244 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



[B ^6Z^part^ C iS'j^part^ R 2-^^^ part, C 2^2, part."] 

 Geog. Dist. — British Columbia. 



584. Melospiza georgiana (Lath.). 



Swamp Sparrow. 



Fringilla georgiana Lath. Ind. Orn. I. 1790, 460. 



Melospiza georgiana Ridgw. Pr. U. S. Nat. M us. VIII. 1885, 355. 



[B 369, C 168, R 233, C 243.] 



Geog. Dist. — Eastern North America to the Plains, accidentally 

 to Utah, north to the British Provinces, including Newfoundland 

 and Labrador. Breeds from the Northern States northward, and 

 winters from Massachusetts southward to the Gulf States. 



Genus PASSERELLA Swainson. 



Passerella Swains. Classif. B. II. 1837, 288. Type, Fringilla 

 iliaca Merr. 



585. Passerella iliaca (Merr.). 



Fox Sparrow. 



Fringilla iliaca Merrem, " Beitr. zur besond. Gesch. der Vogel, 



IL 1786-87, 40, pi. X." 

 Passerella iliaca Swains. Classif. B. II. 1837, 288. 



[B 374, C 188, R 235, C 282.] 



Geog. Dist. — Eastern North America, west to the Plains and 

 Alaska (valley of the Yukon to the Pacific), and from the Arctic 

 coast south to the Gulf States. Breeds north of the United States ; 

 winters chiefly south of the Potomac and Ohio Rivers. Accidental 

 in winter in California. 



585a. Passerella iliaca unalaschcensis (Gmel.). 



Townsend's Sparrow. 



Emberiza unalaschcensis Gmel. S. N. I. ii. 1788, 875. 

 Passerella iliaca unalaschcensis Ridgw. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. III. 

 Mar. 1880, 3. 



