%< slightly-incubated, noted liy H. A. 

 Gaylord, June ig ('94). " '' ' ■■ " 'J^;.- 

 214 — 562. Spizella breiveri Cass. ' 



Brewer's Sparrow. 



Tolerably common in summer from 5000 to 7000 feet on the brushy 

 mountain sides between Pine Flats and Mt. Waterman. I secured full- 

 grown juveniles there, July 3 ('97). In spring and fall it occurs spar- 



