BIRDS OP THE PACIFIC DISTRICT. 163 



Camp Harney. Bendire. — A not very abundant sum- 

 mer resident; none remain through the winter. 



i8i. Peucaea ruficeps (Cass.) Rufous-crowned Spar- 

 row. 



Poway. F. E. BlaisdelL— Noticed January 27, 1884; 

 April 16, I shot a female, which appeared to have a nest. 

 I have seen no more than eight" individuals here this 

 season. 



Cooper, 1870. I have only met with this species on 

 Catalina Island in June, a few keeping about the low 

 bushes. 



Oakland and vicinity. W.E.Bryant. — Eare. Breeds. 



Alameda and vicinity. A. M. Ingersoll. — Rare. 



Nicasio. C. A. Allen. — Common every season in their 

 favorite spots on the mountain sides. 



Calaveras County. L. B. — December 13, 1878, alti- 

 tude 3,000 feet; rare. I occasionally see it lower down 

 in Calaveras County in winter. 



Colfax. November 19, 1884, one specimen; several 

 seen. This should carry it to the head of Sacramento 

 Valley, only a few hundred feet above sea level, in suita- 

 ble localities. 



Cosumnes River. Heermann. — But one specimen. In 

 the spring of 1852 in the mountains near the Calaveras 

 River I found it quite abundant. 



182. Melospiza fasciata montana Hensh. Mountain 

 Song Sparrow. 



West Humboldt Mountains, Ruby Valley, Utah. 

 Ridgway. 



Camp Harney. Bendire. — The race found here, a 

 resident, partly at least. 



Henshaw, 1379. Several localities at the foot of the 

 eastern slope, although it is along here that the change 

 to heermanni is first indicated. 



