88 NORTH AMERICAN FAUNA. [No.1 



Record of specimens collected of Chondestes grammacus strigaius. 



Col- 





lector's 



Sex. 



No. 





307 



? 



308 



rf 



320 



9 



Locality. 



Owens Valley, Calif. 



.do. 



Date. 



June 6, 1891 



....do 



June 9, 1891 



Collector. 



A. K. Fisher 



do 



do 



Remarks. 



Lone Pine. 

 Do. 

 Do. 



Zonotrichia leucophrys. White-crowned Sparrow. 



The white- crowned sparrow was a common summer resident in the 

 Sierra Nevada and White Mountains, but was not found in any other 

 locality, even as a migrant — at least specimens were not taken else- 

 where. There is uncertainty as to the race which breeds among the 

 piiions in the Inyo Mountains, as no specimens were collected there. 

 Mr. Nelson found the white-crowned sparrow on the plateau at the head 

 of Owens Valley, and thence up to near timber line in the White Moun- 

 tains, and Mr. Stephens saw it at the Queen mill and mine, Nevada, in 

 the same range, July 11-1 G.- Alon g the eastern slope of the Sierra it was 

 common at the head of Owens River, the last of July j rather common at 

 Menache Meadows, May 24-26 ■ Onion Lake on Independence Creek, 

 June 18-23 ; and at Bishop Creek, August 1-10. Mr. Butcher found it 

 very common among the willows at Big Cottonwood Meadows, where 

 nests were taken. Mr. Palmer saw a nest containing three eggs near 

 Mount Silliman, August 7, and Mr. Belding found the species in the Yo- 

 semite. White- crowned sparrows were common in flocks at Whitney 

 Meadows, September 1, Farewell Gap, September 8, and from timber 

 line above Mineral King down along the Kaweah River to below the 

 pines, September 10-12. 



Record of specimens collected of Zonotrichia leucoplirys. 



Col- 

 lector's 

 No. 



Sex. 



Locality. 



Date. 



Collector. 



Ecniarks. 



148 

 11C 



ira 



d 



9 

 d 

 d 

 ? 



9 

 d 

 cfim 



Sierra Nevada, California 



do 



Aug. 8,1891 

 June 22, 1891 



July 31, 1891 

 July 10,1891 

 Aug. 26, 1891 

 July 7,1891 



July 13, 1891 

 July 19, 1891 

 Aug. 25, 1891 



F. Stephens 



... do 



Bishop Creek. 

 Independence 



Creek. 

 Mineral King. 





-do 



White Mountains 



V. Bailey 





E.W. Nelson 



F. Stephens 



B. H. Dutcher .... 



do 





102 



Sierra Nevada 



Mulhey Meadows. 

 Big Cottonwood 

 Meadows. 



Do. 



Do. 





do 



do 





do 



do 



....do 



422 



A. K. Fisher 



Do. 







Zonotrichia leucophrys int3imedia. Intermediate Sparrow. 



The intermediate sparrow was found as a migrant or winter resident 

 only, through the desert regions, where it was often abundant among 

 the mesquite or other thickets. In Cajon Pass it was very common Jan- 

 uary 1-2, and again March 30. In the Mohave Desert it was common 

 at Hesperia January 4, and about Stoddard Wells January (>. In 

 Death Valley it was common about Furnace Creek ranch the last of 



