Sept, 1915 
NEW RACE OF SAVANNAH SPARROW 
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Cruz, February 2, 1895, G. F. Breninger (no. 26701), and Sherwood, Mendocino 
County, September 28, 1908, H. W. Marsden (no. 19524), and three females, 
Grafton, Yolo County, September 27, 1910, H. W. M. (no. 22989), Paradise, 
Butte County, March 10, 1906, C. W. Bowman (no. 17980), and Santa Cruz 
County, January 15, 1895, G. F. Breninger (no. 26702), are referred to this race 
by Mr. Oberholser ; and a male and female collected at Witch Creek, January 
16, and November 16, 1906 (nos. 16325, 17256), by Mr. Marsden seem to me in- 
distinguishable. 
Passerella iliaca insularis. A male taken at Nicasio, February 18, 1911 
(no. 25302), and a female at Felton, Santa Cruz County, January 12, 1892, G. B. 
Badger (no. 25303), Mr. Oberholser calls this subspecies; and to it I refer also 
two males, Pescadero, San Mateo County, October 26, 1910 (no. 23006), and 
Sherwood, Mendocino County, October 13, 1908 (no. 19525), collected by Mr. 
Marsden. 
Zamelodia melanoeephala capitalis. In my series of breeding male Black- 
headed Grosbeaks I find that 3 from Pacheco, Chihuahua, Mexico, and 2 from 
the Huachuca Mountains (Palmerlee, Cochise County), Arizona, have much 
larger bills than 10 from different parts of California, between Humboldt and 
San Diego counties. In the former the exposed culmen averages 19.9 millimeters, 
with extremes of 19.2 and 20.5, and the depth of bill at base 15.5, with extremes 
of 15.2 and 15.8 ; in the latter these measurements are 17, with extremes of 16 and 
18.3, and 14.2, with extremes of 13.5 and 15.2. In addition the Chihuahua and 
Huachuca Mountain birds have the heads more solidly black. A breeding male 
from Walsh, Alberta, with bill of 17.6 by 14.8, one from Newcastle, Colorado, 
measuring 17 by 15.2. and a probably migrating male from Tucson, Arizona 
(May 6, 1907), with bill of 16.1 by 13.1 agree both in size of bill and color of 
bead with California birds and not with the larger bird ascribed by Ridgwav to 
the Rocky Mountains. 
Guiraca caerulea salicarius. My few Blue Grosbeaks from California, 3 
males and 1 female from Redlands, have the small bill, which Ridgwav first 
noticed was characteristic of California birds. This difference seems to me of 
fully as much value as the different shade of blue and slightly larger size by 
which lazula differs from caerulea. 
Lanins borealis invictus. A comparison of 26 Northern Shrikes in my col- 
lection from the Magdalen Islands, Connecticut, New York, North Carolina and 
Ontario, with 17 from British Columbia, Montana, North Dakota and Colorado 
shows that the western birds in the same stage of plumage have the upper parts 
a paler shade of gray, less vermiculation on the breast, with the white areas of 
wings, tail, rump and scapulars larger, as claimed for this race. 
A PARTIAL LIST OF THE SUMMER RESIDENT LAND BIRDS 
OF MONTEREY COUNTY, CALIFORNIA 
By J. R. PEMBERTON and H. W. CARRIGER 
WITH MAP AND FIVE PHOTOS 
I N GLANCING over the many volumes of The Condor one can not help but be 
struck with the fact that Monterey County has been sadly neglected by bird 
students. There have been published in our magazine just two general arti- 
cles on the birds of this region and two small notices in the field-and-study de- 
