Mayhew (1947) May 21 U.C. campus, Alameda Co., Calif. At 3:20 P.M. one individual was seen hopping about on the lawn about 150 feet south of LSB. It would stand perfectly still for a few seconds, then make about 5 hops before stopping again. It was on the grass about 30 feet from the nearest cover. At 3:24 P.M., it flew to an old stump about 30 feet from the statue of the football players. At 3:25 P.M. it returned to the lawn, this time about 25 feet from the nearest cover. In a moment it flew into the cover. At 3:30 P.M. it returned to the grass. It has a hopping gait just like most sparrows. It hops 4 or 5 times, then stops for a moment. Occasionally it picks up some particles of food from the lawn. Apparently it is doing some feeding on insects, because once I saw it bounce against a small tree trunk with both feet & pick an insect off the trunk higher than it could otherwise reach.