1915 BIRDS OF CALIFORNIA 131 
Nat. Mus., x, 1887, p. 220) ; White Mountains, Mono County (A. K. Fisher, N. 
Amer. Fauna no. 7, 1893, p. 102). Occurs rather widely in fall and winter 
through interior and southern California, but nowhere commonly: Murphys, 
Calaveras County (Belding, Proe. U. 8. Nat. Mus., 1, 1879, p. 418) ; Cisco and 
Blue Canyon, Placer County (Mus. Vert. Zool.) ; Fresno (Tyler, Condor, x11, 
1911, p. 76); Panamint Mountains (A. K. Fisher, loc. cit., p. 102) ; near Lone 
Pine, Inyo County (Mus. Vert. Zool.) ; Cottonwood Lakes, Sierra Nevada, Inyo 
County (Mus. Vert. Zool.) ; Fort Tejon, Kern County (Sharpe, Cat. Bds. British 
Mus., xu, 1888, p. 720) ; Los Angeles (J. Grinnell, Bds. Los Angeles Co., 1898, 
p. 40) ; Millard Canyon, near Pasadena (Swarth, Condor, 11, 1901, p. 66) ; Pasa- 
dena (Mus. Vert. Zool.) ; Poway, San Diego County (Belding, Land Bds. Pace. 
Dist., 1890, p. 171) ; Witch Creek, San Diego County (Bishop, Condor, vm, 1905, 
p. 142); Yermo, Mohave Desert (Lamb, Condor, xiv, 1912, p. 39). In most 
cases but a single specimen is reported. An extraordinary occurrence is that of 
an individual, unequivocally referable to this form, on San Jacinto Peak, July 
3 (J. Grinnell and Swarth, Univ. Calif. Publ. Zool,, x, 1913, p. 281). 
395 (585b) Passerella iliaca megarhyncha Baird 
THICK-BILLED Fox SPARROW 
Synonyms—Passerella megarhyncha, part; Passerella schistacea, part; Pas- 
serella schistacea var. megarhynchus; Passerella ilaca unalaschcensis, part; 
Large-beaked Sparrow. 
Status—Common in summer in Transition along the Sierra Nevada, from 
Mount Shasta (C. H. Merriam, N. Amer. Fauna no. 16, 1899, p. 126) south 
through the Lake Tahoe and Yosemite regions, to as far as Kearsarge Pass, Inyo 
County (Mus. Vert. Zool.). The main mass of the Sierra Nevada north of the 
37th parallel is oceupied by this race, but any area of intergradation which may 
be assumed to exist between this form and stephensi is as yet undiscovered. 
Breeds also east to the Warner Mountains, Modoc County (Mus. Vert. Zool.), 
though specimens from that region are non-typical, inclining towards schistacea. 
Reported west in northern California to the higher parts of the inner coast 
ranges: South Yolla Bolly Mountain (Ferry, Condor, x, 1908, p. 43) ; Mount San- 
hedrin (Stone, Proce. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1904, p. 583); Trinity Mountains 
(Mus. Vert. Zool.). Occurs in February, at least, in Trinity County (Ll. Kel- 
logg, Condor, xm, 1911, p. 120). Winters commonly in the San Diegan district, 
north to Fort Tejon, Kern County, and on Santa Catalina and Santa Cruz 
islands. 
396 (585d) Passerella iliaca stephensi Anthony 
STEPHENS Fox SPARROW 
Synonyms—Passerella iliaca megarhyncha, part; Passerella megarhyncha, 
part; Passerella schistacea, part; Passerella stephensi. 
Status—Common summer visitant to upper Transition in southern Califor- 
nia: Taylor Meadow to Monache Meadow, extreme southern Sierra Nevada in 
eastern Tulare and Kern counties (Mus. Vert. Zool.) ; Mount Pinos, Ventura 
County (J. Grinnell, Auk, xx, 1905, p. 388) ; San Gabriel Mountains (J. Grin- 
