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Sonoma counties where recorded from vicinity of Nicasio (J. Mailliard, Condor, 
1, 1900, p. 66), and Sonoma (Cassin, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1850, p. 104) ; 
also along western rim of Sacramento Valley, at Rumsey and Vaeaville (Mus. 
Vert. Zool.), and along western foothills of Sierra Nevada: Murphys,. Calaveras 
County (Belding, Proe. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1, 1879, p. 416), Carbondale, Amador 
County (Mus. Vert. Zool.), and Consumnes River, Eldorado County (Heermann, 
Pae. R. R. Rep., x, 1859, p. 46). Common resident on San Clemente Island 
(many records), and has been found on Santa Rosa and San Nicolas islands 
(Willett, Pac. Coast Avif. no. 7, 1912, p. 82). 
363 (574.1b) Amphispiza nevadensis canescens Grinnell 
CALIFORNIA SAGE SPARROW 
Synonyms—Amphispiza belli nevadensis, part; Amphispiza belli canescens; 
Amphispiza belli, part. 
Status—Common in summer in the Upper Sonoran belt of sage-brush (Ar- 
temisia tridentata) along the mountains encircling the south end of the San 
Joaquin Valley: Piute Mountains and Mount Pinos (J. Grinnell, Condor, vu, 
1905, p. 18); west rim of Owens Valley on Lone Pine Creek and near Owens 
Lake (Mus. Vert. Zool.) ; vicinity of Walker Pass (Mus. Vert. Zool.) ; near Bak- 
ersfield and McKittrick, Kern County, and on Carrizo Plains, San Luis Obispo 
County (Swarth, Condor, xm, 1911, pp. 161, 163); also south to east slope of 
San Bernardino Mountains (J. Grinnell, Univ. Calif. Publ. Zool., v, 1908, p. 97), 
and north to west side of Tulare Lake (Goldman, Condor, x, 1908, p. 204). 
Occurs in late summer and winter in Fresno County (Tyler, Condor, xm, 1911, 
p. 76), on the western part of the Mohave Desert (Victorville), on the Colorado 
Desert (Whitewater and Imperial Valley), and in the San Diegan district (San 
Fernando Valley, San Gabriel Mountains, Riverside). Specimens from the last 
six specified localities in Mus. Vert. Zool. 
364 (574.1) Amphispiza nevadensis nevadensis (Ridgway) 
NEVADA SAGE SPARROW 
Synonyms—Poospiza belli, part; Amphispiza belli nevadensis, part; Poo- 
spiza belli var. nevadensis. 
Status—Common in summer in the Artemisia tridentata association (Up- 
per Sonoran and Transition zones) east of the Sierran divide, from east base 
of Warner Mountains in Modoc County (Mus. Vert. Zool.), through Sierra Val- 
ley (Mus. Vert. Zool.) to Mono Lake region (W. K. Fisher, Condor, rv, 1902, p. 
11), and desert ranges southeast of Owens Valley (A. K. Fisher, N. Amer. Fauna 
no. 7, 1893, p. 96). Common winter visitant generally on the Mohave and Colo- 
rado deserts; also recorded from Riverside (F. O. Johnson, Zoe, m1, 1891, p. 22; 
Swarth, Condor, xm, 1910, p. 108), where associated in winter with A. n. cane- 
Scens. 
365 (580) Aimophila ruficeps ruficeps (Cassin) 
RuFOUSs-CROWNED SPARROW 
Synonyms—Ammodramus ruficeps; Peucaca ruficeps; Red-capped Finch. 
