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brood, while another taken at San Bernardino on the 27th was still 

 incubating. 



S3. Melospiza lincolni (Aud.). {Lincoln's Sparrow). 

 Three were obtained in the Cohuilla Valley. No others were 

 noted. 



84. Passerella iliac a mkgarhyncha (Baird). [Thick- 

 billed Sparrow). Found only in Bear Valley. They were not 

 common. Young were taken June 12th. 



85. Pipilo maculatus megalonyx (Baird). {Spurred 

 Towhee). One was obtained May 25th near San Gorgonio and 

 another in Bear Valley June 12th. 



86. Pipilo chlorurus (Towns.). {Green-tailed Towhee). 

 Was not uncommon in Bear Valley in June. 



87. Pipilo fuscus crissalis (Vig.). {Californian Tow- 

 hee). Common in many localities. 



88. Pipilo alberti Baird. {Albert's Towhee). This 

 species was found only at Yuma where it was common. As a 

 usual thing it keeps strictly to the bottom lands. Its habits are 

 much like those of the other brown Pipilos, none of which are 

 such vigorous scratchers in the leaves as the black Pipilos. Alberti 

 is least of all addicted to this habit. 



Its calls and song are pitched on a higher key than any of the 

 others and might be called squeaky. 



None of the others of the family were found at Yuma, although 

 P. chlorurus is most probably found as a migrant and P. fuscus 

 mesoleucus may occur in suitable localities, such as the bases of low 

 mountains and in the broken ground away from the river. 



89. Habia melanocephala (Swains.). {Black-headed 

 Grosbeak). But three noted, one at Yuma and a pair in Bear 

 Valley, They breed abundantly in the mountains. 



90. Guiraca c^rulea (Linn.). {Blue Grosbeak). Not 

 common in the San Bernardino Valley. At Yuma they were found 

 moderately abundant. 



91. Passerina amcena (Say). {Lazuli Bunting). Common 

 in San Bernardino and Bear Valleys. 



92. Piranga ludoviciana (Wils.). {Louisiana Tanager). 

 One shot at San Bernardino, another at Yuma, and another at San 

 Gorgonio. 



93. Piranga rubra cooperi Ridgw. {Cooper's Tanager). 

 Three were seen at Yuma. I have never seen them further west. 



94. Petrochelidon lunifrons (Say). {Cliff Swallow). 



