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336 (540b) Pooecetes gramineus affinis Miller 
OREGON VESPER SPARROW 
Synonyms—Zonotrichia graminea, part; Poocaetes gramineus confinis, 
part. : 
Status—Fairly common winter visitant locally west of the Sierras and 
south to Los Angeles County. Definite record stations: Oakland (Willard, Bull. 
Cooper Orn. Club, 1, 1899, p. 30) ; Battle Creek and Berryessa (McGregor, Con- 
dor, u, 1900, p. 35) ; Pasadena (J. Grinnell, Bds. Los Angeles Co., 1898, p. 36) ; 
Newhall and Highland Park, Los Angeles County (Mus. Vert. Zool.). 
337 (542) Passerculus sandwichensis sandwichensis (Gmelin) 
ALEUTIAN SAVANNAH SPARROW 
Synonyms—Ammodramus sandwichensis; Sandwich Sparrow; Aonalaska 
Sparrow. 
Status—Rare winter visitant to northern California west of the Sierran 
divide: Butte County (Belding, Land Bds. Pac. Dist., 1890, p. 142); Gridley, 
Butte County, December 9, and Battle Creek, Shasta County, October 13 (Me- 
Gregor, Condor, u, 1900, p. 35); Snelling, Merced County, January 6 and 8 
(Mus. Vert. Zool.). 
338 (542b) Passerculus sandwichensis alaudinus Bonaparte 
WESTERN SAVANNAH SPARROW 
Synonyms—Ammodramus sandwichensis alaudinus, part; Passerculus 
alaudinus; Passerculus savanna, part; Ammodramus sandwichensis savanna; 
Passerculus sandwichensis, part; Ammodramus savanna alaudinus; Emberiza 
savanna; Passerculus sandwichensis bryant, part; Skylark Sparrow. 
Status—Abundant winter visitant throughout the lower elevations of the 
state, occurring also in migration practically everywhere observations have been 
made. Swarms in greatest profusion on grassy tracts west of the Sierran divide. 
Recorded also from Santa Cruz Island (Townsend, Proe. U. S. Nat. Mus., x1, 
1890, p. 141; Linton, Condor, x, 1908, p. 128), and San Clemente Island (J. 
Grinnell, Rep. Bds. Santa Barbara Ids., 1897, p. 17; Linton, Condor, x1, 1909, 
p. 194). ; 
339 (542d) Passerculus sandwichensis nevadensis Grinnell 
NEVADA SAVANNAH SPARROW 
Synonyms—Ammodramus sandwichensis alaudinus, part; Western Savan- 
nah Sparrow, part. 
Status—Common in summer in the valleys east of the Sierran divide: 
Modoe County (Mus. Vert. Zool.) ; Little Truckee River, Sierra County (J. Grin- 
nell, Univ. Calif. Publ. Zool., v, 1910, p. 314); Owens Lake (A. K. Fisher, N. 
Amer. Fauna no. 7, 1893, p. 86). Also an isolated breeding colony in the valley 
of the Kern River and its South Fork, northeastern Kern County (Mus. Vert. 
