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and throat black, sharply defined in contrast to 

 back. Sierra Nevada Mountains and deserts 

 and southern coast ranges of California. 



Point Pinos Junco; "Junco hyemalis pinosus Loomis. 



Vicinity of Monterey and Santa Cruz. A very bright 

 chestnut back. Head and throat dull slate. 



128. Desert Sage Sparrow; Amphispiza hilineata 

 deserticola Ridgw. 



Length five and a half inches. The sage sparrows 

 are pallid desert species, colored chiefly grayish 

 brown, black and white, with few or no streaks. 

 The desert variety of the black-throated sparrow 

 has the upper parts colored plain grayish ar ashy 

 brown; below white; sides ashy; a large throat- 

 patch jet black; in full plumage the face is also 

 black. A white line extends over the eye and 

 a second borders the throat; tail black, white 

 tipped. This species frequents the region east of 

 the Sierra Nevada Mountains and the Colorado 

 Desert. 



129. BelPs Sparrow; Amphispiza belli (CdiSs.), 

 Length five and a half inches or a little over. 



Above dark grayish brown, grayer on head, the 

 back with few or no streaks; below white, the 

 sides light brownish and streaked; white throat, 

 bordered with blackish streaks, and a spot of 

 same on the middle of the breast. Generally 

 distributed in the interior sage-brush districts of 

 the State, most abundant in the south. **Nu- 

 merous on San Nicolas Island." 

 The Sage Sparrow (^Amphispiza belli nevadensis 

 (Ridgw. ) is a desert race of the preceding. Gen- 



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