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Status—Common resident locally in Upper Sonoran west of the Sierras, 
from Nicasio, Marin County (Brewster, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, u, 1877, p. 37), 
Rincon Valley, Sonoma County (Mus. Vert. Zool.), Vacaville, Solano County 
(Mus. Vert. Zool.), Marysville Buttes, Sutter County (Mus. Vert. Zool.), and 
Colfax, Placer County (Belding, Land Bds. Pae. Dist., 1890, p. 163), south to 
San Diego (Mus. Vert. Zool.) ; also on Santa Catalina and Santa Cruz islands 
(several records). Easternmost station in central California: south fork of Kern 
River, seven miles above Onyx, Kern County (Mus. Vert. Zool.). | Occurs in 
numbers locally on sparsely brushed hillsides in the San Francisco Bay region, 
particularly near Berkeley (J. Grinnell, Condor, xv1, 1914, p. 35), and thence 
south along the Mount Hamilton Range (C. Barlow, Condor, tv, 1902, p. 107). 
366 (581n) Melospiza melodia caurina Ridgway 
YakutTat Sona SPARROW 
Status—Rare winter visitant to northwest coast: Female specimen, no. 34, 
coll. C. I. Clay, taken at Eureka, February 20, 1910 (J. Grinnell, Condor, x11, 
1910, p. 174). 
367 (58le+581f) Melospiza melodia rufina (Bonaparte) 
Rusty Sone SPARROW 
Synonyms—WMelospiza fasciata rufina; Melospiza rufina, part; Melospiza 
fasciata guttata, part; Melospiza cinerea morphna; Melospiza melodia guttata; 
Melospiza melodia morphna; Sooty Song Sparrow. 
Status—Fairly common winter visitant south through the northern humid 
coast belt to include the San Francisco Bay region; recorded east to Tower 
House, Shasta County (L. Kelloge, Condor, x1m, 1911, p. 120). There are many 
winter records of ‘‘rusty’’ song sparrows from the area thus indicated, and the 
majority of these doubtless belong here, though it is probable that a few of the 
northern ones refer to M. m. phaea, and it is possible that some belong under I. 
m. merrilli. In absence, in most eases, of the specimens upon which these records 
were based it is of course unwise to try to locate them definitely. All verified 
records fall within the area specified, except one, from Riverside (Swarth, Con- 
dor, x11, 1910, p. 108), this being far to the southward. 
368 (581p, part) Melospiza melodia phaea Fisher 
OREGON SONG SPARROW 
Synonyms—WMelospiza fasciata guttata, part; Melospiza cinerea phaea; 
Rusty Song Sparrow, part. 
Status—Winter visitant to extreme north end of humid coast belt—Cres- 
cent City, Del Norte County, three specimens in Grinnell coll. (see W. K. Fisher, 
Condor, tv, 1902, p. 36) ; also specimen, no. 4459, in Grinnell coll., taken on Pes- 
eadero Creek, San Mateo County, November 25, 1900; identified by W. K. 
Fisher. 
