The Field Sparrow is an uncommon spring and probably fall migrant in
Coahuila. Other than No. 31116, _S. p. arenacea_ has only been recorded
from Sabinas in March, when three specimens were obtained (Miller,
Friedmann, Griscom, and Moore, 1957:390). The coloration of No. 31116
is much grayer and the black streaks on its back are much narrower than
on typical representatives of _S. p. pusilla_.
**_Spizella wortheni wortheni_ Ridgway.--The single specimen of
Worthen's Sparrow obtained by Burleigh and Lowery (1942:209) "just
outside the limits of Saltillo on April 16" represents the only record
of occurrence of this species in Coahuila.
**_Spizella atrogularis atrogularis_ (Cabanis).--Miller, Friedmann,
Griscom, and Moore (1957:391) remarked that the Black-chinned Sparrow
is a common resident of the Central Plateau from Durango and southern
Coahuila southward. Burleigh and Lowery (1942:212) noted the species
only at the foot of the mountains of southeastern Coahuila where, at
6000 feet, scattered pairs were found. Miller (1955a:177) observed a
male on April 23 on a slope at the mouth of Boquillas Canyon of the
Sierra del Carmen; he presumed it to be a transient.
_Zonotrichia leucophrys leucophrys_ (Forster).--_Specimen examined:_
one, [Male] 30243, from 1 mi. SW San Pedro de las Colonias, 3700 ft.,
February 8, 1951.
The White-crowned Sparrow is a fairly common migrant or winter visitant
in Coahuila. Miller, Friedman, Griscom, and Moore (1957:393) recorded
_Z. l. leucophrys_ from Sabinas on March 16 and February 23. Burleigh
and Lowery (1942:212) remarked that "small flocks of White-crowned
Sparrows were seen at infrequent intervals in thickets and stretches of
underbrush on the outskirts of Saltillo on April 18 and again on April
24 ... [and] near a small town some twenty miles west of Saltillo on
April 22." Specimens that Burleigh and Lowery (_loc. cit._) collected
"near Saltillo" were identified as _Z. l. leucophrys_.
_Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii_ (Nuttall).--_Specimen examined:_ one,
[Male] 31117, from Sierra de la Encantada (=38 mi. S, 23 mi. E
Boquillas), 4400 ft., March 15, 1952.
Miller (1955a:177) noted _Z. l. gambelii_ on April 27 at 4600 feet in
Boquillas wash in the Sierra del Carmen. Hellmayr (1938:568) listed _Z.
l. gambelii_ from Sabinas.
_Zontrichia leucophrys oriantha_ Oberholser.--This subspecies has been
recorded from Sabinas on April 25 and Hipolito on November 5 (Miller,
Friedmann, Griscom, and Moore, 1957:393).
_Melospiza lincolnii lincolnii_ (Audubon).--_Specimen examined:_ one,
[Female] 31595, from 20 mi. S Ocampo, 7000 ft., April 5, 1954,
measurements: wing, 58 mm.; tail, 50 mm.; weight, 12 gms.
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