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84. Chondestes grammacus strigatus. Western Lark Sparrow. 
Not observed on the mountain, but seen at Edgewood August 31, 
and in the bushes bordering the narrow meadows on Shasta River, in 
the southwestern part of Shasta Valley, Septeinber 29. Ten days ear- 
lier W. H. Osgood reported them as common a little farther north in 
Shasta Valley. At Sisson R. T. Fisher saw two flocks the first half of 
September. In August, 1883, C. H. Townsend found the species abun- 
dant “on the high-lying plains northward of Mount Shasta.” In July, 
1899, Walter K. Fisher reported it as the commonest bird in Shasta 
Valley. 
85, Zonotrichia leucophrys. White-crowned Sparrow. 
Probably breeds near timberline in the Hudsonian zone, where, near 
the head of Mud Creek, one 
was shot August 4 by W. H. ~ ; a 
Osgood. Aboutthe middle of 
September numbers were seen ' , 
just below timberline on Pan- } j 
| 
ther Cree k—doubtless mi- 
grants—an a little later they 
were common in the bushes 
from Wagon Camp to Sisson 
and along Shasta River iu 
Shasta Valley. 
86. Spizella socialis arizone. 
Western Chipping Spar- 
row. 
As the chipping sparrow is 
not an inhabitant of dense tor- 
ests if was not seen in the 
Shasta fir belt; butin the open- 
ings along the lower edge of 
this belt it breeds, and was 
feeding young at Wagon Camp 
in July. After the breeding season it was seen from time to time near 
timberline. 1t is a common breeder at Sisson and in Shasta Valley. 
Fic. 42.—White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leuco- 
phrys). Drawn by L. A. Fuertes. 
87. Junco hyemalis thurberi. Sierra Junco. 
Common from timberline down to the lower edge of the Shasta firs. 
The commonest ‘ground bird’ of the forest. Several nests with eggs or 
young were found near Wagon Camp the latter part of July. 
88. Melospiza melodia montana. Mountain Song Sparrow. 
Song sparrows supposed to be this subspecies were found breeding 
at Wagon Camp and Sisson the middle of July. Others were seen in 
the tules at Big Spring, in Shasta Valley, September 17 to 20 by W. H. 
Osgood. One was secured at Edgewood July 19, 1899, by Walter K. 
Fisher, who states that it was the only one seen during his stay. 
