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on Santa Cruz, November 24, 1907. I may be mistaken, but I believe that me- 

 garhyncha is the most numerous one of the four fox sparrows that are found on 

 the islands, with insnlaris a close second. 



150. Passerella iliaca Stephens! Anthony 



Stephens Fox Sparrow 



Passerella iliaca stephensi {1) Oberholser, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxii, 1900, p. 233. (2) 

 Grinnell, Pac. Coast Avif., 3, 1902, p. 58. (3) Linton, Condor, x, 1908, p. 128. (^) 

 Willett, Pac. Coast Avif., 7, 1912, p. 86. (o) Grinnell, Pac. Coast Avif., 11, 1915, p. 

 131. 



In April I have found fox sparrows in numbers on Catalina, and one that I 

 secured on the 8th is indistinguishable from breeding birds of the San Bernar- 

 dino Mountains. C. P. Streator shot a pair in this locality April 19 and 21, 

 1892, Miiich Oberholser (1) pronounces of this subspecies. C. B. Linton (,?) se- 

 cured one in the underbrush near the top of Santa Cruz Island, December 14, 

 1907. 



151. Passerella iliaca insularis Ridgway 



Kadiak Fox Sparrow 



Passerella iliaca unalaschcensis (1) Grinnell, Auk, xv, 1898, p. 235. 



Passerella iliaca insularis {2) Oberholser, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxii, 1900, p. 232. (3) 

 Grinnell, Pac. Coast Avif., 3, 1902, p. 57. (.'/) liinton, Condor, x, 1908, p. 85. (5) 

 Linton, Condor, x, 1908, p. 128. (6) Willett Pac. Coast Avif., 7, 1912, p. 87. (7) 

 Grinnell, Pac. Coast Avif., 11, 1915, p. 129. 



Passerella iliaca insularis (.'') (8) Richardson, Condor, x, 1908, p. 68. 



Passerella iliaca sinuosa (9) Grinnell, Pac. Coast Avif., 11, 1915, p. 129. 



C. B. Linton (4) obtained several of these birds on San Clemente Island in 

 the winter of 1907-8, the first on October 5, and the last April 1. C. P. Streator 

 (2) shot one on Catalina in April, 1892, A. van Rossem (MS) a female Febru- 

 ary 15, 1910, and J. Grinnell (1) three in December, 1897. C. B. Linton and Gr. 

 Willett (5) also took several in the pines of Santa Cruz Island during November 

 and December, 1907. 



152. Pipilo maculatus oregonus Bell 



Oregon Towhee 



Pipilo maculatus oregonus (1) Linton, Condor, xi, 1909, p. 194. (2) Willett, Pac. Coast 

 Avif., 7, 1912, p. 87. {3) Swarth, Condor, xv, 1913, p. 172. (}) Grinnell, Pac. Coast 

 Avif., 11, 1915, p. 132. 



C. B. Linton (1) secured an adult female of this form on San Clemente, De- 

 cember 4, 1908, the specimen now being in the University of California Museum 

 of Vertebrate Zoology. The fact of this bird having been taken so far from its 

 usual range is surprising, but although there is of course the possibility that it 

 may be an individual variant of clementae, it is in appearance unquestionably 

 nearer to oregonus than to the local bird (3). 



