158 CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OP SCIENCES. 



10-13, 1882. Dr. Newberry said it was common in 

 Sacramento Valley, but I seldom find it there, and only 

 when migrating. Mr. Chas. A. Allen has collected it in 

 Marin County, and Dr. Heermann at Tejon Valley and 

 other parts of California, but probably mostly in the 

 southeast part, as in Colorado Valley. The early ex- 

 plorers in their extensive marches seldom named the 

 locality where their specimens were obtained, a distance 

 of one hundred or even five hundred miles seeming, 

 apparently, but a trifle to them, and there have been 

 changes in the outlines of States and Territories since 

 their time. 



175. Spizella atrigularis (Cab.) Black-chinned Spar- 

 row. 



Poway. F. E. Blaisdell. — March 20, male specimen^ 

 May 4, nest with four small birds; nest in a small bush 

 1| feet from the ground. May 19th, nest in a small 

 solitary bush at the foot of a mountain; contents, five 

 small birds. Same date, a nest two feet from the 

 ground; eggs, four; the nest in a small bush. The 

 eggs were light blue color same as those of Ghama'a fas- 

 ciata; one egg measured 17 mm. from end to end, and 

 40 mm. in circumference. The nests were composed 

 of very small twigs and shreds of sage bark. Depth 

 inside, one-half inch; inside diameter, two inches; out- 

 side, three inches. All three of the nests were of very 

 nearly the same size and of the same material. 



Santa Ana Plains, Los Angeles County, December 

 10-14, 1884, rather common. 



San Bernardino. F. Stephens. — Tolerably common; 

 breeds in the foothills. 



Colton, April 28, 1884, a fine male shot by K. B. Her- 

 ron; April 29, male shot by Charles W. Gunn. 



[Mr. Stephens was the first to find it in the coast 

 region of California, in 1883 or earlier.] 



