398 BULLETIN 50, UNITED 8TATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



vi, 1889, 111 (habits; range; descr. nest and eggs). — Grinnell, Pub. ii, Pasa- 

 dena Acad. Sci., 1898, 39 (Los Angeles Co., California, mt. sides, Oct. 10 to 

 Apr. 17). — Merkiam, North Am. Fauna, no. 16, 1899, 126 (lower slopes 

 Mount Shasta, Sept. 7). 



F.[asserella^ i.[llaca'\ inegarhi/nclia Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 386. 



P.\_assereUa'] iliacamegarhyncJia Henshaw, Orn. Rep. Wheeler's Surv., 1879, 299 

 (Carson City, Nevada, etc.). — Eidgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 434, part. 



FcmereUa iliaca, S. megarhyncha Ridgway, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, iii, Apr., 1878, 

 66 (Calaveras Co., California, May); Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., i, 1879, 418 (Big 

 Trees, Calaveras Co., breeding; Summit Meadows and Soda Springs, fall). 



Passerella schisiacea var. megarhyncha Baird, Brkaver, and Ridgway, Hist. N. 

 Am. Birds, ii, 1874, pi. 28, fig. 10 (bill). 



PuH^arella var. megarhyncha Henshaw, Ann. Rej). Wheeler's Surv., 1877, 1305 

 (e. slope Sierra Nevada). 



[Passerella uiialaschensis.^ Subsp. /i. Passerella iDegarlnpichd Sharpe, Cat. Birds 

 Brit. ]Mus., xii, 1888, 720. 



PASSERELLA ILIACA STEPHENSI Anthony. 

 STEPHENS'S SPARROW. 



kSimilar in colorjitioii to 1\ /'. megarJii/ii(li<i \mt hiryer, the bill con- 

 spicuously so. 



Adult m«/f?.— Leno-th (skins), 167.89-180.44 (177.29); wing-, 88.82- 

 85.60 (84.58); tail, 80.52-90.93 (85.09); exposed culmen, 14.99-16.51 

 (15.49); depth of bill at base, 14.48-14.99 (14.73); tarsus, 23.88-25.15 

 (24.64): middle toe, 16.51-17.53 (17.02); hind claw. 11.43-12.95 (12.19).^ 



Adult female.— IjQngih. (skins), 167.89-175.77 (171.96); wing-, 79.50- 

 83.82 (81.79); tail, 78.74-86.61 (82.80); exposed culmen, 13.21-14.99 

 (14.22); tarsus, 23.88-24.13 (24.00); middle toe, 16.26-16.76 (16.51); 

 hind claw (1 specimen), 10.92.' 



Breeding on San Bernardino and San Jacinto mountains, southern 

 California. 



Passerella schisiacea, var. megarhi/ncha (not Passerella megarhynchus Baird) Hen- 

 shaw, Rep. Orn. Spec. Wheeler's Surv., 1876, 246 (Tejon Mts., California). 



Passerella iliaca megarhyncha American Ornithologists' Union, Check List, 

 1886, no. 585fe, part.— Morcom, Bull. Ridgw. Orn. Club, no. 2, 1887, 50 

 (Bear Valley, San Bernardino Co., s. Cahfornia, breeding). — (?) Anthony, 

 Zoe, iv, 1893, 242 (San Pedro Martir Mts., Lower California, Oct.). 



P.[(.isserella'\ iliaca megarhyncha Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 434, part. 



Passerella iliaca stephensi Anthony, Auk, xii, Oct., 1895, 348 (San Jacinto Mts., 

 s. California; coll. A. W. Anthony).— American Ornithologists' Union 

 Committee, Auk, xiv, 1897, 122 (Check List, no. 585ff).— Grinnell, Pub. 

 ii, Pasadena Acad. Sci., 1898, 40 (Los Angeles Co., California, breeding above 

 7,000 ft. in higher mountains). 



^ Three si)ecimeus. • ^ Two specimens. 



