Field Notes from Central California
Field Notes From Central California
Passerella ifiaca iliaca--One of these rare Eastern visitants was taken by the writer on the Big Sur River in Monterey County, California, on December 27, 1903. The specimen was shot accidentally while collecting some of the common Yakutat Fox Sparrows. The specimen is a full grown male in fine plumage and identical with a series of typical eastern birds which were in the California Academy of Science collection. The bird was identified by Mr. L. M. Loomis.
Troglodytes aedon parkmani--A female specimen of the Parkman Wren was taken at Sur, Monterey County, California, on December 21, 1903. This bird is a common summer resident here but winters in the warm San Diegan district and this specimen was left behind for some unknown cause. The specimen is a female of the year, probably, and in rather poor plumage. The exceptionally warm winter may have had something to do with the lagging behind of this bird.
Zonotrichia albicollis--I have to record an additional specimen to the list of winter visit records by this bird, A male bird was shot from a flock of Intermediate Sparrows at Petaluma, Sonoma County, on March 16, 1903. This specimen is in typical spring plumage; the brown stripes on the head being half moulting to white and black of the adult hird, while the ashy throat patch is about half white. This identification was confirmed by Mr. L. M. Loomis at the California Academy of Sciences.
J. R. PEMBERTON
Stanford University, California
