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 200 THE. CONDOR Vol. XVII Ma-y 31. Noted in winter as a common bird tn .the Sur River country. Jenkins also noted the bird on the Little Sur and among the pines of the upper Big Creek in June. Carpodacus mexicanus frontalia. California Linnet. Noted all over the county, more numerous in the San Antonio valley than on the coast. Chondestes grammacu8 strlgatu8. Western Lark Sparrow. Seen sparingly along the coast on open hillsides and in rather brushy places but not in the forests. Eggs were taken on May 30 from a nest on the ground at the foot of a yellow pine near the summit at the head of Big Creek. Aimophila ruficepa ruficepa. Rufous-crowned Sparrow. Noted only at Jolon in a sage patch. Jenkins found it a common bird along the coast from Posts to Mt. Mars. Amphispiza baili. Bell Sparrow. Noted on dry hillsides at the head of San Antonio Creek, on the slopes of Sant Lucia Peak, and near Jolon, though not on the coastal side excepting in winter when it was a common bird in the Sur River country. Junco oreganua pinoaua. Point Pinos Junco. A fairly common bird in the pine forests on both sides of the coastal mountains. Young birds out cf the nest were seen Fig. 69. I THE REDWOOD BELT CLOSE TO THE COAST; HOME OF TAWNY Caggia, CO,ST JAY, t-o MOnTErEY HEadgIT THaUS. on May 23, and several sets of eggs were taken later in the season. Noted by Grinnell and Jenkins as a common bird in summer, and Pemberton and Anderson found it a num- erous bird in the winter in the Sur River district. $pizeila pamerina arizonas. Western Chipping Sparrow. Noted as a common bird in the pine forests along the coast, and several sets of eggs were taken. Jenkins also noted it in June on the upper Big Creek. $pizeila atroguiaris. Black-chinned Sparrow. Taken near the top of Sant Lucia Peak and not seen elsewhere. Zonotrichia leucophrys gainbell. Nuttall Sparrow. Noted as a very common bird near the coast, where it stays at the lower levels in the lupines and low brush. Melospiza msiodia santascrucEs. Santa Cruz Song Sparrow. Noted everywhere in favorable localities: along San Antonio Creek, at a small spring on the side of Santa Lucia Peak at an elevation of 3500 feet, and at the mouths of all the streams entering the ocean on the coast side.