ORDER PASSERES. 245 
[Bis7s)) C rag, Rk 2360, C283, 
Groc. Dist.— Pacific coast region, from Kadiak south, in winter, 
to southern California, and casually to Guadalupe Island, Lower 
California. Breeds north of the United States. 
585 6. Passerella iliaca megarhyncha (Bairp). 
Thick-billed Sparrow. 
Passerella megarhynchus BatrD, B. N. Am. 1858, 925. 
Passereila iliaca 8. megarhyncha BELDING, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I. 
Mar. 1879, 418. 
[B 376a, C—, R 2350, C 285.] 
Geoc. Dist.— Sierra Nevada and Coast Range, California. 
585¢. Passerella iliaca schistacea (Barrp). 
Slate-colored Sparrow. 
Passerella schistacea BAIRD, B. N. Am. 1858, 490. 
Passerella iliaca var. schistacea ALLEN, Bull. M. C. Z. III. 1872, 168. 
[B 376, C 1894, R 235¢, C 284.] 
Groc. Dist.— Rocky Mountain region of the United States, east 
in winter, to the Plains (Kansas), west to Nevada and California. 
Genus EMBERNAGRA LEsson. 
LEmbernagra Luss. Traité, 1831, 465. Type, 2. dumetorum LEss. 
= Emberiza platensis GMEL. 
586. Embernagyra rufivirgata Lawre. 
Texas Sparrow. 
Embernagra rujivirgata LAwr. Ann. Lyc. N. Y. V. May, 1851, 
Li2, ple Gs Mie 2s 
[373.2005 236,,Ciann.] 
Geoc. Dist.— Valley of the Lower Rio Grande in Texas and 
eastern Mexico; casually north to the coast of Louisiana. 
Genus PIPILO VIe1.tor. 
Pipilo ViEILL. Analyse, 1816, 32. Type, Fringilla erythroph- 
thalma LINN. 
