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FROM FIELD AND STUDY 
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dred feet of a house in the outskirts of Los Angeles. I believe this is the earliest recorded 
date of the occurrence of this species in this section in the spring. 
Zonotrichia Icitcophrys gambeli. Gainbel Sparrow. Guy C. Rich saw an adult bird of 
this species at Hollywood, Los Angeles County, May 14. 
Piranga ludoviciana. Western Tanager. This bird, always more or less irregular in 
its movements in this locality, has appeared in the coast district of southern California this 
spring in unusual numbers and remained considerably later than usual. Antonin Jay noted 
them daily in his garden in Los Angeles from early April until May 17 and saw a single 
adult male in the same locality as late as May 21. J. E. Law found them plentiful at Holly- 
wood until May 14 and Guy C. Rich saw a pair in the same vicinity May 19. In a Los 
Angeles daily paper dated May 13, the correspondent from Ventura notes the abundance of 
the species in Ventura and vicinity. 
Deiidroica townscndi. Townsend Warbler. Unusually plentiful in migration this spring. 
I found it common near Newport, Orange County, May 12, and Antonin Jay found it 
plentiful in the willow regions near El Monte, Los Angeles County, as late as May 18. — 
G. Willett. 
Fig. 79. NEST AND EGGS OF*SCOTT SPARROW; HUACHUCA 
MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA 
Breeding of the Scott Sparrow. — The mountains of Cochise County, Arizona, are 
inhabited by very few species of the sparrow family. The fingers of one hand would num- 
ber them all. 
The Scott Sparrow (Z iinophila nificcps scotti) is the most common one found really 
up in the mountains, aside from the Arizona Junco (Jtinco phaconotns palliatiis). These 
birds are rarely found above 6800 feet altitude, overlapping the zone occupied by the junco, 
which extends down to about 5800 feet ; and are most common on the scantily covered lower 
ridges and foothills, where scattering oaks, madrona, and scrubby mountain mahogany are 
the only trees, together with plenty of bear grass and mescal plants. They much prefer 
slopes with a southerly exposure. 
During May, their scolding notes and poor little song are to be heard constantly, when 
one is in the right localities. The birds keep pretty well out of sight, but if the observer 
will sit down and keep quiet, he will hear the leaves rustle and, by watching, presently see 
one hopping along, in and out among the bunches of grass and dead brush. At such times 
they may be seen chasing one another about like a pair of Canyon Towhees, uttering a 
similar chattering note. 
