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 J'uly, 1911 WINTER BIRD OF THE SAkTON SEA REGION 133 birds of the year taken at a fresh-water sprint surrounded by. rules near Salton Sea. 69. Chondestes grammacus strigatus. Vestern Lark Sparrow. Common in cultivated districts and in Brawley. 70. Zonotrichia leucophrys gambeli. Gambel Sparrow. Abundant every- where. Perhaps the most common bird. 71. Zonotrichia coronata. Golden-crpwned Sparrow. Seemingly rare al- though many may have been missed in the lrge flocks of Gambels. One female juv. enal taken December 18 the only one seen. 72. Spizella breweft. Brewer Sparrow. Common along weed-grown fences and in the cotton-fields. 73. Amphispiza nevadensis. Sage Sparrow. Abundant in dry bushy tracts. 74. Amphispiza nevadensis canescens. California Sage Sparrow. Associated with the last and in slightly larger numbers. 75. Passer domesticus. English Sparrdw. About a dozen pairs in Brawley. As no old nests were observed about the builiiings they are probably recent arrivals. 76. Melospiza melodia fallax. Desert ong Sparrow. Fairly common in the rules along the Alamo and at Salton Sea. 77. Pipilo aberti. Abert Towbee. Most abtndant at Mecca in the mesquite thickets. 78. petrochelidon lunifrons. Cliff Swallow. Common about reservoirs and flooded fieds. 79. Itirundo erythrogastra. Barn Swallow. Usually to be seen with the three other species, mixed flocks being the rule. Both this and the last taken at Brawley on December 18. 80. Iridoprocne biolor. Tree Swallow. Apparently the commonest swallow in all localities. 81. Tachyineta thalassina lepida. Violet-green Swallow. Not so common as the last. 82. Phainopepla nitens. Phaiuopepla. Abundant at Mecca feeding on the mistletoe berries. 83. Lanius ludovicianus excubitorides. White-rumped Shrike. Fairly com- mon in all localities visited. 84. Dendroica auduboni. Audubon Warbler. Abundant everywhere. 85. Geothlypis trichas occidentalis. Western Yellow-throat. Fairly common but seemed to be confined to the tules. 86. Antbus rubescerts. Pipit. Common along irrigation ditches and .alkali flats at Salton Sea. 87. Mimus polyglotts leucopterus. Western Mockingbird. Heard one at Brawley. Common at Mecca. 88. Toxostoma lecontei. Leconte:Thrasher. About a half a dozen indivi- duals seen. Two secured December 9//nd 16 showed no evidences of breeding. 89. Toxostoma crissale. Crissal Thrasher. Two taken at Alamoria. Quite common at Mecca. 90. Heleodytes brunneicapillus co/esi. Cactus Wren. About a half dozen seen at each place visited. 91. Thryomanes bewickibairdi. Baird Wren. Fairly common at Brawley and Alamoria. 92. Thryomanes bewicki charientitrus. San Diego Wren. Two specimens at Mecca.