BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 269 



[PoifsptzabeU!} var. I>rlll Baird, Brewek, and Ridgway, Hist. X. Am. Bird.«, i,lS74, 

 590. 



Poospiza heU'd Sclater, Cat. Am. Bird.<, 1862, 110 (California). — Heer.manx, Rep. 

 Pacific R. R. Surv., x,pt. iv, 1859, 4(3 (Cosumnes R. and bet. Kern R. and 

 Tejon Pass). 



\_l'ou»piza'\ hdlu Coues, Key X. Am. Birds, 1872, 141, part. 



Zonotriclda belli Elliot, Illustr. New and Unfig. N. Am. Birds, i, 1869, pi. 14. 



Ainphispiza helUi Coues, Birds X. W., 1874, 234, part. — Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Xat. 

 Mus.,iii, 1880,180. 



Ainphispiza belli Belding, Proc. U. S. Xat. Mus., i, 1879, 416 (Murphy's, Cala- 

 veras Co., Feb.); v, 1883, 530 (Santa Rosalia Bay, Lower California). — 

 Ridgway, Xom. N. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 225. — Coues, Check List, 2d ed., 

 1881, no. 259.— Evermann, Auk, iii, 1886, 182 (Ventura Co., California).— 

 MoRCOM, Bull. Ridgw. Orn. Club, no. 2, 1887, 49 ( Mojave Desert, Cajon Pass, 

 and Bear Valley, San Bernardino Co.). — E.mersox, Bull. Acad. Sci., no. 7, 

 1887, 429 (Poway, San Diego Co.).— Towxsexd, Proc. U. S. X^at. Mus., xiii, 

 1890, 140 (San Clemente I. ).— Axthoxy, Auk, xii, 1895, 141 (San Fernando, 

 Lower California) . — Xehrlixg, Our Xative Birds, etc., ii, 1896, 143. — Grix- 

 nell, Pub. i, Pasadena Acad. Sci., 1897, 18 (San Clemente I.); Pub. ii, 1898, 

 39 (Los Angeles Co., up to 5,000 ft., resid.). 



A.\_mp}iispiza] belli Coues, Key X^. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 376. — Ridgway, Man. 

 X. Am. Birds, 1887, 426. 



Ampldspiza belli clemeniese Ridgway, Auk, xv, July (pub. May 14), 1898, 230 

 (San Clemente I., Santa Barbara group, California; U. S. Xat. Mus.). 



AMPHISPIZA BELLI CINEREA Townsend. 

 GRAY SAGE SPARROW. 



Similar in size and proportions to A. h. helli^ but coloration conspicu- 

 ously paler; above pale smoke gray or pale buff}' ash gray, the back 

 more decidedly tinged with buffy and obsoletely streaked with darker; 

 lateral throat-stripes narrower, more interrupted, and dull grayish 

 instead of blackish; spot in center of chest smaller and dusky gra3'ish 

 instead of blackish. 



Young. — Essentially like adults, but back distinctly streaked with 

 dusky, chest more or less streaked (narrowly) with brownish gra}', and 

 sides of throat without any dusky streak. 



Adult //^rr/t^.— Length (skins), 125.T3-132.08 (128.78); wing, 65.79- 

 68.07 (66.80); tail, 63.75-65.53 (64.52); exposed culmen, 8.89-U.65 

 (9.14); depth of bill at base, 5.08; tarsus, 20.32-21.81: (21.08); middle 

 toe, 12.70.^ 



Adult female. — Length (skins), about 133.35; wing, 62.23; tail, 

 60.96-61.47 (61.21); exposed culmen, 9.65; depth of bill at base, 5.08; 

 tarsus, 20.07-20.57 (20.32); middle toe, 12.95-13.21 (13.08).^ 



West-central Lower California (Ballaenas Bay). 



Ainphispiza belli cinerea Townsend, Proc. U. S. Xat. Mus., xiii, Sept. 9, 1890, 136 

 (Ballaenas Bay, Lower California; U. S. Xat. Mus.). — American Ornitholo- 

 gists' Union, Auk, viii, 1891, 86; Check List, 2ded., 1895, no. 574?*. 



A-lmphispizu'l belli cinerea Ridgway, Man. X. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1896, 604. 



^ Two specimens. 



