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of a small_, dead_, drooping branch of a tree, on the edge of 
a path through a thicket. It was about seven feet from 
the ground, and eontained the shrivelled body of a young 
bird. It is made of soft down from a high eommon about 
here, but of what plant is unknown to me, bound on the 
outside with eobwebs, and sparingly eovered with liehens. 
Internally it measures less than an inch in depth. Its 
external depth is an ineh and a half. This species is quite 
abundant on the reservation, frequenting dense thickets and 
narrow paths; it is restless and noisy, and is not easily 
obtained. It arrives in March, and leaves in October.’^ 
Yours, &c., 
T. M. Brewer. 
Sirs, —I send you the following notes relative to the 
nesting of the ZonotricMa coronata, Baird, which I hope may 
not be without interest to the readers of ^ The Ibis.^ 
The Golden-crowned Sparrow is one of our Pacific species, 
of whose history little is known. It is found in summer from 
California to Alaska, and in winter wanders as far south as 
Cape St. Lucas. Its most eastern point is Sierra Nevada, 
where it is known only as a straggler. Up to the present 
summer its nesting and eggs had remained unknown, the 
description given by Dr. Heermann of a supposed nest found 
near Saeramento being regarded as of questionable authenti¬ 
city. 
On the I4th of June, 1877, Mr. Ludwig Kumlien (son of 
the well-known ornithologist of Wisconsin, and now Natura¬ 
list with our expedition to establish an aretic eolony), in Shosta 
County, California, on the banks of the Cloud Eiver, was so 
fortunate as to seeure the nest and eggs of this species, and 
the female parent. 
The eggs were four in number, measure from 0*80 to 0*82 
inch in length, and from 0*64 to 0*67 inch in their greatest 
breadth. They are of a rounded oval shape, and are but 
little more obtuse at one end than at the other. The ground¬ 
colour, like that of all the eggs of this genus, is a light 
