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405, -106). J. IT. Bowles took several specimens at Santa Barbara during the 

 winter of 1910-11 which he considers referable to this new race (Auk xxviii, 

 1911, 175). 



286. (585b) Passerella iliaca megarhyncha Baird. Tiiick-iullicd Fox 

 Sparrow. 



Common winter visitant on brushy mountain sides and along water courses 

 of the lower countr3^ Also on the Santa Barbara Islands. Noted by J. Grin- 

 nell at Pasadena from October 10 (1896) to April 17 (1897) (Pub. 2, Pasa- 

 dena Acad. Sci., 1898, 39). J took an adult female on Santa Cruz Island, 

 November 24, 1,907, and A. van Rossem took a pair on Catalina Island, Feb- 

 ruary 15, 1910. 



287. (585c) Passerella iliaca schistacea Baird. Slate-colored Fox 

 Sparrow. 



Occasional winter visitant. Specimens taken as follows : Female by 

 H. S. Swarth at Los Angeles, December 14, 1896 (Condor ii, 1900, 39). 

 Female, also by Mr. Swarth, in Millard's Caiion, near Pasadena, February 11, 

 1901 (Condor iii, 1901, 66). Eight specimens by H. W. Marsden near Witch 

 Creek, San Diego County, in December, 1904 ( Bishop, Condor vii, 1905, 142). 

 One specimen by F. E. Blaisdell at Poway, San Diego County, April 19 (Beld- 

 ing, Land Bds. Pac. Dist., 1890, 171). 



288. (585d) Passerella iliaca stephensi Anthony. Stephens Fox Spar- 

 row. 



Coiumon in summer on the higher mountains, from the San Jacinto Range 

 north to the Sierras of southern Tulare County. More widely distributed 

 in winter, at which season it occurs north to Marin County and, probably, 

 south to Lower California, although, as yet, no specimens are recordel from 

 the latter locality. Type specimens taken by A. W. Anthony in the San 

 Jacinto Mountains, July 14, 1895 (Auk xii. 1895, 348), 



Found by J. Grinnell in summer of 1911 on the west side of the Sierras 

 in .Tulare County ( Mailliard, Condor xiv, 1912, 66), and in summer of 1904 

 on Mt. Pifios, Ventura County, and its westward spur. Sawmill Mountain. 

 A half-grown fledgling was taken June 29 (Auk xxii, 1905, 388). Mr. Oin- 

 nell also found young just able to fly at Dry Lake, 9000 feet altitude in the 

 San Bernardino Mountains. June 22, 1905 (Univ. Calif. Publ. Zool. v. 1908. 

 99). He failed, however, to find the nest, and I had the same experience at 

 Bear Valley and Blufif Lake. San Bernardino Mountains, although I found 

 the birds very common in these localities in June. 1907. They seemed to be 

 principally confined to the patches of low, thorny bushes known as "moun- 

 tain misery," and were plentiful above 7000 feet, mostly on north slopes. 



There have been very few specimens of this bird taken in southern Cal- 

 ifornia in winter. In fact, the only winter record for the coast district at the 

 present time is of two birds taken on Catalina Island and now in the U. S. 

 National Museum. Specimens were taken by E. S. Spaulding on Little Pine 

 Mountain, one of the higher peaks in the hills of Santa Barbara County, at 



