720 FEINGILLIDJE. 



/. S ad. sk. Nicasio, California, Feb. 28, H. K. Coale, Esq. 



1879. [P.]. 



wi.2ad.sk. Nicasio, Nov. 12, 1881 ( C. A. B. B. Skarpe, Esq. 



Men). [P.]. 



Subsp. a. Passerella schistacea. 



Passerella scbistacea, Baird, B. N. Amer. p. 490, pi. 69. fig. 3 (1858) ; 



id. Ibis, 1867, p. 270; Ridgw. Rep. Surv. 40th Parallel, p. 486 (1877). 

 Zoiiotrichia scbistacea, Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 95, no. 7406 (1870). 

 Passerella iliaca, var. scbistacea, Cows, Key N Amer. B. p. 352 



(1872) ; Allen, Bull. Mus. C. Z. iii. pp. 168, 177 (1872) ; Beldinrj, 



Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. i. p. 418 (1878). 

 Passerella townsendi, var. scbistacea, Baird, Brewer, Sf Ridgw. Hist. 



N. Amer. B. ii. p. 56, pi. 27. %. 9 (1874) ; Coues, B. N.-West, 



p. 162 (1874) ; Ilensh. Rep. Zool. Expl. \00th Merid. p. 293 (1875). 

 Passerella iliaca schistacea, Ridqw. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. iii. p. 418 



(1878) ; Coues, Check-list N. Amer. B. p. 58 (1882) ; A. O. U. 



Checli-Ust N. Amer. B. p. 282 (1886). 



Adult male. Similar to P. unalaschensis, but slaty grey above 

 instead of chocolate-brown, the reddish colour on the wings and tail 

 much lighter and more of a light bay tint ; sides of head slaty 

 grey, as well as the sides of body and flanks. Total length 6-5 

 inches, culmen 0-5, wing 3-3, tail 3-1, tarsus 0'9. 



Mr. Eidgway notes that several specimens of P. unalaschensis show 

 an approach to P. schistacea, while some specimens of the latter 

 are decidedly browner than others. 



Hah. Eocky-Mountain region of the United States, east in winter 

 to the Plains (Kansas), west to Nevada and California. 



a. Ad. sk. British Columbia. J. K. Lord, Esq. [P.]. 



b. (S ad. sk. Fort Biidger, Utah, May 20, Salvin-GodmanColl. 



1858 (C.Drexler; Sm. no. 

 11237). 



c. 2 ad.sk. FortTejon, California, Jan. 17, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



1858 (J. Xantus ; Sm. no. 

 25530). 



Subsp. ft. Passerella megarhyncha. 



Passerella megarhyncha, Baird, B. N. Amer. p. 925 (1858) ; Cooper, 



Orn. Calif, p. 222 (1870). 

 Passerella townsendi, var. megarhyncha, Baird, Brewer, fy Ridgiu. 



Hist. N. Amer. B. ii. p. 57, pi. 28. fig. 10 (1874). 

 Passerella schistacea, var. megarhyncha, Ridgiv. Rep. Surv. 40th 



Parallel, p. 485 (1877). 

 Passerella iliaca, var. megarhyncha, Belding, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. i. 



p. 418 (1878). 

 Passerella iliaca megarhyncba, Ridgw. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. iii. 



p. 181 (1880) ; Coues, Chech-list N. Amer. B. p. 58 (1882) ; A. O. 



U. Check-list N. Amer. B. p. 282 (1886). 



Adult male. Differs from P. unalaschensis in its much larger bill 



