mKDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 397 



PfisscreUa loirnxcndi ficliistace(t Bkewstek, Bull. Xutt. (>rn. Club, vii, Dec, 1S82, 



197 (Tucson, Arizona, Feb.). 

 [Passerelld tou-iiKemlii.} \'ar. xchista(r<t 8noav, Birds Kansas, 'M ed., 1875, 7 (rare 



migrant). 

 [Passerella innthischfnttis.] Snlisp. a. Pamtrella arhisktceu .Sharpe, Cat. Birds 



Brit. Mns., xii, ISSS, 7l-'0. 



PASSERELLA ILIACA MEGARHYNCH A (Baird). 

 THICK-BILLED FOX SPARROW. 



Similar to P. /. xchi.sfnad in coloration, but larger, with the bill nnich 

 larger and relativel}' thicker. 



Adult male. — Length (skins), 167.64-182.88 (173. 74); wing, 7*.».25- 

 86 87 (83.06); tail, 76.71-86.87 (81.79); exposed culmen, 12.19-13.72 

 (12.70); depth of bill at base, 12.45-13.21 (12.70); tarsus, 23.11-24.89 

 (24.13); middle toe, 14.99-16.76 (15.75); hind claw, 10.41-12.70(11.43).' 



Afhilf feiHale.—ljQwgih (skin.s), 165.10-192.02 (175.51); wing, 75.44- 

 85.60 (80.26); tail, 76.71-88.65 (81.03); expo.sed culmen, 11.43-13.46 

 (12.70); depth of bill at base, 12.19-12.70 (12.45); tarsus, 23.11-24.89 

 (23.88); middle toe, 14.99-15.75 (15.49); hind claw, lo.67-13.46 (12.19).^ 



Breeding on the Sierra Nevada (both slopes), from Mount Shasta 

 southward; in winter, beyond the Sierras as far as Los Angeles County, 

 California. 



Pmserella fichistacm Baikd, Rep. Pacific K. R. Surv., ix, 1858, 490, i)art (Fort 



Tejon,California).— Xantus, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1859, 376 (FortTejon). 

 [Passer-ella IMaca.] Var. schistacea (not Pasi^erella HchiMacea Baird) Coues, Key 



N. Am. Birds, 1872, 147, part. 

 Passerella tou-usendi . . . var. schlstacea Coues, Check List, 1873, no. 189((, jjart. 

 \_Passerellu ionmsendii var. schistucea'] b. schistacea Coces, Birds N. W., 1874, 162, 



part (in synonomy). 

 P.[assereUa} niegarhynchvs Baikd, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surw, ix, 1858, 925, in text 



(Fort Tejon, California; U. S. Nat. Mus.). 

 Passerella megarhynchus Baird, Cat. N. Am. Birds, 1859, no. 376a; Birds N. Am., 



1860, atlas, pi. 69, fig. 4.— Cooper, Orn. Cal., 1870, 222.— Baird, Brewer, 



and RiDcnvAY, Hi.st. N. Am. Birds, iii, 1874, 516 (centr. Sierra Nevada, 5,000- 



7,000 ft.). 

 Passerella ruegarhipicha Ridgwav, Orn. 40th Parallel, 1877, 485 (Car-son City, 



Nevada); Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., i, 1879,391 (Calaveras Co., California). 

 Passerella tov7ixenfli,v'dr. inegarhynrhus Baird, Brewek, and Ridgwav, Hist. N. Am. 



Birds, ii, 1874, 57. 

 Passerella toinisendi megarhynchus Goode, Bull. U. 8. Nat. Mus., no. 20, 1883,333. 

 Passerella ihaca megarhynchns RiDtJWAY, Bull. Essex. Inst., vi, Oct., 1874, 173, 



174 (e. slope Sierra Nevada). 

 Passerella iliaca, var. inrgarhyvcJia Henshaw, Ann. Reji. Wheeler's Survey, 1877, 



1318. 

 Passerella iliaca meyarliyticlta Ridoway, Proc. I'.S. Nat. ]\lus., iii, Aug. 24, 1880, 



181; Nom. N. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 235f>.— Henshaw, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, 



iii, 1878, 7.— Coues, Check List, 2d ed., 1882, no. 285.— American Orni- 



THOLOGi.sTs' Union, Check List, 1886, no. 5856. — Townsend, Proc. U. S. Nat. 



Mus., X, 1887, 220 (Mount Shasta, n. California, breeding). — Bendire, Auk, 



1 Nine specimens. ^ Seven specimens. 



